Essay prompt: Tell us about your educational history, work experience, present s

Essay prompt: Tell us about your educational history, work experience, present situation, and plans for the future. Please make sure to reflect on why you consider yourself a nontraditional student and have chosen to pursue your education at the School of General Studies of Columbia University. Successful essays should identify and describe specific elements of the program, academic or otherwise, that meet your needs as a nontraditional student. The admissions committee is particularly interested in situations in your life from which you have learned and grown. This may include past academic experiences, professional accomplishments, or turning points and transformative events: new beginnings and personal achievements, but also events that may have affected your education, such as health and family challenges, personal obstacles or even issues with the justice system. Our expectation is that your reflection on your experiences will demonstrate your potential to add a unique perspective to the Columbia classroom. I am 22 i took a break of college for almost a year, I went to community college instead of a 4 year college, I am american but my parent were born in mexico, and it has been tough doing many things for my parents from going to doctor appopiments to doing paperwork for them and its been tiring. I have grown maturely for many different ways. I have a sister who seems more like my daughter since i mostly help her with her school and fill out paper work for her from school to the doctors office. I have plans to work as a dentist in the future, I used to volunteer as an interpretor for family friends. I took 3 years instead of 2 too finish community college. Please let me know if theres any more information to provide. I went to brandon high school in brandon mississippi and hinds community college for college.