Could somebody help me please, its an emergency

Hi! I was trying to write my admission essay, but I am not a good writer... so It would be great if somebody could check my spelling and grammar.... because I really need to send a good essay to the university to get accepted...

Thanks you in advance

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The Most Influential Event of my Life


As I stared at the blank word processor screen in my computer, trying to write this essay, a thought came to my mind. That though was: how much my life has changed in the past four and a half years since I came to the United States. To most foreigners, coming to the United States, is a mean to live their lives in a more luxurious way. However, to me it meant much more than that.

Four years ago, I did not know what I wanted to do with my life after high school. It was all a mystery to me. My mind kept going around in circles, I was still trapped in that moment when I was told my father passed away. I had always taken life as a joke, it was all about having fun, I did not care about school, but once I came to the United States, it all changed. There were newer things I had to think about, for example: what I was going to study after graduating. I had two choices, I could either start doing what I was supposed to do, or continue living in a hole. When school started, new paths were revealed to me: The chance to start all over again, and raising my grades. All I had to do was worry about the present and future; there was no point in dwelling in the past. One of the biggest obstacles in my way, was the language barrier. I gave it my best, and finally succeeded. My grades increased dramatically.

There were two things on my mind once I had started High School in the United States. I felt I was destined to be someone in this world. My next goal would be to go to the university. I swore to my father I would not accept defeat; I would stand my ground and fulfill my duty as a member of society. I will go to the university even if it is the last thing I do. To achieve my next goal, I must first get good grades in college. That will then lead me to graduation and entering law school. My biggest goal is doing something that will help humanity.

Thanks to my coming to the United States, I have learned to appreciate every moment that life has given me. I no longer feel myself alienated from society. Every cheer gives me the strength to continue onwards in this never-ending battle for survival. Everything I have, I have worked very hard to acquire. Most of the things I do, are not done to make people proud, but to make myself feel proud for what I have achieved and learned. For example, I have learned to appreciate my family, who have supported me since the beginning, but never received any credit from my part.

I have achieved many things since my arrival to the United States: I learned to be more responsible; I can now take life more seriously; I have set goals for the future; and I learned to appreciate what I have accomplished, as well as my family’s support. My whole life has a meaning. I’m not trying to impress anybody here, I’m just telling you, the reader, what I have achieved.