WSU Personal Statement

“Anyone can have a job, but not everybody can have a career." My sister instilled this notion in my mind causing me to make my education a main priority. Those wise words encourage me to be an excellent leader that may help this school keep its original mission of having educated the minds of students in all ways possible. I am committed to maintaining the relationship between God, friends, and family. Notre Dame provides various types of courses that establish a foundation for my growth and bonds of both education and faith.

I would love to be a part of Central Michigan's athletic training program. I have a deep love and passion for sports. After High School I would still want to be in the sports field and I also like caring for people which would make Athletic training the field for me. I am currently a captain on my basketball and track team. I make others around me better and take on the role of being a leader. My goal is to graduate and get my degree. After that I envision myself being a strength and conditioning coach or an athletic trainer. I want to be a good athletic trainer at a college or pro level.

I chose NDSU because I feel like I was pretty well acquainted with the campus during my time in high school. Each summer, for FFA, my chapter, along with others from across the state, spent a week here competing in different agricultural competitions. Also, I talked with alumni from this nursing program, and they all said it was set up very well, and also put them on a track to getting a good job afterwards. When I came for a tour earlier this spring, I got to hear a speech from the Dean of nursing, and I just sort of felt like this was the right place. On a side note, I like being here because of the agricultural side of NDSU as well, even if I’m not necessarily going into a field pertaining to it. It seems more like home to me, when the person next to me, going into Vet Tech, rides horse as much as I did.

The transition from being a child, dependent upon parents for everything, to an independent adult is one of the most stressful times a person will endure. Legally speaking, 18 is the age when you become an adult but the number doesn’t describe the responsibilities and independence you must take on. College is seen as the “big step” into the real world and many people struggle in choosing where to make their transition. I would like to take my “big step” by attending Florida Atlantic University.

Going to a university can encompass a variety of factors and meanings for each of the individuals that it applies to. Here, at ASU, there is an abundant amount of these backgrounds always coming forth and attending this university that helps fuel to the variety of why people attend such a higher level learning institution. As to how I contribute to this diverse pool is of the reason of my family and pressures placed onto me by them. I come from a fairly large family that consists of eight people, including myself. I am the oldest of five siblings and the first who has ever been able to graduate high school. With this in mind, it is obvious that I must be the role model for the younger bunch along with striving for better after my high school graduation. All my siblings are expected to follow in my footsteps which can at times be stressful because I want them to walk onto a even better path than I ever did in my school career path. With being the first in my family to ever graduate, my parents want me to be a good representation to combat the negative comments usually associated with people of Mexican descent and how they often do not get far in life.

“CLANG!” The cell door slammed open, snapping me from my dazed state. Two years ago, I was intoxicated to the point that I fell asleep on the basketball courts adjacent to my apartment, was arrested, and in the process of that arrest, ignored the lawful requests of the arresting officers. That night and the following morning I found myself alone in a cell with nothing but thoughts of incredulity, self-disappointment, and regret running through my mind as my future at Clemson University remained in question. In the morning, as I was being processed, one key idea, like a lighthouse’s beacon, flashed through my mind; that I was solely responsible for my decisions and the consequences they wrought. This is a fact of life that we are all taught from birth, but it was one I never fully appreciated until there were real-world consequences. That realization,

For the past ten months, I’ve been working as a Technical Helpdesk Technician for the largest school district in the Coachella Valley - Palm Springs Unified School District. The Education Technology and Information Systems (ETIS) department aims at improving the archaic pedagogy of teaching for staff and students. While also striving to support the district’s business needs and goals through implementation of modern technology. In the past ten months I have spoken with current cohorts, many of which are WGU alumni, who have given me the information and support to finish my collegiate studies. This has sparked my drive to continue education through Wester Governors University where I am asked the following question: “What is your Motivation

The transition from high school to college is a notoriously daunting experience for students entering, arguably, the most important years in their lives. Everything that a student has come to know about academics, for the most part, are to be radically challenged. Many different factors go into the change, and any particular one can be enough to overwhelm any given student into becoming an emotional wreck. Whether it be living on one's own for the first time, drastic schedule changes, or becoming socially involved, these responsibilities are just three examples, among the seeming hundreds. However, a perfect balance between these responsibilities is a major key in not allowing the stressors to take one captive.

As a young child, I was always on the edge–the edge of the forbidden forest that cast my backyard in shadow, the edge of the high-rising countertop that threatened to falter my steps, and the edge of the North American continent on the old dusty map spread across my bedroom floor. I was adventurous; I loved to seek all that was unknown in the environment by which I was surrounded. The curiosity within me has bloomed as the years have come to pass; it has taken me to places I had once dreamed of and has been my guide through the inception of discovering the veins of glorious life that pump restlessly through the world and me. This yearning for sagacious knowledge has fueled my desire to follow along a scientific path; with that said, my professional goal is to negate the mundane and explore the world (and preserve its beauty) through work as an environmental

I would like to study nursing at Notre Dame because it is a truly Catholic university where I can safely study nursing with the assurance that the ethics will follow the guidelines of the Catholic faith. Other universities may be prejudice against my Catholic faith when they assume the authority to teach me practises like abortion and euthanasia. If I went to another university, though I am able to stand up against their wrong teaching and defend my beliefs, I cannot assume that they would listen to me and I would be at risk of not passing as a competent nurse in their eyes. I do not have much experience when it comes to dealing with people who want to go through or perform morally wrong procedures and I would not know the right way to deal

I am addresing you because I am interested in becoming part of the George Mason University community. I have been considering to apply since last year, when I was a junior in high school. I believe it is a a school that offers the programs I need to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in biology and later specialize in a school of medicine as a radiation oncologist. However, I might decide to complete the courses offered by the pre-medic program instead, which would also help me enter the school of medicine of my choice. I am also highly interested in playing volleyball while pursuing my education and George Mason University offers both my educational and extracurricular interesst. I strongly believe I am an excellent fit for George Mason University and that I will become a leader and a valuable asset for the school.

Currently I am a senior at Texas State University, earning a double major in accounting and management. I have a distinguished background in my professional and academic career that has prepared me for graduate studies. The University of Houston is the one and only school I plan to pursue these endeavors.

According to Google Maps, the University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a 6 hour and 12 minute drive from our home in Wauconda. This is a perk for me because unlike FSU, I can drive home on holidays or long weekends, and unlike UWM, it is a little further of a drive so you won’t be expecting me to come home every weekend and I can have a life of my own. Although it is a bit of a drive, it’s nothing compared to all the flights you will have to pay for if you decided to come visit me in Florida. I also won’t have to pay for flights every time I am feeling homesick and want to come home.

My excitement for Northwestern can be embodied in the words of Professors Julio Ottino and Gary Saul Morson, “It is in the augmentation of possibilities—the things we never knew—where remarkable opportunities exist at the intersection of engineering and humanities.” I learned first-hand the value of such collaboration across disciplines to solving global issues like HIV, working on my research at USC. The unique opportunity to combine the best of a Weinberg and McCormick education—one that emphasizes a broader definition of computer science to leverage the school’s other amazing departments, including Economics, Sociology, Kellogg, and even Journalism is extremely appealing. There, I can explore connections between these fields and discover new ones by pursuing unique courses like Social Network Analysis or Technology and Human Interaction and research at the renowned Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems. I’ve been corresponding with Professor Noshir Contractor, and I would be very excited to join his research team in investigating the dynamics of online social and knowledge networks.

“You have all the reasons in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.”​​​​ - Denis Waitley