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Statement of Purpose Anyone can be an engineer with a degree, but a good engineer needs to be a motivated failure. As Zig Ziglar said, “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” I have failed before, but I did not stop there; nevertheless, I worked hard to make my dreams come alive as a good civil engineer. I have done the hard work, and I have succeeded in getting my bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca, Saudi Arabia after a long pedagogic journey. And…

INTRODUCTION Organization Behavior is a social unit that sits goals and studies the impact of an individuals, groups and structure on the organization effectiveness. For that reason, organization aims to avoid negative attitude so that employees and groups can be motivated and functional and try to control and predict how group members will react under a certain circumstance In this research, we highlighted two main issues that Saudi women could struggle in a diversity work place. One of these…

world, my interest began as a middle-schooler spending spring break in Michigan. Attending the University of Michigan would force me to step outside of my comfort zone and meet more people with a similar interest in Detroit sports while obtaining a degree from one of the greatest universities in the…

Dan Rather once said, “A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.” Society today views a college degree similarly to the way Dan Rather viewed a college degree: as one of the only ways to achieve success in life. Why is it then that they make it so expensive that countless students have to take out loans and work part-time jobs so that they can attend college without graduating…

which one will be best for me. The graduate schools I chose to analyze are State University of New York, Graduate School of Clemson, and Colorado State University. I chose these schools because they offer my program of study for a Master of Science degree in a field relate to Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Evaluation Criteria Before I chose a graduate school, I needed to determine what my criteria was. My criteria is the location of the school, tuition…

I am pursuing a psychology major at UCSC. There are three courses required before declaring an Intensive Psychology major: a math requirement, PSYC 1: Introduction to Psychology, and PSYC 2: Introduction to Psychological Statistics. I have already fulfilled these through AP tests for AB Calculus, Psychology, and Statistics. I plan to declare my major within a year. Before I can begin taking upper-division elective courses, I need to take PSYC 10: Introduction to Developmental Psychology and PSYC…

The choice to attend college may be one of the largest decisions of an American young adult’s life. There are many factors to consider as well as influences that may change this decision depending on the individual and their background. Contrary to popular belief attending college in the United States is definitely not a universal norm, but rather a relative one. Early on in my schooling, I established that college would be the right decision for me, even though it seemed like a nearly…

This article was a very interesting read. This study examined the factors that undergraduate students took into consideration when selecting a graduate program. I will be making the same considerations as the students involved in this study, but maybe in a slightly different order of importance. Results from this study revealed six influencing factors, including characteristics of the academic environment of the program, financial aid, residence status, work related concerns, spousal…

quite a distinguished magazine, says “if you don’t have a degree it’s almost impossible to get a job at brand name companies because they filter you out in their HR databases if you don’t” (Schwabel). Many studies have shown that a Master’s or Doctorate still pays off in the long run. A study from the Pew Research Center shows that a graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree earned an average of $3,836 per month in 2012, compared to a Master’s Degree of $4,772 and a Doctorate of $5,799 (a 124% and a…

Writer, John Cassidy, in his article in The New Yorker, “College Calculus, ” sums up the history of our higher education from the establishment of Harvard College in Massachusetts. Then he goes further in the discussion of the funding for students and the actions Obama has taken to provide higher education for the people. Cassidy’s purpose of writing this article is to enlighten the reader in what our government our media and the business community speak so fondly of receiving higher education…