Why I Want To Pursue A Business Degree

I have strong interpersonal skills where my communication has developed due to experience in my part time job as a customer advisor in McDonalds. I have a clear vision and find it easy to share this vision with others. I view myself as a thoughtful leader who can organise and balance conflicting interests whilst working in teams. I am confident that a course in business will satisfy my interests.

What motivated me to enroll at GCU and pursue a degree in higher education is to live my dreams and to also to let my grandfather live to see his wish comes to pass. My grandfather is my biggest motivation growing up with my grandparents from I was nine months old until I migrated to the united states for college give me a great inspiration about education, my grandmother always uses to teach me how to read adult books, when I was just a third grader. She would normally say if I can not read the adults book I must read all the sign words I know and pronouns the big words in syllables. My grandmother plays the mother figure in my life during that time frame, I become a great reader and use to be the honor student in school, two years after my grandmother was admitted to a hospital to do a

Since moving to the United States, a land of opportunity, I followed the immigrant tradition of working hard to pursue my passion/ambition to study and get my degree. I started attending community college a year after I came to the United states. I spent three years at Northern Virginia Community College and transferred to the university of Virginia to earn a B.A degree. I have always kept a full-time job while attending community college to cover my living expenses and help my parents back home Throughout my journey of achieving a higher degree, I learned how to work hard and how to overcome challenges in my own personal and academic life. Now I am very confident in achieving my goals.

I am interested in pursuing a degree in business because there are a variety of job opportunities within the field. My parents also owned their own business, which was the main reason I wanted to pursue a business degree. I was inspired by their work ethics, and how they overcame their struggles and obtained success within their business and recognition in society. Originally, my major was in management. However, I have recently become more interested in an ISOM major after attending an Ask the Professionals event. This is because ISOM combines both business skills and IT skills to give you a unique skill set that is highly sought after in the current job market. My ideal job upon graduation would be working in a company like Freddie Mac where I can utilize my knowledge and work within a team setting.

As far back as I can remember I have been interested in business, I just did not know it for a long time. I did not realize that I enjoyed business and or finances until I was I in my early twenties when I joined the Air Force and purchased my first home. However, when I initially began collegiate career I originally picked psychology. Which, I really enjoy, but after taking a few classes of my business minor it became clear that my passion is business.

The way I see it, business is what ties our world together. From the advertisement of the products on the shelves of supermarkets to the management of the employees who sell them, business is ingrained in every interaction we have. Without business, the world as we know it simply would not exist. I aspire to be an eloquent, well-rounded individual who effectively contributes to society and makes the world a better place, and I believe that pursuing a degree in business is the best way for me to go about achieving that goal. As I look back upon my time in high school, working part-time as a cashier at Scheels All Sports and being the president of my high school’s National Honor Society prepared me to be a dedicated, tenacious, well-spoken student in the Wisconsin BBA Program and future business professional.

While working, I gained knowledge in the aspect of economics. It made me realize that the economic world is more complicated than I originally thought. Dealing with real estate documents and foreclosure letters, I not only gained intellectual knowledge through economic jargon, but also gained emotional growth. I learned how to best deal with people going through tough times, and ensure that their goals are met.

Four years ago I began studying business studies. I have since discovered that business is a part of everyday life and this has become a strong interest of mine. Initially, my enthusiasm for business comes from observing my parents set up and manage their own business.

I became a server at a local restaurant/creamery. Working over 40 hours a week between the two jobs in the summer sounds horrific for most students, but I obtained knowledge about businesses and was enjoying myself in the meantime. As a server, I increased my knowledge about customer service and the best way to deal with things. I became a master at prioritization and multitasking in order to make the customers happy. When the store first started to get busy I started to understand how to deal with high pressure situations and how to manage my

Business has been a large part of my family, and has started to grow on me. My dad worked in sales for many years, and is now the President of a company in Staples. My mom started her own cleaning business, and now works for herself, as well as my uncle owns a golf course, and a pump and well business. My other uncle has his own handy man business, while one of my aunts operates a redimix and construction company . So I guess it could be said, business is kind of in by blood.

My senior year of high school I sat in my moms car on the Purdue campus and cried over a pamphlet about veterinary medicine. I had worked myself to the bone for four years of high school and I was changing my mind completely after my acceptance. To many people it may not have seemed like a big deal at such a young age, however I am a planner. I like to know exactly what I am going to be doing and when exactly I will be doing it. To see the future that I had so painstaking planned fall apart was a scary experience. As my mom sat there thinking she asked me: "Samantha, what do you really enjoy? What is your passion? If you could pick any career regardless of the pay what would it be?" This was a tough question for me. I had chosen vet med specifically because of the high salary and my love of animals. The fact of the matter was I did not enjoy science and I really did not enjoy math. My heart was with history, government, and politics. As we drove home that day we bounced around several career options within my chosen fields. Coming into IUPUI I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to do, thanks in big part to my internship at a local law office.

Growing up I held several types of jobs throughout a wide range of businesses. Having a family of mostly small business owners, I have always felt that I also wanted to build my own business. I worked for my dad restoring antique cars, my grandfather at his golf course, a local car dealer detailing cars, and also at our hometown funeral home as a funeral service associate. Of all the work I did, I enjoyed being at my grandfather’s golf course the most. It covered 178 acres and there were always multiple types of work that could be done. Being able to work over across a large area of ground with multiple tasks at hand proved to be both rewarding and stimulating.

I personally believe I have always been a business-minded individual. Growing up, It was always what do I not use anymore that I can sell or what else can I do to make money. I remember going door to door as a little kid just wanting to do any sort of odd job to make money. In middle school, a friend and I made flyers to mow lawns around the neighborhood. For two summers we would mow and weed four or five yards a week. We became very popular around the neighborhood and it was like we owned our own small business. As I got older, I realized a career in business is something I would like to pursue. My math skills are very strong and are something I am very comfortable working with. Also, my social skills are very strong. I feel very comfortable and enjoy interacting with people. I can not imagine working in anything but a social

anything less than perfect. This could be a weakness for my perfection could cloud my judgment, however I will know my business will be up to standards.

Majoring in business is a really interesting and popular major to choose. You learn a lot of new things as growing into the business areas. You discover the employment opportunities, which is seeing what skills you are into and what are you more interested in. For example, some employment opportunities would be a retail trade, manufacturing, and wholesale trade. There are different types of business areas, which are