College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Computer Scientist

Once I have my degrees in my hand then the fun begins, by thinking where this career and knowledge can really take me. If everything goes according to plan by the year 2020 I will be a graduated software engineer, then what? That’s the question that I hear constantly from friends and family members. As of right now I have a plan in mind, once graduated I’m planning to get a temporary job in any software developing firm, or any company hiring for software engineers, the good thing is that there are thousands of jobs for this position but not enough people with the knowledge. So I think that finding my first job will be the easiest part. Once I find the job, the savings begin, being a salesman for 4 years and taking home roughly $60,000 a year on a good year gave me a good advantage.

I did not list any activities because I am a student that receives my education from multiple sources. I attend classes at my local high school, George Wythe and also at Wytheville Community College. In addition, some of my course work is taught on line and the professor is telecast to our computers. I am a member of National Honor Soceity through my accaemics at the high school, but I also am a member of Phi Theata Kappa through the community college. I have been able to obtain two honor society memberships since I am a dual enrollment student. However, I have participate in many academic and extracurricular activities. I have amassed numerous amounts of knowledge which will assist me in my future endeavors. I have accrued hundreds of

Throughout the duration of my high school career, I have participated in a multitude of various extracurricular activities including Varsity volleyball, club volleyball, National Honor Society, Key Club, and Mathletes. I believe that I have involved myself in this wide range of activities in order to enjoy the company of individuals who appreciate the importance of both academics and athletics as much as I do. Personally, academics have always been a top priority of mine as a result of my parents placing such a significant importance on grades as a child. Consequently, I have participated in organizations such as National Honor Society and Mathletes where I surround myself with others similar to myself that follow a certain academic standard.

All my life, I have done many extracurricular activities. I have been in band since 3rd grade and in addition, to learning guitar and bass I am learning to play violin. I joined the Green Team in 5th grade and have volunteered countless times, whether it was a beach cleanup or helping to build my school’s new garden. Even with all of those activities, I still have maintained a GPA of 4.0 all throughout middle school, had fives on all my FSAs, and have always been in the highest academic class. I cou1d, for example I am taking geometry, a high school level class. I have also received a reward for 4th place in the wind power event for Science Olympiad at Florida Atlantic University.

My variety of well rounded activities underscore my personality and character. Choir, musical acting, cross country, track and field, chess club, National Honor Society (NHS), and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). I participate in cross country and track and field not only because I like running, but also because it builds character. It creates a noticeable difference between those who are disciplined, and those who aren’t, between who works hard, and who decides to slack, and between the leaders and the followers. Every day I commit myself to being disciplined, working hard, and leading the team. Though cross country and track are the largest extracurricular activities I am involved in, choir, NHS, and FCA fall close behind. Choir allows me to create beautiful music, not just listen to the songs on the radio, and also allows me to fall in love with the chords, the notes, and the rhythms that are composed within it. NHS pushes me to keep using my intelligence to the best of my abilities, and when partnered with discipline, elevates my grades. FCA allows me to lead and show others that I am a believer in God, for He is the center of my life. Finally, chess club pushes my strategizing abilities, while always having a near infinite number of moves that can be conducted. Though each extracurricular

I am quite involved in our extra curricular activities on my campus. To begin, I am a three year starter on our wrestling team in Oshkosh. I am hoping to be a captain for my team this year. This doesn't make me a better person but hopefully a better teammate and in the future a better coach. Wrestling helps me stay disciplined and organized. I am also part of our Oshkosh Physical Education Club or OPEC. This club is for all of the Physical Education major students on campus. I have been a member for 3 years now; last year I was the Vice President. This school year I will be the President of this club. This makes me a better person because I have to help students through different situations such as, thinking of dropping out, having problems

Extracurricular activities are something I participate in like my favorite wrestling. I have many things that I love

Throughout my time in high school, I have been involved in numerous extracurricular activities. I have been involved in band, choir, golf, speech, theater, Student Council, quiz bowl, and National Honor Society. Though my participation in all of these, I have learned where my skills and interests are strongest.

I have not done many school related extra-curricular activities in junior high until now. Since grade six I have been in the Me to We Club. I was not in the Me to We Club in grade eight, but I am now. I have been in volleyball, soccer and cross country this year. I have done track and field through grade six to eight.

My 11th grade history teacher tried to teach me that I am nothing but like everyone else. I am the youngest of six children and I have grown up to know that I am different. I started in elementary school with community service and still continue today. I enjoy being involved in many extracurricular activities such as reading olympics, unite, and key club. In each club I am very involved in many different ways. For reading olympics I joined in my 10th grade year and now will be a leader for my 12th grade year. I joined unite in middle school and I am now running unite since 11th grade. I was secretary of Key club in 11th grade and am now president for my 12th grade year. I fill my time with helping the community while also being able to socialize

As an academically oriented individual, I participate in several academic competitions. I am actively involved in many of my school's academic extracurriculars such as: Science Olympiad, Model United Nations, Envirothon, and Classics Club. My participation in Science Olympiad began during my sophomore year. My older brother, the club leader that year, recommended that I join Science Olympiad because of my interest in the natural sciences. Initially, I was skeptical as I viewed the people in the club as "nerds" and "geeks." I did not want to be associated with those sort of people, so I initially shrugged the club off. Later, I decided to join the club and to see what, if anything, I could potentially offer to it. After the first club meeting early in the year, I was enthralled.

I was elected to Student Council in eighth grade, and it has been a part of my life for my entire highschool career. I am also a part of the National Honors Society, Marching Band, a Church Youth group, and a Silver Cord program. The goal of Silver Cord is to complete a certain amount of volunteer work to graduate with a “silver cord.” I am actually a leader of Silver Cord, so in addition to participating, I help document the hours of other participants and help them get on the right track to volunteering. Last year I participated in cross country, and absolutely loved it, but decided not to go out this year due to the additional stress. Finding the time to do everything is another obstacle in coming to terms with not only what I like to do, but what I need to

Most of my childhood was dominated by a variety of extracurriculars. My first activity that I did was violin back at the age of 6 or 7. As an energetic child eager to get out and enjoy the afternoon, I extremely detested playing the violin. My mom insisted on me practicing it standing up and for at least an hour everyday. After a few years practicing that, I moved on to Tae Kwon Do. I actually did enjoy practicing the martial art but it did not suit my taste. After another few years of that, we came upon middle school. There, I applied myself and started to look for activities and extracurriculars that I enjoyed. I joined the school band as a saxophone player, but as it turns out, I am not the best at that either.

I’m going to start by being honest. I really suck at math. It’ll probably be impossible for me to have all the knowledge I’ll need to work with computers. But I love fiddling with stuff I probably shouldn’t be messing with, and trying to figure how to fix what I screwed up. I get so mad and frustrated when I can’t fix the problem. I threw my mouse across my room once because I was extremely frustrated. Bad idea and when I realize I probably have some anger issues. I feel extremely satisfied when I can fix a problem involving computers. Becoming a Computer Engineer is what I believe to be the closest fit to my interests and values.

What do I want to become when I grow up? When I was a kid, I could easily spit out many ideas: a brave cop, a rich business owner or a mad scientist. I realized the difficulties to reach these goals roughly a year after I reached my double digits. It was easier said than done. In my more rational mind , I thought I should become a mathematician who studies abstract concepts to solve mathematical problems. Math was something that I was good at. However, the answer to my question was not as simple as I thought. I came to a realization and found my true answer in my late high school year when I saw a new perspective through my pursuit in mathematics.