During the how to write your college essay video, the person kept emphasizing the importance of showing growth. That got me thinking about my own growth. Trying to pinpoint a specific moment in my life where I felt like I grew was difficult. Sometimes I look back on my past self and cringe at my actions, so I do know I've grown. But pinpointing a single, truly pivotal moment was difficult. I know for a fact that I grew from 9th to 10th grade because of the difficult classes I took. I know for a fact that I grew over the pandemic because I started actually doing my homework. But these were all periods of my life, not exact moments. So I continued thinking... During my sophomore year, I took AP Chemistry. Near the beginning of the year, we covered thermodynamics. By that point, we had already gone through three unit tests, and most of these tests were manageable. If I memorized how everything was solved, then I would get a decent grade on the tests. Going into this test I thought the...