Honorary degree

Three careers that would be well suited for me are a cost estimator, an operations research analyst, and a conservation officer. Two of these careers involve quantitative thinking and mathematical skills, while the third career involves enforcing laws and regulations and working outdoors. Due to my interest in working outdoors I have chosen conservation officer as the best career opportunity for me. The first job I researched is a cost estimator. I researched this job because it involves…

defend this great country, so I want to go into the Marines rather than going to college. College is good for growing your education, but is expensive as well as stressful. Also college does not always guarantee the job you want, even if one has the degree for it. The Marines however, have multiple benefits. Such as the G.I bill and others if I qualify. Not only that, but I enjoy keeping my body in shape and enjoy a good challenge. The Marines is not by any means easy; but I’ll try my hardest to…

“Beep beep” the alarm goes off. It’s 4:30 A.M and he gets ready to start his day. He arrives to the school campus where all the coaches will meet to plan or strategize the next practice that they will have in a few hours. He waits for the athletes to get there and go over to correct the mistakes they made the day before in practice. He then talks to the athletes about the mistakes they make off the field, such as in school or at home. Coaches are respectably one the most important men in a young…

The immigrant story is not necessarily a new narrative, and I have had the privilege of having it easier than some of my peers. However, it is the experience that has revoke the most change within me, both as a person and as an artist. Specifically, fitting into the new life was not difficult. I have managed to relatively seamlessly transition into this new environment. Notwithstanding, there is always an underlying seam of xenophobia within the society, holding me to a higher standard. My step…

When I graduate from Logan Senior High School, I intend to apply and take classes at BridgeValley Community and Technical College. To get into the nursing program at BridgeValley, a student must first be a high school graduate or have a General Educational Development (GED). They will also have had to achieve a 3.0 or above grade point average (GPA) in their high school courses. The student will then have to take a pre-nursing admission exam. They will need to make at least a composite score of…

Avid Scholarship Essay There's always certain people in life that tell you goals are important. They start asking why people set goals for themselves if they already know it's too hard or impossible to achieve. I always believed the same thing. I never thought goals were important till I started growing up and set some goals for myself. I feel people set goals for themselves because they want something to work harder for,with goals they can motivate themselves to do better and do the best they…

to go for college, what to do with your life, and how to pay for college can be exasperating. Right now, about 44 million Americans have student loan debt. The average individual student will owe about one hundred thousand dollars for a bachelor’s degree; together, Americans owe 1.4 trillion dollars. Do you really want to add another hundred thousand to that? If you start saving now, apply for grants and scholarships, and even get a part time job, you can follow Dave Ramsey’s advice and graduate…

I am a recent non-traditional transfer student into the history department at the University of California-Los Angeles. I began my collegiate career at the age of 22 after working in the restaurant industry for 5 years. I began taking history classes while attending Long Beach City College and noticed the lack of representation in the professors who taught the courses. I also noticed the underrepresentation of people of color in the various textbooks in regards to modern Europe. Being a Latino…

stayed at college” said by Ashley Duran. Ashley had her life set and organized after she graduated from Dessert Hot Spring High School; she would go to La Sierra University to major in criminal justice and stay in school until she got her master degree. After she got her master she would join the police academy to get trained, physically and mentally in order to become a police officer. While in school, her classes were becoming too challenging for her and she couldn’t keep up with assignments…

Achieving a degree in the Arts involves taking courses in what are traditionally referred to as the “liberal arts”. The main area of study for these courses are literature, art history, philosophy, economics, languages, and so on. The scope of liberal arts is generally not to train you for a specific job, but more importantly prepares you to for a career, serving an invaluable set of skills, which includes the ability to think for yourself, communicate effectively, and the capacity for lifelong…