College Personal Essay

Prompt: The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience? I would like the essay to be about how I overcame my dyslexia, and how that has made me a stronger, smarter person. Overall I want the essay to be creatively written, highlighting why I would be a good candidate for a certain college. My main thing is that I want the essay to be creative and not written in the typical format. I want it to be engaging, really highlighting how I went from feeling left out and different in elementary school, to overcoming my dyslexia and now participating to the fullest. If you want to the details can be made up because I can later edit it. -I have uploaded a list of activities that I have took part in (activity list rough draft) – some info on me: I′m a 3.9 unweighted GPA student, take many APs, and am very involved in school actives. I also grew up in the silicon valley.