Essay Prompt: The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience? Instructions: Please make sure the essay address the following elements: 1) a time when you faced a challenger 2) how it affected you 3) what you learned from the experience. Please use 1) Rejection from the school band 2) self doubt/question self ability 3) blaming others and not taking responsibility 4) eventually ask for help and become band leader as the topic/talking point in the essay. Essay primary focus should be on what you learned from the experience.