College Essay

I just got done writing my personal statement for college. Could anybody please make corrections and give me feedbacks =D Thank You!

I was born and raised in an average size city called Springfield, Massachusetts. I'm of Thai descendant as both of my parents immigrated from Thailand for a better life here in the USA. Being raised in a household in a multicultural setting gave me the opportunity to learn how to speak Thai and English. Being brought up in Springfield has given me the chance to witness a world of diversity.
I have face many obstacles in my life and I have overcome all of them by not backing down. When I was three year old I lost my father. I remember seeing my father die in front of me and not knowing what to do. Cancer has taken his whole body and there is no way he can avoid it. My father was in pain and all I did was look as he fell to the ground. I was froze and didn't know what to do. As a three year old child I was terribly frighten. When my mother came and saw my father on the ground she quickly called for the ambulance. When we got to the hospital, I stood in front of the emergency room holding my sister's hand as we wait for news. As hours went by I became more nervous and started to blame everything that happened on myself. My mom came out looking strong and announced to us that my father didn't make it, she broke down with my sister after trying so hard to be tough. I just stood there with shock with no tears coming down. That moment I felt like it was my fault and the reason my father died was because of me being weak and not being able to fight my fear. After my dad's death my family would struggle financially for years to come, we were relying on social security to have an income. My mother couldn't work because she has 4 young children that can't be left alone. My mother is a strong woman, she never gave up and continue to do whatever she could to make her kids' lives better.
Growing up was not a quite unique experience as we were living below the poverty level. We moved into a new apartment at a Hispanic neighborhood. The kids would usually pick on us whenever we went outside to play because we look different from them. It's ironic how minority kids are picking on another group of minority kids because they have thin eyes and yellow skin. Everytime we went out they would mock and make fun of us by making stereotype comments about Asians. Even though we get pick on a lot we still love it there because we have a roof over our head.
I started school when I was around 5 year old. I couldn't attend preschool because I was too old so I was put in kindergarten right away. When I first heard about me going to school I was excited as it will give me a chance to make news friends and be away from home during the day. The first day at school was excited as I woke up very early to get ready. I was excited I couldn't eat breakfast all I wanted to do was go to school right away. There were many kids who I never seen before when I got in the bus. I didn't know anybody at all so I was like the only kid that sat in the front of the bus. When we arrived at school I was lost I didn't know where to go. This was the first time ever that I feel so lost in a place I never been before. The only thing that was running through my mind was where is my mom? After walking around for half a hour a teacher notice that I have been walking for a while now and took her time to take me to my class. I felt relieve when I got to my classroom, my classroom was small with only a couple of kids. I was so shy I didn't talk to anybody at all, I was not use to being around strangers. I was so quiet I didn't have any friends for the rest of kindergarten. The kids were nice to me and tried to talk to me, but I was always nervous to talk to them.
From kindergarten to middle school I was always the quiet kid in the class with no friends. The only friends I had was my brothers. Toward the end of my seventh grade year in middle school our family moved into my grandma's house yet again because she retired and plan to move to Thailand. After many years of living at the apartment I felt happy because this will be the first time to finally get away from the people that dislike us for who we are. Living here is quiet and comfortable because there's no kids that would pick on us whenever we go outside to play. When I hit my eighth grade year everything started to change as I made many new friends. This is the first time ever I broke out of my shell and became more outgoing with my classmates. As high school I approached the school I selected was the High School of Science & Technology. High School gave me an experience I have never discover ever in life. It's the time where I mature and discover what type of person I am. Most of the kids at my school are very friendly and diverse as everybody treats each other with respect. This is the first time ever in my life that I feel like I don't have to worry about others making fun of my because I look different. At my high school they appreciate diversity and accept everybody's culture and belief. During high school my mom applied for a custodian job at a local insurance company. She felt like we are old enough now to take care of ourself and it's time to bring our family status up to the working class. When sophomore year hit I decided to go work with my mom after school so I can help my family. After school everyday I would go to work from five in the afternoon to ten at night. Every paycheck I receive each week 50 % would always go to my mom to help her pay the bills. Even though it's hard to go to school and work at the same time it gives me a good experience of what the real world is. I would do my homework after I come back from work every night and most of the time I would sleep at midnight trying to get everything done. It's challenging but the only thing that been through my mind these past years is to help my mom and family out. I want to give something back to her after so many years of doing a lot for us. The only thing I want in life is to make my family happy even if I have to make sacrifice and lost some sleep at night while going to school.
This year is my last year of high school and graduation is coming up in 6 months and I am excited. My older sister's college diploma is hung up on our wall and every morning when I wake up to go to school I would look at it and tell myself one day I will have one on the wall too. Whenever I look at the more I want to go to college. I want to make my mom proud of me and be able to have a career after college so my mom doesn't have to work anymore. I want to be able to take of my mom and give her everything she needs. As I look through colleges the only college that I really want to attend is Webster University Thailand. I always want to be able to live in Thailand as it is where my parents are from. There's something about Thailand that I can't describe, it's a totally different place than here in the states. The more I research about Webster the more I became interested of this university. It offers something that other universities here in the states doesn't offer and that is a sense of a close knit community. I want to be able to be apart of the Webster family and would proudly represent the school. I know that attending Webster will help me to be able to accomplish my dream of getting a college degree. There's thousands of universities here in the states but to me going abroad to Thailand and studying at Webster University Thailand is a better experience because I will be offer with an exciting educational adventure. I always believe that to be able to live in today's society you have to be able to accept diversity. Webster University Thailand has a population of students who are from many parts of the world and I am excited to make new friends and learn more about their culture. I have six months until graduation and I have been counting down every single day. After many years of struggles and hardships my goal of attending college will be reach soon. I hope this personal statement of mine gives you an insight of who I am. Webster University is my goal and my dream.