College Admissions Essay: Achieving A Professional Career

My life began with an accomplishment when I was born into a loving family on a hot summer day in July. I grew up in Hamilton, Illinois, a small town situated along the mighty Mississippi River. I am the youngest of my family with my two older brothers being seven and ten years older than me. I am also blessed to be a part of a larger extended family that lives close to home which has had a significant impact on my upbringing.

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I am Takeya Glenn. Most people knew me by just Takeya or my nickname Penney. I can honestly say i’m not the most sane person in the world but i try to be, but it is very hard! The time i'm writing this chapter of my book, i am eighteen, five weeks away from graduating, and about to get ready for college.

My life was not much of an interesting one, but there were some events in which not many people know of. I was born in Palm Springs in August 19, 1999. Most of my life I have lived in Desert Hot Springs. I travel a lot in my childhood, mostly to Mexico in a small city named El Bajio. El Bajio is a small city near Aguascalientes. The world I live in is an opportunity goldmine. Not many people take advantage of this many opportunities. I feel like my childhood make me into who I am because when I was two years old, my mom was taken away, so we had to go to where she was taken. At the time I was very scared and did not know what was happening. Now a days I remember that moment and it reminds me how important family is to me. A personal accomplishment would be the time in middle school when I earned three medals(AVID, perfect attendance, and for A’s and B’s).

Generally, as children grow older, they tend to imagine which career path they will follow as adults.  However, what much of today's youth fails to grasp is the importance of overcoming all seemingly unsurmountable obstacles in their education in order to reach their career aspirations.  Overall, my high school career consisted of spending countless nights and endless hours working diligently toward success in highly advanced classes in which I could have never imagined myself excelling.  Following many years considering which path I would take next in my education, my decision to become a diagnostic medical sonographer seemed effortless and suiting for my personality.  In retrospect, I now realize that, if it hadn't been for the guidance of many wonderful, influential people I have known and prospered from as a result, I would not be the driven, analytic person I am today.  All in all, I have come to realize the most influential factor in my decision to become a sonographer, as well as in my strive toward personal success, can only be owed to none other than the guidance of my wise mother.

I grew up in a small Midwest town in SW Minnesota. I've always said that my town is a part of me today, becoming a main source of my cultural identity . When I was in the 1st grade, they built a new elementary school. They attached it to the already existing middle school and high school building. As I got to high school, I would learn and experience how incredible it was to be in a small town that had pre-k-12th grades all in one building. My sophomore through senior year I was involved in a program where I would do a lot of service-learning. Having the schools connected, gave me the opportunity to go down to the elementary school and work in a 4th grade classroom. This also gave me opportunities to work at some after school specials.

Being in the Navy truly shaped my life. In bootcamp, they shoved 80 people from all walks of life into the same division and we were expected to excel in every challenge thrown at us. This taught me the values and struggles

All these things have helped shape me to be who I am today. Being able to accomplish learning a new language at an early age and then helping my family, has helped me transition into adulthood even at a young age. It has taught me to be independent and work harder to achieve my goals, and even if it is difficult always trying my hardest will help me achieve

I always thought of myself as beautiful, talented, outgoing, intelligent, etc. mainly because my mother told me so. She always complimented how I looked good in everything, and confessed she was jealous. I always felt that I was perfect in every way, especially intelligence because of the GAT (gifted and talented) program I was in, my 4.0 GPA, my straight A’s, and that every teacher I have ever had, liked me. I always knew I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. I always left things to the last minute and still got them done on time, and I still do. On every project I have ever done, I have ended up doing all of the work, not being able to count on the group members the teacher had assigned. I had sometimes been called too controlling

Pursuing a career can take much more thought and work than can be expected; however the career that I would choose is brick lying. Although I had to give some thought and ponder on which way I want to go. I’ve come to the conclusion that brick laying the career for me , growing up and watching my uncle work as a Brick layer left me feeling like this wasn’t the job for me. The hard hat job came with long hard labor and many dirty clothes. Needless, to say I didn’t want anything to do with it. As I got older and seen the finish work, I became fascinated by the finished product and I knew right away that this was the career for me.

After graduating from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Criminal Justice, the type of career I want to pursue is law enforcement or something that revolves around the field. For now, the two departments I wish to join are either: Orange County Sheriff’s Office or the Orlando Police Department, but as of now, I am leaning more towards Orange County. One reason being a law enforcement officer seems so pleasing is due to the fact that every day is completely different from the last since the situations are constantly changing on a daily basis. Also, it would be a joy to help the community whether that be through community policing or enforcing the laws in order to keep the community safe.

In life, there are many decisions that people come across, from what to eat for lunch everyday, to where to start a career at. Many young people in high school do not often think about what they want to do after high school until they are a senior. For me, I knew what I have wanted to do ever since I was in middle school. High school has been an amazing experience for me, and has helped me make strong decisions, but I have been ready to move on since the first day of senior year. I am very family-oriented and do not like to be far away from home for a long period of time, so a close college is best. I have been looking into Bowling Green State University and Ohio Northern University for the past year. While BGSU

Throughout my life I’ve had many experiences that shape the way I am today. Everything I’ve experienced and the people I grew up around and called my friends have influenced me in many ways. For example, what sports I liked, the music I listened to, what movies and shows I liked and basically everything else that made me the person I am today.

It would be years after high school before I finally did join, my time occupied with a failed attempt at college and a few years trying to figure out what to do with life. The military felt as natural as breathing to me. Where I often struggled as a civilian, never quite fitting in or being successful, I excelled in the military. I was a combat medic back then and loved it. It brought validation. In the military,

Every experience, every interaction, and every conversation I have shaped me into who I am today. My family, friends, education and religion have all influenced my life. I grew up in a Christian home, went to a private Christian school and all my friends were either from my school or church. In high school, I switched to a public school, made new friends and was exposed to a whole new culture. Finally, I ended up at Stetson University, a whole new town, new friends and a chance to make my own path of life.