My Short Term Educational Goals

Goals vary from person to person. Some want a job they desire and to live happy lives. Some want to become rich and own big companies. Short term goals would be like getting accepted to colleges, excelling in college or finding a job. My short term goal is to find a job I like and eventually start my own business, but my true career goal is to set up a scholarship and an organization that allows me to give back to society and educate the next generation. My short term educational goal is to excel in getting my bachelor’s degree so I can reach my long term educational goal: obtaining a Masters of Science in Actuarial Science.
Every year, more students graduate with bachelor's degrees, it has became the norm in America, thus in order to go beyond the norm I will obtain a master’s degree in Actuarial Science. While discussing the unemployment rate in my AP macroeconomics class, I thought of the fact that a large number of people in the unemployment rate are college graduates so Bachelor degree students are becoming more common each year and not enough for today's’ job market. Thus, in order to be able to compete …show more content…
This goal mostly comes from growing up in an environment where mentorship for college admissions and scholarships is a scarcity. I was lucky to have an organization called Philadelphia Futures to help prepare me for the admission process and college but others are not as lucky. I want to create an organization like Futures and a scholarship so that more students can get the proper aid so that they can achieve great success and help the generation following them. To achieve my long term goal, I first must achieve my short term goal. I hope to find a job of my interest and make a standard of living. After a few years, I hope to start my business with friends. Then, after making profit, I will start my organization and