Personal Statement: A Career As A College Student

DI would say, successfully starting over as a non traditional student is my most meaningful achievement to date. While I've achieved most, if not all, goals that I've set to carry out, Most meaningfully, coming to terms with a juvenile decision and not giving up serves as my most telling accomplishment.

Everyone has something that drives them to succeed every day. Some people feel a need to compete with others around them while others feel they need to make their families proud. For me there are two major factors that encourages me to try my best. One is to show my parents that everything they have done for me has not been a waste and the other is my curiosity.

I am applying for college admission, educational opportunity programs, and special opportunities following high school graduation. I would appreciate your recommendation to include in my applications.

Going into college, I expect many challenges. The biggest challenge I expect is all of the environmental changes. For eight years now, I’ve been attending Julia R. Masterman School. For eight years, I’ve seen the same people, at the same place, every single day. Every day, I’ve woken up to the same daily routine. I wake up, go to school, come home, eat, sleep, and then repeat. Usually, there’s someone to wake me or feed me, but in college, there won’t be. Ultimately, I’ll be responsible for myself and everything single thing that involves me.

Getting a college education was never a thing I saw myself doing as a child. College wasn't a coveted thing in my household, I was always told that I needed to get a job and work for the rest of my life and that if I didn't do well in school, then I wouldn't get into any college. I had never been the best student, so I assumed that I would never get to go to college. I only recently started wanting to get a college education because I really want to work in the United Nations. Even after graduating high school with acceptance to a university overseas I thought I should take a year off to think about if I really wanted to continue my education or not.

What to do after college? This question plagues many students, who barely think past the next test, but I believe that I will be able to achieve my aspirations after college. The diversity of a finance major excites me because I believe, at this time, that I want to go into the business world, but on the numbers side of things. From the stock and housing market collapse of 2008, I knew that I wanted to demystify the seemingly omnipresent market. As I dug deeper, I simultaneously confused myself, but never lost interest, instead as I faced increasingly complex terminology and processes I continually wanted to learn more.

We all go through hard things in our lives. Some of these changes alter the way we live negatively while others bring around great positive change. I have gone through one of these changes and I believe I have greatly progressed as a person from it. I came here from Iran, speaking very little English and I believe myself to be relatively fluent now. I came to Trade Tech to learn more about my passion, chemistry. In Iran, I graduated from a pre-university with the equivalent of an Associates Degree in Chemistry. Here, at Trade Tech, I am double majoring in Chemistry and Math and hope to earn an Associates Degree in Chemistry and transfering to a UC or Ivy League college.

Each morning I wake up and I put on my uniform. As I lace my boots and fix my collar, I ask myself why I put this uniform on every morning. My answers vary by day, but it all comes down to responsibility. A seemingly specific answer can actually be quite broad. I fulfill a duty responsibility to myself, my community, my country, and my world.

In addition to my personal statement, I would also like to add some events in my college career that caused my grades to fluctuate. During my semesters, I was dealing with parent sickness, as well as 2 of my close friends, including my roommate, attempting to commit suicide. I was also dealing with some stalking issues with some men I do not know and was able to resolve the issue with the Rutgers University Police Department. Although these events had an impact on my grades, I still have not changed any of my future ambitions. I understand that they aren’t an excuse for letting my grades slip, but they can be taken under consideration if needed. Thank you.

“A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart”. The Prairie Meadows scholarship would definitely help me pursue in my future education which will help me get to my ideal career of being a teacher. Becoming a teacher is my dream job, I want to be able to help people for the rest of my life.

I do not believe that I am a customer as a college student. I don't think that I'm a customer as a college student because I'm not paying for something that I enjoy. I'm not paying for a shirt, a car, or even a meal. I'm here to learn and even though I have to pay for my education, I don't think that I should be treated as someone who is here for a service. I don't think of myself as a customer because I want to be treated as a student, I need to feel as though this is a life choice and not a casual decision. If I’m treated as a customer, then the cliché " The customer is always right" would apply to me and I don't believe that that is beneficial for me at all. I want to be treated with respect, but I want someone to tell me when I'm wrong.

Brianda Coleman Professor Dubbe ENF 15 September 2016 I know that college will be challenging for me because of transportation, time, and finances.I'm an older student and a single mother with an eight year old daughter and a hectic life. First of all transportation is a problem because I do not have my own car, nor do I have licensed yet.Counting on acquaintance for rides is difficult and the bus takes forever, never on time, and breaks down often.In addition, I seem to never have enough time to do what is needed of me.I wake up get my daughter ready for school, then I take a nap because it's so early.Then off to school I go.When my daughter returns, she need help with homework ,and at that time I give her a snack. Soon after I go to work where I stay until 8:00pm.

An education after leaving high school, when I was younger, in my mind,used to mean that an individual had improved themselves more than the person who had not attended college; and, therefore, they were more worthy of the job than any other individual who had not chosen that path. I disagree with that. Now a days, while knowing, how to do math and basic english is essential in any profession, learning a subject just to become a “well-rounded” person will not make you a better employee or a better person. College should be a place for any student to obtain the skills needed for the career in which that individual has chosen to pursue without incurring unnecessary debt or delay their

I am from a family of very low income. My father who is my primary sponsor makes $800 a month (lower than the minimum wage here in Texas). As my parents are both supporting me and my younger sister (who is also pursuing her degree in Political Science at the University of Dar-es-Salaam), it is getting harder and harder to support all of us together with themselves in that equation and as a result, my parents are in considerable debt. They are living paycheck to paycheck with no savings and it hurts me so much that I put them in this position because of my pursuit of education here. Though my little sister is working part-time and on school breaks, she still requires my parent's financial support. Being an international student here in America,

Throughout my high school career, I have been a very dedicated student. Much like the prestigious students I surround myself with, most of my nights are spent studying for exams, completing homework assignments, writing essays, and keeping on track for the long term goal of college. My academic record does show how I am as a student in limelight. Some years my grades fall due to personal indolence. Other years my grades would be in flying colors, it was dependent on what my motivation was. I found that motivation around junior year and ended that year with a 3.79 GPA and a class rank of 40/145. Though I wish my class rank were higher, my school is a charter school so it is very competitive, even students with GPA's of above 4.00 nearly miss