to her – she became the first academic influence in my life. When I began Kindergarten‚ we found out that I would face some serious challenges. The staff at my first elementary school discovered my dyslexia and “hyperactivity disorder” (the prior clinical title for today’s ADHD) in the first week of initial assessments. Before I started school‚ my mother made sure I knew my alphabet‚ my numbers to 100‚ and my colors. I knew how to write my full name and read short words‚ so when the school responded
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achieve in the future. I want to go to a university that will help build up my faith and encourage my walk with Christ; ACU definitely fits the criteria‚ instead of a school that will try to consistently break down my personal faith with a man’s philosophy‚ a secular university. The research I have done over Abilene Christian University has intrigued more than any other universities have. For example‚ I was researching ACU’s nursing program and I came across the stories of alumni nursing graduates. I
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Personal Statement I want to become a midwife because over my career I have really enjoyed working with parents‚ and whilst training in childcare I became fascinated by the process of pregnancy and delivery. This has led me to wanting to learn the skills to enable me to plan and provide‚ with the mother‚ individualised care based on the medical history and social assessment early on in pregnancy within my community. In order to gain the under pinning knowledge‚ to be a midwife‚ I am studying Access
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Personal Statement Prompt #1 Each factor of life‚ since the moment of birth‚ shapes the way we are now and effects many people around us. These factors can vary from being born into poverty‚ being born with everything served on a silver platter‚ or being born with some sort of disorder. Everyone’s occurrences are never the same as anothers. In my case‚ I was born in Santa Ana California to a 17 year old mother and a lot 19 year old father who was somewhere in the world serving for the United States
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As I look back on the last two months of this course‚ the two Benedictine Hallmarks that jump out at me the most are discipline and obedience. At this point in my life‚ I am a full time student and working part time at Edward Hospital in Naperville. I am doing nothing but growing and learning every day of the week. Because of this‚ discipline and obedience are so necessary in my everyday schedule. I am not only trying to better myself and learn as much as I possibly can but I am also trying to make
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for the subject grew as I read his books and watched documentaries‚ such as Planet Earth. I am particularly interested in the animal behaviour aspect of the course‚ along with biodiversity and taxonomy‚ which I have covered in A-level biology. A personal interest in conservation resulted in my joining WWF. I am also a member of one of the top zoos in the UK‚ Chester Zoo where I am a regular visitor. This is not only a leisure activity but has become a way to further develop my interest in zoology
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minor in Environmental Engineering in June of 2012. My interdisciplinary major combined classes in environmental science and engineering‚ conservation‚ atmospheric and oceanic science‚ biology‚ geography‚ economics‚ policy‚ and more‚ and my senior research project was on the “Life Cycle Analysis of a Battery Electric Vehicle.”
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PERSONAL STATEMENT Every person has a dream. Somebody dreams about a big house‚ somebody about a luxury car‚ somebody about some new gadgets‚ etc. And I am not an exception. I also have a lot of dreams. But all of these my dreams come out of one main dream‚ it is a good education. I started to think about gaining a good education when I was 12 years old. That time was rather difficult time for our country‚ and consequently for our family. My father had just started his business in a young
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Personal Statement During my years of living‚ I have experienced many things. Many of which have made me who I am today. Many of the things I have done have caused me to want more in life‚ to expand not only my knowledge‚ but also my horizons. In reflecting back on what I have done in life‚ it shows me that I am well on my way of doing that. I feel as though I am a very determined‚ hard-working‚ versatile person who is ready for college and the world. Various factors have caused me feel
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Rahni Davis Personal Statement Lon Watters once said‚ “A school is a building that has four walls with tomorrow inside.” Some people don’t realize that school is a special place. Physically and mentally‚ school is a safe haven for people to escape. There are handfuls of kids that can’t find a place to feel special at home. There are other cases where parents are too busy to spend time with their children‚ so sports and other extracurricular activities allow them to shine
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