I always felt like the black sheep of my family. I did what I was told and that was it. I never really had any interests of my own. When I got to college, I still didn't, but I ended up finding out so much about myself within my first semester and now know exactly who I am and what I can do

I have a passion for traveling and history, and one of my goals was to be able to study abroad in school. I have researched the study abroad programs offered at Brigham Young University Idaho, and I enjoy the thought of being able to participate in them. I have not yet had the chance to look at those offered by Brigham Young University Provo, but I believe my deciding factor will be the study abroad programs offered at the different...

Two characteristics I strongly demonstrate are a passion for learning and being creative and innovative. One thing I have recognized through my life is that when my family and I travel, we don’t just enjoy the sights, we enjoy the history behind things and connecting between time periods of other cultures. Being a Latter-day Saint family, we particularly enjoy connecting where we are to Book of Mormon times or Bible stories. Also, I have a unique ability to retain...

One of the most difficult things I have experienced was moving to Helsinki, Finland my freshman year of high school. I didn’t know anything about the language or culture, but as I attended church and school overseas, I made friends and learned much about European culture. My family and I took advantage of where we were living to travel around Europe. Everywhere we traveled we lived as a local would and made an effort to learn at least the...

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