of life to children and adults alike. While money seems to be a tremendous motivation for most people‚ I have various other incentives for seeking higher education. The first reason I pursued college is because I want a career. Most of the adults in my life did not attend college‚ and ended up working deadend‚ low paying jobs. Day in and day out they perform the same menial‚ monotonous tasks. I would often recieve words of advice from these people‚ all of which followed the same general pattern:
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succeed discourages children with big dreams every day‚ but I refuse to give up. I see it in my neighbors‚ in my friends‚ even in my family‚ the wear that a rundown town can have on a person‚ often times I feel it myself too‚ but I am determined to make my dreams my reality. Growing up‚ I have always been passionate about soccer. I have never missed a season or a chance to play. Although‚ as I grow older‚ the more I envision soccer in my future. I see myself playing in college‚ in the Major Soccer League
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this is what I told those who were trying to persuade me into considering college. I was a mere high school student at the time where thoughts about the future were not a primary focus. I was one of the crowds who envisioned the future to be full of games and omitted any and all responsibilities. I was not focused in school nor did I even try to put effort into my grades. I eventually dropped out of high school. Needless to say‚ I was unable to find a decent job. As years passed by‚ I started thinking
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I want to participate in the Honors Program in London because I want to experience international travel. The only time that I have been out of the country is when I went on a cruise to the Caribbean when I was in middle school. I want to see and experience things that I have only read about in articles and textbooks. Being at Babson‚ and having been exposed to so many different cultures has only fueled my desire to travel abroad. Lately‚ I have been thinking about how I want to live my life and the
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speaking to me all at once‚ I try to focus on the task at hand. I am the only experienced pharmacy personnel volunteering at the Flying Samaritans Mexico clinic. I delegate counting tasks to student volunteers while I am checking off fills to ensure quality. Simultaneously‚ I am counseling patients on medication use and adherence. Lastly‚ a doctor is asking me which nausea drugs we have in stock. This environment of organized chaos became my Eureka moment. The moment where I could tie all my experiences
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Throughout my time in high school I had never really given much thought into what I wanted to do once I graduated. I knew I was going to be going to some university to pursue a degree‚ but I didn’t know what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. It wasn’t until I took AP Computer Science in 11th grade that I decided that pursing a degree in Computer Science was the right thing for me. This type of work was something that I greatly enjoyed and through computer science I would be able to solve problems
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an early age. I always saw theatre and the arts as a way to channel out my emotions in a positive way. I knew at the age of five that I wanted to be have a career working to make the magic happen at The Gooman.I dream of being a worker and assistant with the Goodman theater company. I desire to have the opportunity to incorporate my office work and behind stage work with a position at The Goodman Theater. When I first came to the Goodman with my mother at the age of four‚ I knew I wanted to be behind
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When I was 16 and beginning to consider potential colleges‚ one of the things I heard most from admissions officers during information sessions was that most students would change their majors at least once‚ some twice or more before graduating. Now in my second year of college‚ I know several friends who changed their program of study from what they initially intended to pursue. I am not among them. From the time I began high school‚ I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in theatre. If I could
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While in college I plan to major in business management because I want to start my own business dealing with cosmetology. For those who do not know what cosmetology means it is the professional skill or practice of beautifying the face‚ hair‚ skin‚ and nails. Opening up my own business was something I knew I wanted to do ever since I knew what kind of career I wanted to pursue. As far as taking the military route I knew that lifestyle was not something I wanted to do or for me as a person. Going
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I am an idealistic person who strongly believes that it is the responsibility of we‚ men to learn about the earth we are living in. The geography that earth has offer to us can be discussed in a very wide scope. Since my childhood the interest and thirst for geo-related knowledge has led me to garner information about earth. I believe that our earth has mineral resources which In most cases are exploited and not properly managed. I believe that I would be able to do better research which would
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