I'm not a native speaker so... I'd love you if you can proofread it please :)
Thoughts about the topic are welcome too.
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?
A picture stuck in my head: a seven years old kid in his mother's office in front of a small Macintosh. I am that kid. The office employees used it to make graphics, I played with it by discovering system files instead. I'd edit, copy, and mess up files that shouldn't even be touched. Then I'd reboot and stare with amazement and excitement at the error codes that the suffering computer would produce. And my mom, who was unaware of what his son was doing with the computer, would have to regularly bring it in for repair.
The more I was in front of that monitor the more I understood its logic operations and consequently i could predict its behavior. A strong attraction towards technology was growing up in me at a point that my friends would define me as the "computer genius". Every time there was a problem they would call me and they would remain amazed because in a few minutes I would fix everything up. At that time of my life i couldn't comprehend the reason of so much amazement yet. For me it was all normal, i was just playing.
The force that was moving the wants to play was the curiosity. I wanted to know, experiment, understand how the world around me was moving. I was curious to get how things work. I couldn't just use them, i wanted to know more.
At the age of nine me and my friends would usually hang out and play Game Boy. In those days "Pokemon" was the most played game. Me and my friends would play on the floor. I wouldn't have fear to be judged of the fact that while my friends were playing the Game Boy i would sit next to them with a screw driver in my hand and curiosity in my vein while taking the console apart. I'd open it, cut wires off, attach them together again and see what would have happened. I wasn't interested in catching all the pokemon, ending the game or winning all the battles but i just wanted to discover how that plastic box could show me those funny multicolor animals on the screen. After the Game Boy I took lots of others things apart.
My curiosity pushed me to learn more about computers in a such involving way to allow me get an overall vision of the mechanism of the modern technology. Today I see the systems the world is made of with the same eye that gave me the keys to comprehend the computer universe. I know from experience that is an evolving universe but I will never stop to discover it.I will accept the challenge to follow this evolution counting on my personal quality that drove me at seven years old to edit those system files of a small Macintosh.
Comments: You did a good job explaining why your talent is valuable to yourself and did a good descriptive explanation on how you developed your talent, but you don't necessarily explain how you plan to apply those talents in the future. You explained a little on how it fed your curiosity to learn more, but that's about it. Your essay is pretty good as it answers the prompt well, but if you wish to take it to the next step, you can explain and specify how you want to cultivate your interest in computers in college. For example, maybe you want to major in engineering, plan to explore in technology-based courses, or be a part of the robotics team. You also only mentioned how you fostered your interest in technology in childhood. Have you challenged yourself to learn more about computers in high school? Are you part of your school's robotics team? Did you take AP Computer Science in high school? Mentioning how your childhood experiences connect to your interest is good, but it is more preferable if you relate your interest closest to the present day as possible. Colleges want to see whether you still hold those interests and how you still carry out your interest in computers. Most of all, they want to know what you will bring to their campus. Due to your interest and curiosity, what will you be a part of in college? The tech crew for theater? Looking for internships at Google or Apple? I hope these edits and advices help. Good luck with the college admission process.
