It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.” The main challenge of an achievement is the journey one must take to reach their goal. By becoming a student of Governor’s School, I believe I can move a step forward in achieving my career goal, while also providing to the school…
I would like to be a part of the Honors Program at Colorado State University, because I have a passion to learn. I push myself to put all of my efforts into everything I do. I have this ache, more like a need to learn new things. My perspective, as well is unique compared to the average person. I look at the three sides of a story, the factual side, my side, and the other party's side, this helps to make sure that you are almost never being biased on any matter at hand.…
Sarah Braun, a 2007 Monmouth College graduate, is living proof that curiosity can take you anywhere. The showcase of Braun’s adventurous lifestyle and attitude was a wonderful way for us incoming college freshman to see the many opportunities that can be possible if one only strives hard enough and applies themselves within a liberal arts curriculum. Braun’s thesis of curiosity can take you anywhere applies to our recent reading of the book Curious by Ian Leslie. As Braun mentioned within the convocation, Leslie describes diversive curiosity as, “follows no particular process or method, but slides from one novel object of attention to the next” (Leslie). Braun explained that it was this type of curiosity that led her to some of her passions.…
Why Hopkins? I knew this conversation well, but each time it was marginally varied. Today the aroma of popcorn wafted my way as I sat at a table in Target. “We are moving to Baltimore this summer,” my dad said. Thus began another relocation experience, one that continued to foster my diverse interests.…
Attending Waterbury Career Academy Waterbury Career Academy High School will help benefit me in my future success because it will help me to pursue my desired career, prepare me for college, and it will inspire me to do other things later in my life. I have had some experience with working with some machines and the safety requirements. My technology education teacher, Ms. Foulds, took a small group of students into the workshop and we used machines and learned specific safety requirements. She has also taught us great tips on computers and skills that I would take with me to college – such as finger placement when typing.…
After finishing one-year studying in university, I discovered that Applied Mathematics was the ultimate major for me. The first-year experience provides me a substantial number of insights for my future goals and plans. By obtaining plentiful assistance and support from my academic advisor and the dean of undergraduate study, I declared my major. I cannot deny the outstanding teaching resources I received as a student. Case Western Reserve University is an ideal university for the students who prefer to strengthen their academic abilities.…
I underestimated my capacity for growth and learning. Though the small size and geographic isolation are rewarding for many, I long for more resources. I miss the social diversity that I had in high school. The college that I do want to study at has more academic resources and a more diverse community. Although I can challenge myself wherever I am, I want to be in a place where others are challenging themselves as well.…
In my life, I strive to remember phrases that are compatible with my values. One such collected phrase is a snippet of a Roald Dahl quote that stresses the importance of being an enthusiast in life. The quote concludes, “lukewarm is no good” in reference to the degree by which passions should be approached. This concept has remained with me as a reminder to engage in my true interests.…
Additionally, I like to try and learn about what other people have ignored or have not been interested in. For example, in high school, I decided to partake in the math team at our school. Our math team competed in math competitions, and we did our best to learn and prepare for the test. Overall, I have had only a couple of astounding accomplishments and these were still meager compared to the rest. Although I have won a couple of these math competitions, winning is not why I participate.…
He truly thinks it is essential for students to explore areas of study not directly connected to their majors in order to discover what they appreciate in life. Becoming well-educated will not only broaden their scope of thought but also broaden the possibilities and opportunities that they will embrace throughout college. For example, when students decide to challenge traditional thinking in order to apply new subject matter into their life and it truly helps shape their perspective of life. This new insight, as supported by Edmundson, may help students find what they adore in…
Prompt #1 (300-500) Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. I was born in San Diego, California, into a big family. I have three sisters and two brothers, I am the third oldest in my family. My mother and father are immigrants from Somalia. My parents came to America for a better life for them and their children.…
Today I had a Chance to Sit Down to Interview a Current Student at ECU. I had asked Christi Baker who is a current student at ECU. Also, a co-worker of my if I could interview her. She is attending a college that I am really hoping to transfer to. Christie has attended ECU for three years.…
My relationship with engagement fluctuates. I wish to engage myself in activities provided by my school, or even programs outside of school, but I have no interest in them—I’m afraid of commitment. I don’t want to be disappointed or regret that I wasted my time on something I didn’t enjoy. I’m hoping to join the Honors Program at UHM to challenge myself to commit in an environment already meant to be engaging. After being immersed in this setting, I plan to use this skill in life to succeed at everything I try by staying focused and not giving up whether I enjoy it or not.…
I wasn’t even considered a teenager when I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I hadn’t even understood the concept of mental disability when I began physically harming myself. All I knew was that cutting provided temporary relief from my anxieties, anxieties that I was hardly able to comprehend. A twelve-year-old is not supposed to hate themselves or be crippled by their own sadness, and yet at that time I was unscrewing the blades off pencil sharpeners anyways. For a large portion of my life I was not sure what had happened to me and why I was the way I was so early in my adolescence.…
Ever since middle school, my goal had been to discover who I was. Wanting to find my individuality, I browsed every interest area known. I engaged myself in a wide variety of areas searching for the one that I would continue with permanently. Week after week, I attended school exploring varying clubs and lots of extracurriculars, seeing if there was one for me. There were some that peaked my curiosity, and there were those that I felt indifferent towards.…