I Am An Effective Individual Critical Thinker

Even as a young child, I knew I wanted to pursue a career that would allow me to interact with people on a daily basis. This deep-rooted love for others originated from the values instilled in me as a child; values of loyalty, dedication, and compassion. Throughout my undergraduate career, I have discovered what is truly important in life and the impact I want to make in my community. I have found I have a strong desire to serve others, to help them and to make a tangible difference in their lives. Over the past four years, I have had the opportunity to serve those in need in my community. Each year, I am involved in numerous service projects that bring food and clothing to low income families, as well as assist in the rebuilding and restoring of homes. Each Thanksgiving, I help collect food, organize donations, and distribute Thanksgiving meals to families who, otherwise, would go without. These service opportunities have taught me how to connect with individuals on a personal level, regardless of our differences in life experiences. I have learned the importance of service, human interaction, and most importantly, listening. My compassion for others, servant attitude, and ability to communicate with individuals from diverse backgrounds will help me to succeed in graduate school, as well as allow me to become an exceptional

Due to my abilities and previous experience, I can be considered a valuable candidate because I demonstrate the qualities of leadership, scholarship, service, and

In volleyball and basketball, I have been selected as team captains and awarded all league 1st team honors. Also in basketball, I have led the state in 3-pointers, broken the school record for 3-pointers in a game, and received Honorable Mention all-state. I am Student Council Activities Chair, the class of 2018 treasurer, three-time yearbook editor and FBLA public relations officer. The past three years I have competed in District and State FBLA competitions where I received 3rd in Journalism, and 1st place in Word Processing my junior year at districts, as well as getting 5th at state in Publication Designs. By not only being involved in various organizations, but holding leadership positions in them has taught me leadership skills and

My name is Amelia Abuali, and I am a Junior at DUAA. I belong in National Honors Society due to my passion for helping others and my dedication to academic success. I have great communication, teamwork, and leadership skills. I usually volunteer to help a group of non-arab kids learn arabic, which helped me develop my communication skills. I had to communicate with the children’s parents, and I had to be able to keep the children on task. Because of this volunteer activity, I developed my communication skills with both adults and children. I demonstrated both my teamwork and leadership skills during my freshman year, as the volleyball captain. As the team captain, I listened to each member’s suggestions and advice, to deliver their ideas to

I am a hardworking-dedicated student, who focuses on my studies, yet I have enjoyed every second of being involved in extracurricular activities. I am enrolled in all honors, dual credit, and AP courses. While at Preston High, I was a varsity football and basketball cheerleader. I also ran the 200m sprint and pole vaulted on the varsity track team. I adapted excellent leadership skills through Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). I attended the National FBLA convention

For my twelve service hours, I decided to dedicate my time to one organization. That organization is known as College Mentors for Kids. College Mentors for Kids is a program specifically designed for elementary and college aged students. It is a nonprofit organization that works with over 2,000 students and mentors one day a week on a college campus. This program can be found throughout nine states and on 33 different college campuses. I am fortunate enough to be attending Ball State University, which is home to the largest chapter in the country for the program. The program’s main focus is to acknowledge the importance of higher education and career growth as you get older. There are a variety of ways the members of this organization accomplish

Throughout my educational career at St. Paul High School I have been involved in many roles of academic excellence and leadership that I believe have well-prepared me for my future.  As a freshman and sophomore, I received two ACE Awards for maintaining a minimum 4.0 GPA and as a junior received and Academic Letter.  During my sophomore year of high school, I participated in a number of leadership roles including 2015 HOBY ambassador and The Congress of Future Medical Leaders delegate.  Now, as a senior, I have taken on more positions of academic leadership such as participating on the St. Paul High School Academic Challenge Team and being a member of the National Honor Society.  Although these are only a number of my accomplishments over the

As a student, I have always strived to do my best work. This determination also carries over into the rest of my life, including athletics, community service, and other extracurricular activities. I am currently a junior at POLYTECH High School and am a student in the Criminal Justice technical area. I am a member of the National Honor Society and our school-wide SkillsUSA chapter. Outside of school, I am a very active member of my church youth group and work often with the Knights of Columbus in community service efforts. I participate in shot put and discus with the school track team, and I also play volleyball. Through dedication and hard-work, I have managed to maintain high grades over the past three years of school and earn a rank of fourth in my class.

I am a highly motivated individual with a thorough professional attitude that is necessary to work in a fast-paced environment. Having worked as a registration clerk, I have gained extensive enrollment experience working with members, while providing exceptional customer service on a daily routine. Preforming clerical tasks such as collecting member information, distributing prudent information to ancillary departments, reviewing members for eligibility and enrollment purposes have prepare me well for this position. As a go-to employee my ability

You have demonstrated maturity and leaderships skills. So your determinations for excellence will lead you to succeed in college and your future endeavors.

Throughout my past experiences, I have developed leadership and organizational skills, and have been able to multitask, motivate, and excel in varied settings. Volunteering for Habitat for Humanity as an undergraduate has reinforced the importance of communication and working as a team player. Instructing AHA sponsored BLS course for nearly two years has instilled in me a great sense of responsibility, organization, and effective leadership skills. Finally, organizing and participating in health fairs as a member of the American Medical Student Association enabled me to create awareness and educate patients on different disease states, and confirmed to me how much I enjoy playing an active role in the community.

Hello, my name is Evan I'm a UCSB student looking forward to taking summer classes in the San Diego Community College District. I can personally identify with a couple of the qualities mentioned in the article. For example, I never get overly attached to my views or spark debates because of them. Other qualities of a critical thinker that I believe the article missed are intelligent, open-minded, and optimistic

My least preferred style from the “My Thinking Styles” critical thinking self-assessment is “Timely”. It is stated that “Timely people can be described as efficient, reliable, and responsive.” In order to improve with this least preferred style and ensure that I take it into future considerations; I can start by working and finishing tasks without procrastination. I can also pursue the information I need to start or finish a task without waiting for it. Lastly, I can use my analytical style of being planful to more efficiently organize multiple tasks in order to complete them in a timely manner.

At the beginning of this semester, I figured I was at an average level as a critical thinker. As the semester has progressed, and I have completed activities that allowed me to reflect on myself as a critical thinker, I began to realize that I was not the critical thinker I thought I was. Although I would enjoy saying that I am an expert critical thinker at this point in the semester, I am aware that there is still much more to learn and understand (and if I were to categorize myself as an expert, it would be obvious that the lessons were not completely grasped). Instead, I would categorize myself as proficient; I am able to use what I have learned from the various assignments and have a holistic view of situations, but as I said before, there is still much more I could learn. Out of all the critical thinking characteristics, I believe that the characteristic that says, “I am honest with myself, acknowledge what I don’t know, recognize my limitations, and am watchful of my own errors” is the characteristic where I have seen the most improvement on. This being my first semester at the University of Texas at Austin and coming from a very small school, I was aware that there would be many times when I would not understand something. As time has progressed to this point, I have also progressed in this characteristic, while taking advice from others and understanding that I don’t know everything. However, as this semester went on, I came to realize that while I originally