Personal Statement: Self-Assessment

Whenever the term legacy is invoked in conversation it elicits many different responses. What is it that makes a person have a legacy that will endure long after he or she has breathed their last breath? In my judgement there are several factors that enable a person to have a long lasting impact on others. There are several key attributes that I feel contribute in the greatest manner of developing a person into who they are and into the professional and the leader they were destined to become. As I take an in-depth view of myself and evaluate the abilities that I possess, there are areas I must identify to improve upon whether strengths or weaknesses. The strengths are my endurance, compassion, and leadership,

Hmmm………What shall I tell you about me? You, the person who will decide my fate, my fate as to whether I would go to CU-Boulder, go live in Colorado, go snowboarding in the mountains, meet lots of interesting people, and have the most wonderful experience…I better make myself sound worthy. First off, I want you to know that I'm an unparalleled individual, whose outlook on life is of total optimism. Through out my 18 years, I've become freinds with people from all walks of life. I've learned to empathize with just about every one of them, gaining the greatest understanding in a variety of remarkable characters. One of my favorite, a homeless lady who's called Polly, tells the most incredible stories of love and the many

Pursing a career as a medical doctor is an opportunity for me to mentor youth in underserved populations. As a child, I was raised in the low income, urban community of Roxbury, MA. Although not as notorious today, the neighborhood had garnered negative attention for its high crime rates. My mother emigrated from Haiti and raised me as a single parent. Due to our financial circumstance, Roxbury became our permanent residence. I have always felt there was something lacking in Roxbury in comparison to other towns I visited. My teenage years were largely spent in the suburban town of Stoneham where I attended high school. There was a literal difference in air quality and a psychology contrast in future prospects. While native students of

There are few certainties of what one will encounter during life. A common joke names two: death and

Thank you for this assessment, but has you know this was the year end assessment on how you did with the goals set out during the year. Your self assessment is missing a review of your team’s performance compared to the goals set out. It is also missing the level of professionalism I expect from all members of my team. I have also asked for new goals for 2017 and I did not receive them.

It was a cold autumn night in North Carolina when I realized that my youth was being taken away from me. I wanted to run away and go back to the life that I had known; where I had the opportunity to go to school was happy and understood the language. Instead I was in a foreign land with my family and we could not return for there was no future in my homeland. According to my father, we had to keep migrating because it was the best thing for our family. It was then when I realized that this is not what I wanted for my family and I asked my father that we needed to go somewhere where I can go to school because it was affecting everybody including my little brother. My father raised me to believe I could accomplish anything I set my mind to

When I took my USC tour before my freshman year, I fell in love with the campus and became very interested in exploring all the opportunities presented by the ambassador. I fell in love with the beauty of the Horseshoe and greatly appreciated the generosity and politeness of the people I met. I want to inspire prospective students to fall in love with USC as I did. I would also like to explore this opportunity to develop as a person and make good friends in the process. It gives me great pride to tell people I attend the University of South Carolina and cheer on my team at every football game. When people ask me why I went to school so far away, I generally stick to three answers. The weather is great, the sports are amazing, and the people who comprise the University are fantastic.

I was born in India to Indian parents and relocated to Japan, where I spent my childhood. Because of this, I learned Japanese language and culture alongside Malayalam, my mother tongue. While living in Japan, I picked up on significant cultural values that were repeatedly emphasized. For one, I began to internalize the value of humility. My father’s boss at the time was emblematic of this trait; despite being the successful CEO of his company, he rode a bicycle to work every morning. He remained grounded despite having cause to flaunt his riches. I strive to apply this sense of humility to all aspects of my future medical education and career. I believe I need to practice humility to learn effectively and meaningfully. As a student, I can practice

People who know me typically find out pretty quickly that next to my passion for medicine, I am actually one of the world’s hugest computer geeks. In fact, when I first entered college, I toyed with the idea of studying computer science before I realized that the study of the human body was so much more exciting because it allows me to combine my fervor for computers and merge it with my interest in medicine.

I think the self-assessment was a good idea for me as a student to reevaluate myself and time management for my classwork. I did not learn anything new about myself after completing the assessment; however it did make me compare the different areas to see what I need to focus on more. The statement “Even as you benefit from your strengths, spends time developing your weakest areas so they don’t get in the way of your dreams and desires” made me really think about making changes with myself. (Bethel University, p2).

Over the past summer, as well as the past 5 summers, I have worked at a place called Camp Vineyard. It is a fantastic summer camp run out of the Vineyard Chattanooga church where they bring in kids from over 20 different churches across the southeast and give them a place where they can experience God in a traditional overnight summer camp way. From the many fun activities such as the ridiculous games such as giant multi-ball soccer to the neat groups, which allow kids to build rockets and shoot them into the air and archery, there is never a dull moment throughout the day. In both the mornings and the evenings we have sessions where kids learn from a couple different speakers and have a time of worship. Finally, one night every week we also have a ministry where in the past kids have learned how to pray for others, sought both physical and spiritual healing, and have been spoken to by the other kids around them. It truly is quite an experience to see over 400 kids from 6th grade to 12th grade praying for each other and speaking into their lives who some have been changed forever because of this.

I am excited to be qualified to have the opportunity to apply for the Rose Marie Beard Woman of Spirit Honors Scholarship. I immigrated from the Philippines to the United States with my father and two older sisters. My mother joined us after a few years. My parents instilled in me the importance of education, as well as the obstacles that may stand in the way. When we arrived in the United States, my father enrolled me in a Catholic school, where he believed I would receive the best education. I am now the first person in my family to attend to college. After elementary school, I knew I wanted to continue my educational journey in a private Catholic high school, but I knew the expenses would be a problem. I maintained being a top student and looked for different options to get to where I wanted to be. To obtain this dream, which always seemed unreachable for my family, I worked hard with

If I were to choose an intended audience to target, my choice would be adolescents currently attending high school. High school students in this day and age have their plates full to the brim. With all the classes they are required to take, the pile of homework they’re assigned each night, and the extracurricular activities they’ve signed up for, it’s no wonder that they don’t have much time to think about the future. Despite having full schedules, I believe that a modern home economics, or life skills class, would be worth freeing up time for. My plan would be to create an impactful video and several different flyers to promote my idea and maximize its reach. The video would be distributed through social media platforms such as Facebook,

This paper will provide a glimpse of my non-cognitive traits such as self awareness, empathy, passion and fortitude.

My weakness is not being able to write my exact thoughts and expressions in English as i have them in Russian in my mind. Most of the time i spend on finding the right words, looking for the right way to translate everything in my head so that my readers can understand my true perspectives and point of view. I usually spend a great amount of time, probably twice or three times more than average students would spend on doing the same essay to work on my writing skill and try to polish my words the best possible way i could. In order for me to improve my writing and appealing my point to the readers i have to find more sources and read more articles, which helps me find more resources and research that can