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Looking towards the future on my quest for knowledge and higher learning I find myself willing and ready to make the transition into the next phase of my academic career. Having made it through the majority of my high school experience already I continue to be amazed at the metamorphosis my life has gone through in such a short time period. Coming into my freshman year with an uncertainty as to what I want out of life, I began my first semester with values focused on popularity instead of academics. Being part of the social crowd was something I had never experienced before and having so many friends made me feel better about myself. Unaware of the mistake I was making I continued over the next two years putting friends and sports before school work. Placing most of my time on my social life I was content with making average grades without ever really meeting my potential and achieving the marks that I was capable of. At the start of my junior year I was so engrossed with making other people happy I began to forget what makes me happy. For the first time in my life I had no clue who I was or what I was ab