College Admissions Essay: The Day That Changed My Life

My eyes felt heavy and dry from staring at my phone for so long. I know I should have been studying for my science test, but I procrastinated, so I continued to keep my dazed eyes glued to the bright screen. When I rarely looked up from my phone, I noticed that day was withering away, as it was becoming more and more deep into the night, with the sun replaced by the moon in the star-filled sky. After just simply turning my neck to my window, I felt stiff from staying in the same position, being too lazy to get up out of my comfortable fuzzy chair. At this point, I knew I had to start studying, but instead I kept playing Candy Crush. My mom always told me to put down my phone, but I never listened..

Last year, when I was in the eighth grade, I had a very important science test coming up but, I was too busy
The test was today! Why did I waste an entire day playing that dumb game? I thought, feeling upset. Forgetting you had a test the next day was awful, but realizing you never studied, and it's all of your fault, made me feel paralyzed. Spending an entire day glued to my phone? This wasn't like me! I felt guilty and nervous throughout my whole body because I knew today wasn’t going to end well. With dark circles under my eyes from staying up all night on my phone, I tried not to feel exhaustion that was consuming me, hoping for the best as I left for school during that bright early morning. On the bus, I tried to cram as many facts as I could in my brain, but nothing was familiar; I knew nothing. The only thing I knew on the test was how to write my name, and the grade I was going to receive on it: a failing one. When I got to school after a terrible bus ride, any trace of false hope disappeared from my mind, and as I walked into my class, I had already felt defeated. After taking my test, I didn’t want to think about it a second more than I had to, I just wanted to relax by playing Candy Crush on my