Algebra Regents by Dylan

Algebra Regents by Dylan - December 2024 Scholarship Essay

Dylan Ross
College Essay

Algebra Regents

Throughout my life, I’ve never really struggled with math but during my freshman year, the algebra regents was my biggest struggle in math as a subject. I failed by only a question which was only 2 points. During that time, you only needed a 55 to pass the regents due to covid-19. I was bummed by the fact that I couldn’t pass the algebra one regents. The main reason why was due to the fact that my plans for the summer had to be changed.

Consequence: Losing part of the summer due to the algebra regents bothered me a lot. Everyone around me passed except for myself at the time. My family's plans were going to change due to failing on the regents. Over the summer break, I was determined to pass the regents the second time. I got a tutor to help me achieve my goal of passing. On the day of the retake of the regents, they placed me into a different school to take the test. I failed again which was weird due to the fact they didn’t give the score that I received back but they said I received a 53 which I was still two points away from passing and this time I was upset. I studied all that time and put all my effort into passing just to fail again.

Lesson: My first two times that I failed the regents really misguided me in believing that I could pass my algebra regents. I felt like I wouldn’t pass my regent at all. But during my sophomore year I retook the algebra 1 regents for the third time I passed with a 57. All the hard work and multiple failures I encountered affected me to retake it and come back better than the last time.

Now: Since I’ve passed my algebra 1 regents everything that has affected me in the past of my two failures are gone. I never struggled with math before so failing a regents changed my view of things. All the months of hard work changed me as a person. If I want something or become something I have to put the effort and work in order to achieve it. Even though it took me multiple tries I never gave up. I wanted to pass my algebra regents, and I took the time and dedication to pass.