Personal Statement: My Academic Goals

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My personal goals are to get as healthy as I can; mind, body and soul. I want to lose a little weight, continue to learn about myself and my family, and be a kinder person all around. I would like to obtain my meditation and yoga teaching certifications within the next year. I have the daily goal of remaining focused and keeping things as organized as possible.
My academic goals are to complete my bachelors degree in Human Services from Empire State College and my masters degree in Psychology. I sometimes ponder the idea of having a PhD, but I am not completely sure about that yet. I want to be a top student and do my best in school. I have never been an A+ student, however that is my goal in this next adventure with school. I am challenging
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I worked for many years and earned 48 college credits. I ended up managing a bank and this made me confident that I could achieve success and be anything I put my mind to. I decided that when my daughter was settled into her college of choice I would go back to school myself and earn a degree.
My decision to become a therapist stems from the many environmental issues I faced in my life and the will to help others be strong when they are up against all odds. I was successful and I know that so many other young ladies could be as well. I want to change the way we think about young women, mothers, high school drop outs, poor kids, the minorities, the ones that never had a chance. I know that each of us has it within us to shine and I want to show some of the lucky ones that I will get to reach how they can do this as well.
I know that so many young people have no one to turn to when life gets tough and that our current society is happy to write them off. I am not a part of this thinking and I would like the way that I think about this portion of society to change. I will work hard to accomplish this change because I too know that we can! "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek". (Barack

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