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The Committee And What Specific Skills Qualify You For This Position?

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Why do you want to be on the BJGM Committee and what specific skills qualify you for this position? I joined Council to make a difference in McCombs. I feel as though I have had the opportunities to do so, but I recognize many people have utilized their opportunities even better. With that, it would be an honor to serve on the BJGM Committee and help determine which student leaders should be recognized. In the past six months or so, I have struggled with recognizing my place on Council. At the beginning of last year, I imagined a Council route that entailed VIP Committee evolving into my becoming the chairperson and then being the Careers Director followed by the President of the Undergraduate Business Council. After incorrectly assuming I would be VIP Chair and not earning that role, I have felt like I am in a grey area with regards to what I want out of my college experience. I thought Council would define my experience and, although I have held important roles within UBC, I began to wonder what college would be like if I was no longer on Council. Personal issues and health disrupted my flow and caused that grey area to expand. I felt lost. Miriam has been the one who has kept hold me together. She proposed the idea of applying for BJGM, but it was a subtle sentence she mentioned when we met that confirmed my desire to be on BJGM: I needed to work on a team again. In leading several high school organizations, I thrived on loving my team members. Last year, I began to

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