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Common App Personal Statement · 628 words · · Admitted
Personal growthAcademic passionLeadership
I sold my first radish at the ripe age of 6. I can still picture the speechless expression that resonated from my first customer after tasting it for the first time. No, radish is not a code name for any hard drug and yes, the first customer did happen to be my mother. Anyway, at the age of 6, I started my own company, “KJ and Co.” I grew sunflowers that were ready to sell only when they were taller than my sister and sold plums at a cheaper price than in Shaw’s Supermarket. I harvested tomatoes redder than Karl Marx and cucumbers greener than Al Gore. I was a businessman who offered goods of…
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