The Honors College

As I would be around many driven and highly intelligent students, I feel I will constantly be encouraged to push myself and preform to the best of my ability in all my courses. Being a part of something as incredible as the Honors College would be such a humbling and rewarding opportunity, as it would give me the chance to challenge myself in more academically rigorous and demanding courses. I have learned through the advanced classes I have taken during my high school career to

knowledge of a particular subject matter. A college acts in this manner, establishing an environment in which one can refine their passions. Also within the rain forest exist areas in which distinct species can communicate, socialize, and live in harmony. In this way, an honors college supports student growth by showing students how knowledge in the field is discovered, developed, evaluated, compared, and applied. A course within my ideal honors college will celebrate the diversity of the students

that I highly stress about is overcoming challenges, opportunities, and comprehensive perspectives. FIU represents these values and this is why I want to be in FIU’s Honors College. The Honors College would help me achieve my academic and career goals as it would allow to continue my progress and improve. I believe that the Honors College would help me as they offer an encouraging and enthusiastic vision for students with values, like me. I want to explore the community of students with

In contemplation and self-reflection on why I feel so drawn to applying to the Maynor Honors College, there remains only one recurring theme among all the thoughts and ideas: growth. Coming into college, there was an internally made promise that no opportunity provided would be squandered, that every obstacle, challenge, and struggle would be relentlessly tackled head-on in an attempt to help further develop myself as an individual, and an academic. Though it has been made very apparent through

part of a program that allows underserved students to access rigorous courses in order to prepare them for the Honors College as well as giving them the support and mentorship needed to be successful at UMass Amherst. Although I was not originally accepted into the Honors College I feel that I would fit right into the Emerging Scholars Program and be able to transition into the Honors College. The thought of having academic support, challenging classes, and being more active on campus excites me as

I am interested in joining the Honors College because it is essential to me to be surrounded by motivated and determined students, like me. Honors College will provide this type of committed community. In the Honors College, I will add much diversity. Growing up in a biracial family household, I have been immersed into two completely different cultures, languages and societal expectations. By ethnicity, my father is Hispanic; however, he grew up in France and stayed there until he received his

meetings, asking questions, and tutoring” can be an effective tool to develop college coping skills. However, isn’t it more diverse to add personal preferences as a way of diminishing the amount of stress we can be subjected to? Would not exercise, hobbies, and favorite activities be an important part of college coping skills, mainly as a way of increasing your social capital and motivation? This may bring Honors College students a step closer to “psychological balance” and keep our senses awake.

As college standards increase yearly, students feel greater pressure to succeed. As a result of the rising academic expectations, cheating has become a national issue and most students have admitted to cheating at least once in their educational career. Overloaded with school work, students see cheating as an advantage and step towards academic success. Thus, cheating results from an urgency to do well in school and being overscheduled. For many students, failure is not an option. Their need to

HONOR CODE: I have not witnessed any wrong doing nor have I personally violated any condition of the Skidmore College Honor Code while taking this examination. I attended a meeting last week with other faculty members. One of them let fly her/his opinion that “sustainability does not exist” or is, at best, a “bankrupt” notion that is basically a form of “greenwashing” and that sustainable development was a “joke.” Hmmm . . . . Please comment on that assertion. In the process, discuss the “big

Leadership Experience As a Freshman at UB, I participated in the Leadership House Living Learning Community. Surrounded by thirty other first-year students, we were encouraged to deeply immerse ourselves in leadership within the Buffalo Community. Through this experience, I committed myself to a community partner, Gloria J. Parks Community Center; I also actively learned what it means to lead through service experiences, as well as in class and workshop participation. As a result of my time in Leadership