College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Chef

Dreams are truly amazing things. Much like mountains, they appear to be grand and impossible to reach the top of. I am a person who can very easily be pleased- I’m easily entertained, I’m accepting of most requests people make of me, and I’m content to eat anything for dinner as long as it doesn’t still breathe- despite this, however, I have a very large dream that I won’t rest until I accomplish it. That dream is to become an actor.

As a child I was always changing what I wanted to be when I grew up. It was always something like a veterinarian, dolphin trainer, or teacher. When I was 14 teachers had been talking about signing up for c9 when we get into high school. I had been looking through the classes and then I saw Paul Mitchell. I loved doing makeup and had recently discovered the wonderful art of hair dye, but I never thought about the possibility of doing it as a career. That day I was determined that I was going to be a cosmetologist and that Paul Mitchell was the school I was going to.

Little kids everywhere have imagined what they will become as they grow up; a doctor, a musician, a teacher. As an eighth grader, I’ve been given the opportunity to look in-depth at what careers I should consider. Through surveys I’ve learned about my more prominent skills, which has led me to the discovery of paths I should take as I draw closer to high school. As I continue to see my results and take a deeper look at my possible plan for the future, I hope to learn more about myself, discovering a career choice I haven’t considered before, and end up with a better understanding of who I want to be.

Ever since I was little I have aspired to be something great in life, a chef, a pro. soccer player, and an artist. I still hold on to those dreams in hopes they will come true. All of these dreams shape who I am today. I play soccer for “Charlotte Soccer Academy” and previously for the “Waddell Soccer Team”. Both have kept me being a team player and a stronger leader. I go to visual arts camp over the summer and try to use creativity at any moment possible. I love making cupcakes and baking which also allow me to be creative. I have finally realized that all of these dreams originated from my family. I pursued soccer, like my parents did throughout their lives. I continue drawing, like my mother and father did until it became their life and jobs. I am still love making cakes and cupcakes every weekend, just like how i've seen my grandmother make them. Life has a very strange and mind-boggling way of turning out. I know that sounds cheesy, but it is really true.

Throughout my high school career, I had a great variety of classes ranging from Civil Engineering and Architecture to Anatomy and Physiology. I was, and still am, interested in just about everything. At the University of North Dakota, I chose to pursue an Interdisciplinary Studies Degree with an emphasis in Health Science and a Minor in Biology. This allowed me to tailor my schedule to include courses I needed as well as courses I was interested in. As evident in my transcripts, I took a little bit of everything and I loved every moment of it. Although I wasn’t yet focusing on a certain career path, I was certain that I wanted to ultimately pursue a career in the medical field. Specifically, I have recently found that chiropractic will allow me to enrich the lives of others while exhibiting lifelong learning

Throughout my life, I’ve wanted to be many things. An astronaut, a princess, a doctor, a lawyer, and at one point in my life the president. Now that I am older and much more mature. I still haven’t decided what I wanted to be. When I first started my high school career, I was terrified. I didn’t know what I wanted to be. So I decided to try new things. I’ve been with choir ever since I was in the sixth grade, so I thought I would give it shot, and try something new. I started to take drama and art. I soon found out, that I wasn’t great at either of those things. I had stage fright and I sucked at drawing. But, I didn’t give up. I stayed with choir, drama, art, and basketball. Now that I am a senior and ready to graduate, I have found out I

Currently, I am in the process of earning my Bachelor’s degree in Biology with a pre-medical emphasis from Grand Canyon University. Upon graduation, I hope to attend either a medical or physician assistant school. My specific goal in the medical field is still up in the air, however, I am avidly exploring the fields of pathology, oncology, emergency medicine, and surgery. My interest in the medical field was sparked by my human anatomy and physiology class during my senior year of high school. Put simply, my life in high school was rough, and I was completely lost, as far as my career decisions were concerned. I enrolled in a human anatomy course, to fill a hole in my schedule during my senior

When I first started going to Terra State Community College I was an eighteen-year-old with two jobs and ambition towards the medical field. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I began my first semester by taking very broad classes so that I could use them towards any career. I remember looking up different career paths that I could possibly take through Terra and weighing my options. I then came across medical assisting, a truly perfect career for me. I met with my advisor and set up a visit with Mrs. Hopkins, and as soon as I sat down with her, I knew this is what I wanted to do. This field allowed me to do everything that I could of imagine wanting to do within the medical field.

Think about what you all want to be when you grow up. Maybe you were influenced by your family, maybe your friends, or maybe even where you grew up. Interesting enough, I was realized what I wanted to do after being influenced by the best TV series.

Something that make me smile, gets me excited, makes me do something is softball. I have played ball all since the day I could walk. I started off playing baseball since I was 2 years old. Then at age 8 I went on to play softball for a select softball team in Pearland. Playing softball has always made me smile! I love the intensity, excitement, and the teamwork that is used to play ball. We all look out for each other and try to pick each other up even when we are not all in the spirit. Some activities that involve science, technology, engineering, and math that I find to be fun is robotics and underwater robotics. Robotics has always been a big part in my life because my dad is a robotics teacher for this school and I always loved playing

What I didn’t anticipate was that one of the courses I chose would end up greatly impacting my future. This life-changing course, which was specifically designed for students interested in the medical field, was titled “health careers”. I began the school year with dreams of becoming a veterinarian, but after only a few weeks of class my passion quickly shifted to becoming a registered nurse. Health careers not only taught an abundant amount of information in regards to the human body, but the course also provided students with twelve-week internship. I was fortunate to be an intern in a neonatal intensive care unit, a dialysis unit, and a nursing home.

When I was younger I always knew that one day I would attend college. When I was younger my parents always told me that I would attend college. Nursing was my first choice to major in, there was only one problem, (I wasn’t so sure if it was me that actually wanted to major in Nursing, or if it was my parents’ decision). When I was younger I was always very energetic and was told I had a “bubbly” personality. My friend Chanelle and I decided to have a YouTube channel. We would just do random things, and talk about our High School days, and give shout outs to people who went to High School with us. The YouTube channel was called “ The Natalie and Chanelle Show”, we got up to a million views and we passed out flyers all over the school to advertise our channel on YouTube. As I grew older I realized that I didn’t want to become a Nurse. I wanted to major in Broadcasting Journalism, and use my voice to communicate with other people.

Looking back on my sophomore and junior years of high school, I had a very difference idea of how my life was going to turn out. I worked three days a week on my school’s radio station, WBMT, and played guitar during my free time. I was going to major in business and minor in communications and hopefully pursue some career in music production and management. From middle school until late high school, that was the way I was going to affect people, through music. While I had worked as a camp counselor, and had experience working with children, it just wasn’t a path that I thought I could turn into a career. As I grew up and had new experiences, I began to reevaluate my plans for myself.

When I was a senior, I was deciding on what to declare as my major for my undergraduate degree. My first thought was to declare myself a nursing major and become a pediatric nurse. However, the university that I chose to attend had a highly selective nursing program, and I did not make it in. While I was crushed, there was still another idea tucked away in the back of my head that I just couldn’t let go of. I was reminded of my good listening skills, my love for children, and my problem solving abilities. I realized that I wanted to work with students. However, instead of teaching, I wanted to help guide them on their career paths as young adults and help them overcome any personal issues along the way. My friend’s prediction from many years ago turned out to be accurate. I wanted to be a high school guidance counselor.

Growing up we never really find out what the future holds in store for us while we live in a world where chasing dreams is a luxury and money is all that matters in a one sided world. Growing up in a world where chasing money is all that matters by men whose pockets, turn to barrels filled riches and the men who chase happiness are fools. What’s the level of getting a hefty paying career if the ease of my life I reckon upon it in misery and discontentment. Doctor, Lawyer, working in a corporate position as a CEO maybe even a scientist. Directing is my love and the drive that will keep me going even though it wasn't always like that for years before my first taste of engineering, I was depressed, frightened, and lost I didn't know what I wanted to make out. I didn't know what to do, I feel unmotivated doing school work or work out, I arrived at a massive amount of weight before I received it I was failing high school while weighing 350 pounds. I started drama in my sophomore year of high school, I fell in love with theater it became a big part of my life I loved witnessing how a person can immerse themselves and become a different person, animal, or even a thing. I had found a new determination in life I wanted to become an actor I wanted to be the next new name in shining lights winning Oscars and academy awards, but as time went along I saw acting wasn't really my thing. I was an okay actor and I knew I wouldn't cook it in Hollywood as an actor. Depression sets in my life