The title of the essay is "sacrifice".This is a college application essay for the University of Miami. In the essay I talked about what sacrifice means to me.

He gazed up at me with the clear bright eyes of a child who was clearly experiencing a rare moment of happiness, and I knew instantly the sacrifice had been worth it. The sacrifice I am speaking of was awaking at five o'clock on a gloomy Saturday morning to take poverty-stricken children in our area shopping at a local department store before it opened. I can't help but to notice life is full of these …

…do from my Key club duties that brought me in contact with that little boy, to decorating a school float for student council, to tutoring children needing help in my schools mentor program. So, as I stand before the forked rode of my future, I find myself choosing to forsake comfort and take the steep path that few dare to follow. I can only hope that this sacrifice pays off. <Tab/>