"I was born in a small town in Missouri. When I was only two years old, we moved to a different small town, called Mercer."

KJ College Survival Scholarship Essay

Since then, I have stayed in the house and stayed in the same community, and had the same core group of friends since then. Mercer has an effect on people, and it seems that anyone who stays here more than one year then they will stay for decades. Only one of my childhood friends moved away, but he's back now, so it seems that it makes people want to come back.

My high school life has been a little hectic, because I've always been in some kind of school club, most recently academic team, in which I received honorable mention from my conference, and that is my greatest achievement for any of my high school clubs I joined. The other clubs I have been in are track and basketball, but I am not very good at either of those sports. Ironically, I am congratulated more for being an alternate forward for the high school basketball team, than for my academic season, where I leady high school's team in scoring. Although, I guess that is what happens in a small community. Mercer has always been a basketball town, and they don't really care about much else.

When I do start attending college in the fall, I know that it will take a few weeks to adjust to the new environment, but since I'm going to a smaller sized school, it will not take very long at all. The reason that I decided to go to a smaller university is mainly because I have lived in one for so long. Mercer hardly qualifies as a town with just about 400 people in it. In spite of this, at most high school basketball games, the home bleachers are full, because this town is very proud of it's basketball team, as I previously said.

In conclusion, growing up in a small town is a very good experience. It's nice to know everybody around you, and it makes a town more welcoming. There may be nothing to do around town, but this has given me many memories that will always be with me, for better or worse.