Personal Statement

11/12/13

It has always been my childhood dream to attain the highest education possible. Unfortunately, this dream has eluded me several times due to reasons beyond my control. Despite all the elusions and roadblocks I experienced on my journey to fulfill this dream, my determination and desire has never faltered. This is because I kept my eyes opened and focused on future.

My parents separated when I was in 10th grade and things became very tough for me but I was able to graduate from grade school in Nigeria with the little help my mom could provide financially. Unfortunately things changed when I got to High School.

Unlike Grade school, high school was not free of charge. Parents pay tuition and buy school materials. This was very difficult for my mom because I wasn’t the only child attending school. Three of my younger siblings were also in school and mom had no lucrative job. We all lived on an income from her meager job which was not enough. As a result of this, I had to work on weekends to earn little money to support myself in school. Although, I was very young I grew up in a country where child labor is not uncommon. Consider the the government does not have any...