No, my identity is not comprised of two sides of myself that I struggle to balance. Rather, my identity is made up of different and harmonizing values and ideas. Some sides of me are positively American. Those are parts of my identity that I have picked up from school and different media. Then there are the parts of me that come from my parents and my environment. My daily routine consists of learning new things and exchanging thoughts with my...

My second personal statement for the UC App.

If I could go back in time to make my application better I'd do more community service. Community service is vital to getting into college. It might have seemed on my...