College Apprlication Essay #2

Keun Yil Rhoo

Paul Kang

English2

23 June 2007

College Application Essay #2

Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.



Sometimes, I feel that albums in my room shout to me, my mind, "See us. We have your past, loving memories in many pircutres." Then I pull out my albums and open those, with no hesitant. I smil as I see and find my figures as a child. One of the most special albums is that about my graduation of elementary school. Everytimes I see that, the pictures remind me a friend. She had a significant influence on me. Maybe she has been influensing me still now.


The friend's name is Park Ji Young. I saw her first when I was a 3rd grade student in elementary school. She was pretty and confident. Also, she was very active and expressed her feeling clearly. In contrast, I was inactive, has no confidence&expressions. I aspired to be a person like her. But that year, she and I were jus classmates, not friend.


When I become a 4th grade sudent, I met her again in same class. I was very delighted and she was also, delighted about that. In the year, we were best freind each other. We did all together; do team project as one team, act in same club, and learn sitting next to, expecially in P.E. class. She was very good at sprots, opposite to me. Playing callyball with her, I had confident about me.


Like that case, being with her, I felt that I had been being changed. After meeting her I could express my feeling frankly; when I wanted to laugh, I laughed. when I was annoyed, I showed my anger. Another impact that she gave me is to cmmunicate with and be familiar with other people. Before being acquainted with her, I was solitude and enjoy thinking&being alone. But I was alterd, thanks to her. She broke my own world and pulled me out of my own space. All impacts from the time that we were together absorbed to me.