Registered CPA

I would like to start off with a simple, yet powerful quote, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” -Wayne Gretzky. This quote does truly speak levels, which is why when I take shots I go big or I go home. I want to become a registered CPA and I would like to become the President of the University of Central Florida’s Phi Beta Lambda. I believe I can achieve these goals because of how I have adapted, developed, and changed over just my high school years. I would like to start off by saying I was not a public school child initially, my mother homeschooled me. In fact, 9th grade year was my first year in public school. I was an average teenager, I took all regular and one intermediate class. Little did I know I would be taking dual enrollment
courses at Palm Beach State College the next year. As sophomore year went on my course load and GPA rose as well, I joined FBLA-PBL and placed 3rd place for Accounting in our district; it was then I realized this was what I wanted to do.
As I moved on into my junior year I was voted into being Treasurer for our school’s FBLA-PBL. I also got an invitation into National Honor Society. I filled out of application and waited for the letter of acceptance or denial. At the time I felt great about my academic standing, 3.6 GPA, mostly all honors and dual enrollment courses. Needless to say, it came as a shock to me when they rejected me. Their reason for my rejection as a lack of GPA, at the time the requirement was a 3.5 GPA. I did not take this lightly, I thought to myself, “If NHS won’t accept me, what college would?’ I saw as all my friend began to get into NHS and yet I was struck with a black and white paper that simply said I was not good enough. I went on to ask teachers about what I should do. Shortly after I wrote a six paragraph essay taking about how I met the requirement for each one of the NHS pillars. I would have been so happy if I turned in that letter and they accepted me on the spot. However, the day after I turned it in I was called down and informed that the decision had not been
changed. Once more I felt defeated, I was about to just give up; it wasn’t until a week later that I called the National Advisor for NHS. They had a much different reply, the National Advisor told me that because I met the all the requirements they could not deny me. I remember returning to my school’s NHS Advisor and handing her the email chain with the information. After much determination and work, I succeeded in one of the most challenging bumps in my life. Near the end of junior year, I ran for President of our school’s FBLA-PBL with the promise of bringing a shining chapter. To this day I am still working on achieving those goals, our membership has been up 25% over past years and our participation could not be higher. I believe I can do anything I set my mind to and succeed.