Why I Want To Be A Hokie

It feels like everyday I meet people who ask me what college I want to attend. I give them the usual list of colleges I wish to apply to, but when Hofstra University comes up, people ask me, “why do you want to apply to Hofstra University?” I say there are infinite reasons why I wish to go to Hofstra. The number one reason being that it is really close to home. Hofstra is an excellent school - one of the best schools in New York. Hofstra has over a 100 distinct majors and minors to choose from ranging from Biology to Engineering to American Studies. I plan to major in Biology, and Hofstra is the best for my major because it has resources to offer its students giving them hands on experiences. Being an AP student, I love to take arduous classes

One particular activity that I feel has made a difference in the community is my participation in Mini-THON, a student-led philanthropic organization that raises money for research in pediatric cancer and benefits Four Diamonds and Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. I have served as the Junior and Senior Co-Chair, or President, for the past two years, respectively. Each year, my responsibilities have expanded from simply attending meetings and contributing ideas for fundraisers, to actively coordinating meetings and organizing fundraisers with local businesses. For example, our club held our first annual “Teenie-THON” for elementary school students. We spent countless hours creating advertisements and permission slips for the participants.

There are a multitude of reasons I want to attend Virginia Tech, but being reduced to five, I would have to choose the college atmosphere as my top reason. I would love to participate in and enjoy Virginia Tech’s massive football games that are full of life and excitement. The school spirit would truly enhance my experience around the campus and in my social life as well. The second reason is because I want to major in an engineering field, and Virginia Tech is a stellar school for this aspiration. The college’s prestigious ranking in engineering fields is more than enough to convince me to attend. Another reason I want to attend Virginia Tech is because it is my ambition to genuinely love my career path, and I think Virginia Tech is an ideal

I am applying to Hofstra because I believe that the university can help me achieve my goals. From the time I was a young child, I knew I wanted to go into the medical field. While there is a long and difficult road ahead of me, I am sure that attending Hofstra University will help me go down that road.

I am a member of the Teacher PREP Club and the NSU Chapter of NAACP. I am an actively involved member of both organization, attending all scheduled meetings, offering my ideas and input, and giving of my time whenever I can. In Teacher Prep, I helped volunteer for the Children’s Theatre performance, helping to set up, clean up, and serve refreshments afterward. Additionally, I have helped organize the Black History presentation given to the preschool children. In the NAACP, I have helped organize presentations, support fundraising initiatives, and design the organization’s T-shirt design. I also take advantage of various community service opportunities on campus such as the Red Cross Blood Drive, Youth Day, and Color Run. In my free time, I

One of my biggest projects the past two years was serving a committee member with the Soroptimist Club of Madera, California to help create the event “Dream it, Be it” This event has touched my heart because it shows girls that no matter your race, religion, or current financial status you can achieve your dreams. Many girls in my small town do not have people in their lives that support or motivate them. It was extremely important to me that these girls realize that they are more than statistics, that they have powerful hungry brains that are willing to take them to the next level with hard work. I wanted these girls to know that I believe in them and I am willing to put my time and energy in for them. Being a first generation college student myself, I knew that I needed to use my voice to help girls to go after their dreams, no matter how far off they may seem. I have been a key member in making this event come to life and through this event I have been able to speak to girls and motivate them. I have found inspiration through community service and I want to spread this fire in my heart. I have been able to use leadership as a powerful tool for growth in my community. In hopes that one day everyone will go after their dreams and desires and use these skills to benefit

I am passionate about social justice, particularly global poverty. In 2015, I, among other students in the Chicago suburbs raised $62,000 to build a dorm in Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia. We learned about the human trafficking situation and lack of education in Cambodia from a Willow Creek staff member who visited Cambodia. Over the course of a calendar year, I attended bi-weekly meetings for project updates and brainstorming with other student leaders. Then, I would bring back these ideas to my classmates and we planned fundraisers that would work well for our school population. My favorite fundraiser when we raised $700 by selling 18-inch pixy stix (sugar sticks). I never could have sold 700 giant sugar sticks on my own, especially in a one-month

I plan on working with my boyfriend’s job. He works at Union County College with the Project Achievement Initiative. They will be partnering up with the “Be the Change” group from Kean University. “Be the Change” is a nonprofit organization is geared towards helping different areas with community service and activism projects that help promote peace and non-violence in urban neighborhoods. They volunteer and donate every dollar or item collected to help many communities. Some of their activities include homelessness relief, creating peace gardens from abandoned lots, addressing urban food deserts utilizing vertical gardens to grow food, creating safe spaces for youth, young women empowerment programs and so much more. “Be the Change” is a community service and activism group made up of students from Kean University and other volunteers such as myself who are dedicated to serving the needs of local, state, national, and global community. They are pretty much a hands on organization and believe every little thing can help.

There are thousands of colleges and universities in the US, but for some reason I’ve gravitated to making Virginia Tech my number one choice. My motivation for this may stem from my passion of pursuing a career structured around engineering and fast cars, and I feels as if this school may be the place where I can begin to achieve my goals. Virginia Tech is one college that offers tons of courses in that field of study, which is great for a person like me who wants to learn as much as I possibly can.

Virginia Tech is ranked among the top ten percent of world’s best universities. As a Hokie, I will obtain a high quality education that will serve as the foundation for my future.

From hardship came passion; I am now driven to make an impact on the issues

I’m not the most likable person but I have known ever since I was a little girl I want going to help and change America's future. Growing up I would say that my family and I lived in a middle-class home in the suburbs of Chicago. I went to a public school I was a Brownie and a Girl Scout. I went on a trip to Chicago with my youth ministry, and we saw Martin Luther King Jr. and listened to his “I have a Dream” speech it really inspired me to get involved with social justice. My father, Hugh E. Rodham was a WWII Navy veteran and a small-business owner, and my mother Dorothy Howell Rodham, stay at home mom. Unlike me my mother had a very tough childhood. Her parents left her when she was little and had basically raised herself alone. Due to her

Being a Hokie is what I would want more than anything. To me being a Hokie is not just a matter of what team you root for or what college you go to, but instead is a title one possesses when they are proud of where they live and study, which is one of the main reasons I want to be able to call myself a Hokie. I want to be a Hokie because I want to go to Virginia Tech above all other schools. Some people’s dream school is Yale or Harvard or maybe Duke, but Virginia Tech is my dream school. Another reason I want to be a Hokie is because when I stayed on the campus for a week during the summer of my sophomore year I fell in love with the campus. The school is absolutely beautiful and a huge contrast from Florida (where I’ve lived my entire life).

I also became a public education volunteer for Macular Degeneration with the Bright Focus Foundation. Macular Degeneration is a condition which affects millions of people on a yearly basis. I wanted to help create awareness of this condition and distributed pamphlets and brochures to public areas and doctor’s offices, in the hope of making a difference in someone’s life. I volunteered with the Georgia Lions Lighthouse eye glass recycling project, where I read the prescriptions of used glasses on a lensometer and packed them into cases, so that they could be shipped to third world or developing countries where people required eye glasses. I also started working as an optometric technician and eyecare advisor at a doctor of optometry’s practice situated inside

I was a leader in AIDS activism, including my role in the American foundation for AIDS research. In 1991 I established the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS foundation in an effort to raise awareness and funds to respond to AIDS and to grant assistance to people with HIV. We are located in Beverly Hills California. I started my program after my good friend Rock Hudson died following his battle with HIV and AIDS. I wanted to raise awareness and hopefully find a cure for the disease. My foundation is still used today, and helps over 1 million people in rural areas of Africa.