Becoming An Astronaut, Star Athlete And The President Of The United States

In the fall of 2012, I enrolled in North Hennepin Community College to pursue an Associate’s Degree in Accounting consequently awakening my thirst for learning. Majoring in accounting was an easy choice since I had a background in bookkeeping and I have always enjoyed working with numbers. My goal when I first enrolled in North Hennepin was to acquire an Associate’s Degree, and join the workforce, however, as I progressed closer to finishing my course there, I realized I wanted a Bachelors’ Degree since I enjoyed challenging myself and learning material that was critical to my career.

As a young man entering my senior year of high school, my mind races as I try to figure out what it is that I’ll commit my life to. What will be the driving passion, the purpose of my existence, the reason I get out of bed every morning to face another day of this life? Some people would try to encourage me to choose a career simply for its potential to make me wealthy. However, looking at the degenerate lives of the rich and the famous around the world, its apparent to me that the pursuit of earthly riches alone isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. I’d rather spend my days in pursuit of something more fulfilling. As far as I can tell from my

I work part time at a nationally recognized health club where I have the opportunity to not only interact with members everyday but also participate in my own well being by working out on a regular basis. These activities have given me confidence that I am able to lead a workforce and complete a job efficiently and effectively. The passion that I have for marketing and management in the sports arena are enhanced by the program you offer. I fell in love with business while having the opportunity to take an honors finance class my junior year in high school. I received the Achievement Award in Honors Finance which influenced my decision to pursue an undergraduate degree in marketing. Because of my success in high school, I feel prepared for college level business classes. This combination of learning about the highs and lows of business and learning about the sports and fitness industry is what this major is all about; it is what I am all about and has me as a driven, passionate student so excited to be pursing my next journey in life at West Chester

Upon graduating high school, I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life. I didn’t want to be like a lot of my friends and use college as an excuse to party all night and be lazy all day. So I decided to apply for a full time position as a diesel mechanic at Utility Fleet Sales so that I could at least begin earning income. Soon after starting this position, I realized that I wanted more. I decided to attend night classes at Blinn community college while continuing to work full time. I had no idea on what degree I wanted to work towards, but for the first time in my life I began to enjoy school. As I finished my first year at Blinn and second year working as a technician, I was promoted to an inside parts associates. This position introduced me to inventory management, building relationships with customers, cost management and basic accounting. I really enjoyed applying the mechanical knowledge I learned from working as a technician, towards my new position of

Going into my freshman year at Liberty University, I knew I wanted to major in accounting. I understood that a BS in Accounting would set me up with many options in the business world to make up to six digits. However, I did not know exactly what I wanted to do with my degree. The FOCUS 2 Career Exploration Worksheet showed me many options that my degree would give me, along with the pay that goes with each. This helped me to narrow it

In the fall of 2012, I enrolled in North Hennepin Community College to pursue an Associate’s Degree in Accounting and my thirst for learning was awakened. I chose accounting because I previously had a background in bookkeeping and I have always enjoyed working with numbers. My goal when I first enrolled in North Hennepin was to acquire an Associate’s Degree, and join the workforce, however as I got closer to finishing my course there I realized I wanted a Bachelors’ Degree because I enjoyed challenging myself and learning material that was critical to my career.

There are several reasons as to why I settled on MBA - Finance as my concentration of choice. First and foremost, from quite an early age, I had a great liking for analytical subjects. Indeed, I found mathematics more interesting than science subjects. This is a passion that has continued to propagate in me and for this reason; I would say that my selection of the said concentration comes naturally. Next, my concentration of choice happens to be in line with my long-term career goals. As I have already indicated elsewhere in this text, I intend to become a finance director in a reputable organization. I view an MBA in Finance as a stepping stone towards this particular goal. It is important to note that competition for jobs in the

A: Finance affect the health of the economy, which impact everyone. Finance careers are growing. This also means that I will get more career opportunities when I graduate. So I decided to major in Finance.

Pamelia E. Brott, an associate professor of counselor education at Virginia Tech with a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education at the University of North Carolina, wrote the article “A Career Story Approach to Management, Business, and Financial Occupations”. The article discusses what the future outlook is on business, while giving a personal story on how to achieve a good future outlook in the field. The target audience deals with business majors in general, with some specific majors in mind. Searching for something to do for the remainder of one’s life requires a lot of thinking, which produces a large amount of stress and uncertainty. For one to be able to pick a career that he or she will find a passion for many years will never be

Throughout my years attending UW-Madison, I have come to realize that I do not want to pursue a career as an employee for my life’s goal. For much of my adolescent years I watched my father build his own accounting business from the ground up which has been very formative in my career goals. The freedom and flexibility of time that my father’s self-employment has given our family is something that I hope to emulate one day for my own family with the help of the Certificate in Business.

My love for finance blossomed when I enrolled in AP Economics during my junior year in high school. It grew when I attended a Yale Global Scholars Program and interned at a wealth management firm for two years. Finally, after I started working in a startup during my freshman year, I knew investment banking was my true passion.

1. I am studying Finance at the University of Florida because not only do I have a creative side but an intellectual side of me too. Crazily, mathematics comes naturally to me and is also a huge concept in finance, but finance isn’t just numbers, it incorporates various aspects such as communication, problem solving, and creativity. Finance unites my limitless passion for math and joins it with some of my personality traits, which is the best of both worlds. More specifically, in my upbringing, money was tight and my parents always stressed when facing financial issues. My background catalyzed my admiration to the effect the power of money holds when used properly. Finding the best financial effects and awareness of all options to make well informed financial decisions to assist an individual or a company in the most beneficial way seems rewarding and intriguing to me. So, all of these elements have directed me into my interest in Finance.

Like most high schoolers starting out, I didn’t have a clue as to where I wanted to go. I knew I wanted to go into something corporate level, but I wasn’t sure what it could have been. It wasn’t until I took my first business class that I got a clear picture of what I was really interested in, finance. The course capstone was to manage a portfolio of $100,000 and work over the span of three months to maximize returns (if any). I automatically

As a result of this, students have more competition when searching for a job. In describing this issue, in “Business is the most popular college major, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good choice,” Jeffrey J. Selingo states: “Research shows that students who major in general business and marketing are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed, meaning they hold jobs that don’t require a college degree” (Selingo). Selingo suggests that students pick a major thinking it will be easy to get a job after college where in reality it is harder. Here, he points out that the lack of guidance students are given in school and also how uneducated people can be when it comes to choosing the best major for them. People tend to pick the easiest major and, in the end, they have their college tuition to pay with no job opportunities. This quote strongly reinforces my argument about students not knowing what degree has the best career opportunities. Selingo further states: “Students today are commonly told they should follow their passions and find a mission in life, but very few 18-year-olds or even 22-year-olds have enough experience in the world to know what truly excites them. Pick a major that interests you, but allow it and external experiences to help shape, not dictate, your mission in life” (Selingo). This quote is important because it shows that most students do not really know the

Another faculty member, Dr. Brown of the economics department, also received the same interview questions. She was initially a business administration major in college, but since she enjoyed math as well, she was told to consider economics where the two fields would be more-or-less combined. She thought that economics was interesting and the problems were challenging, and graduated as an economics major before pursuing her PhD to become an economics professor. In this department, students learn about