GCSE Personal Statement

During my time at school, I volunteered after school hours and helped to run a gardening club with the younger children. This allowed me to talk to and understand children from different ethnicities and backgrounds, giving me communication skills and showing care towards them which contributed to the realisation that I would like to pursue a career in helping others. Working at Morrisons as a checkout assistant has given me the chance to communicate with people of different ages and backgrounds, whilst also teaching me the importance of being independent, punctual and self reliant, all of which are appreciated qualities. Completing the Duke of Edinburgh award has led to my increase in self confidence, teamwork skills and resilience. It also helped to improve my patience with other people, and to develop social skills as well as conveying that I am a committed and dedicated individual to any task given to

The personal statement is very important to applicants who intend to be admitted to an undergraduate or graduate school. The role of a personal statement is to make applicants be different from other applicants. It mainly serves the purposes of persuading the admission committee of applicants’ great passion for the study field, explaining their experience that shaped their personality, demonstrating their longtime desire and commitment for the degree, and showing their life goals. What the admission committee is looking for in a personal statement varies from school to school, major to major. Art and Design is a unique program requiring its prospective students to be different in every aspect. The Art and Design Admission Committee is looking for a student who has creative potential in all respects. Hence, for those who want to apply to the School of Art and Design, they should understand how to present their stories, experiences, practice, goals, philosophy, inspirations, and aspirations in a creative way.

I have chosen a business related course as I have been interested in this field from GCSE level & I believe that I have the qualities to forge a successful career in this area. I have been inspired to fulfil this path by my Uncle, a director at a successful company in England

All through my time in my previous school, I was incorporated into a lot of extracurricular

Steve Jobs once said that the only way to do great work is to love what you do and you must have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. All my life I have been driven by this quote in trying to follow my dreams. Some people are afraid of dreaming or do nothing but dream. But few dream, and work to make their dreams true. I consider myself in the second category.

Four years ago I began studying business studies. I have since discovered that business is a part of everyday life and this has become a strong interest of mine. Initially, my enthusiasm for business comes from observing my parents set up and manage their own business.

I’m interested in the medical field; cardiology and/or a General GP practitioner. A cardiologist is a doctor with special training in the act of finding, treating as well as preventing diseases associated with the heart and or blood vessels. A GP is a general practitioner who does not specialise in a particular area in medicine. General Practitioners provide routine health care and assessment of illnesses and injuries.

For most of my life I have worked with children as a teacher, camp counselor, mentor, nanny, and program director. Years ago, I decided I wanted to create afterschool programs for students. I have seen within my community the effects of drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and delinquency among our youth. Since we live on an island, most adolescents live in rural areas and if you are not involved in sports or surfing, there isn’t much to do; which is why many get involved in drug usage, sexual promiscuity, and delinquent behavior. An afterschool program could provide our youth the means to have access to tutoring, provide guidance and mentorship, opportunities to participate in art, dance, and gardening, all within a fun, safe environment where they

I wish to participate in GSSE for the opportunity to be challenged with different learning activities, learn with people from different backgrounds, and study from teachers with vast learning experience. Based on my TCAP math scores, I qualified to be the first class to participate in the Advanced Math Program. I took seventh and eighth grade level math in seventh grade, and took freshman level math in eighth grade. I graduated as valedictorian of my middle school class, even though I was taking an entire grade level math above my peers. My most challenging experience is taking sophomore geometry as a freshman. I had to work with students with more high school experience, and peers that I didn’t know. I interacted with my peers and succeeded

I was initially attracted to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) because I discovered that within its English major there is a creative writing program, which appeals to my desire to continue studying literature while at the same time developing my skills and exploring my creativity as a writer. The program within the major involves multiple workshops and tutorials on both poetry and fiction, which can provide me with the independence and flexibility to learn by writing original content and develop my own portfolio of work. Furthermore, courses within the LSA’s English major are very diverse, ranging from Intro to Autobiography to Native American Literature. This diversity will help me form a strong foundation in literature through the study of works from many eras, genres, and styles. This exposure to such a diversity of literature will also help me hone in on what style of writing I like the best and want to continue to study in my future academic career as well as in personal projects.

The real value of creating a business plan is not in having the finished product in hand; rather, the value lies in the process of

Taking Business Studies at A-Level has convinced me that I want to pursue this path in my life. I have had ample opportunities to experience relevant work like situations such as the Wycombe Abbey Management Conference as well as the Student investor challenge. In the Wycombe Abbey Management Conference 16 teams had the task to all set up local restaurants and attempt to make the most profit by making certain decisions along the way, my team finished second in the competition. This was then complimented by speeches by successful businessmen and women. Lord Bilimoria presented a fascinating speech about all the obstacles he had to overcome to build

Barringer, B. R. (2009). Preparing Effective Business Plans: An Entrepreneurial Approach. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

I am studying Media Studies, which is progressing my understanding of advertising, used throughout business and also Geography, which is developing my analytical skills in report writing, but also helps me combine my theoretical studies and practical work a skill I will be able to use on my university course. I studied I.T for G.C.S.E then furthering my knowledge, I studied I.C.T for A.S Level as I recognise that a skill for information technology is useful, if not essential, for the progression of business in modern society. During the year I am studying my three A levels, I have also decided to study Business Studies at A.S Level, due to an increase in eagerness to pursue the subject but also to ensure I have a basic understanding of business operations for further use in my learning in University. I have managed to balance my 'A' Levels with a part-time job and an enjoyable school and social life, which has not only developed my skills of working as part of a team and organising my time efficiently but has also left me with experience of responsibility and leadership, when being chosen to supervise a particular area of the business I work in. I have been involved in voluntary work for 'Save the Children', which I believed

Usually authors refers to business plan usage as a documentation, a funding proposal for start-ups or in an established business projects, as a part of approval process of a collective decision making for (loans or source of capital justification) or an operational management tool (Stutely,2007). Others like Kuratko (2009) emphasised on business plan importance as it is the road map for entrepreneurs in their proposed ventures. From my experience during this course, I agree with all of the above but I see that business planning processes which give entrepreneurs the chance to know how to anticipate market behaviour such as cash flow numbers, product pricings and so on, are the first steps towards the business world. My group work helped me develop these processes through critical thinking, enhancing my writing skills, enabling creativity by exchanging experiences and brainstorming sessions. For example, I learned from Imran Hussein how to write in a more precise structure and also Alex Malygin influenced my perspective of creativity through his ability to persuade others with his arguments’ techniques even though language might be a barrier sometime. In this essay I will talk about my personal learning experience in developing business plans module starting from my theoretical understanding of business plan and then deployment of these theories into business plan of our project feedforthoughts. As apart of developing my critical thinking I will add an