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Teaching – Every Day Brings Something New – Teaching – Every Day Brings Something New I started seriously thinking about what I wanted to do with my life, concerning my career, in the 11th grade. From my junior year until my first semester in college, I was certain my purpose in life was to teach. However, people I spoke with, including some family, friends, and even schoolteachers, repeatedly crushed this choice: “Why would you want to be a teacher. Don’t you know how much they make. Why would you want to deal with bratty kids all day…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 750 words
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Pursuing a PhD in English Literature – Pursuing a PhD in English Literature Education has always been the highest priority in my family. After attending university and graduate school in the US, my parents moved to Florida, turning down a masters in architecture at Harvard for my mother for a position at an engineering firm for my father. Still relatively new to this country and language, my mother established her own architectural firm. In the midst of this transition, both spatially and professionally, my parents insisted on sending my brother to an expensive private school…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 764 words
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Personal Statement – Personal Statement Hmmm………What shall I tell you about me. You, the person who will decide my fate, my fate as to whether I would go to CU-Boulder, go live in Colorado, go snowboarding in the mountains, meet lots of interesting people, and have the most wonderful experience…I better make myself sound worthy. First off, I want you to know that I’m an unparalleled individual, whose outlook on life is of total optimism. Through out my 18 years, I’ve become freinds with people from all walks of life…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 1736 words
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From Conservative Hong Kong to Liberal Arts – From Conservative Hong Kong to Liberal Arts A defining moment in my life occurred about two years ago. I left my high school in Hong Kong and came to the United States to finish my secondary education as an international student in New York. I left my parents, my home, my friends, and my language in order to experience a foreign culture and broaden the scope of my education and view of life. Whenever I try to think or write about my life-my autobiography-I always settle upon the importance of this move, this shift from Eastern to Western perspective…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 749 words
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One Must Search for Beauty in All Things – One Must Search for Beauty in All Things I never had the benefit of a spiritual guide. No one ever counseled me to “search for beauty in all things”. Perhaps it is most beneficial to learn some things through experience. I ran away from an abusive stepfather and an alcoholic mother when I was thirteen and it was the best decision I ever made. I slept on rooftops and hallways for a year before the state took custody of me and placed me in a group home. Over the next four years I would live in several different homes ranging from a hundred children to less than ten and attend four different high schools…. [tags: Law College Admissions Essays] 732 words
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I Will Use My God Given Talents in the Practice of Law – I Will Use My God Given Talents in the Practice of law Given an understanding of the scarcity and importance of time and the fleeting nature of existence, time commitment decisions are among the most important choices that an individual has to make. I believe that time is a gift from God and it is up to individuals to make wise decisions regarding how they will invest the time that God has granted them. My perception of time dictates, to a degree, how I chose to use it. I believe that time is linear – there is a beginning and an end – God, the creator of time…. [tags: Law College Admissions Essays] 947 words
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I Must Help Others – I Must Help Others I grew up amidst the poverty and deprivation of the Third World, and for the majority of the twenty years that I lived in Jamaica, I lived with a sense of hopelessness. I lived with my mother, one brother, and two sisters in a one-bedroom house without any roof. The day before my final exams, during my first year in high school, we were evicted from the house. I never got another chance to take my exams, and I had to spend the next school year repeating the same classes. At the age of thirteen, I dropped out of school for about nine months because we were without any resources…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 805 words
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Death by Highlighter – Death by Highlighter I woke up Tuesday morning with a strange sense that I was not alone in bed. Something was jabbing me in the left hip. I opened one eye tentatively. It was 8:47 a.m., and I did not want to be awake. I investigated the source of the jabbing feeling to discover, to my horror, a florescent yellow, uncapped highlighter that I had let slip after falling asleep while reading a report on science and engineering at Duke. I shuddered, moved the higlighter to a more innocuous location on the floor, and went back to sleep…. [tags: Graduate College Admissions Essays] 666 words
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Internal Medicine is a Team Sport – Internal Medicine is a Team Sport Ever since I was a child, I have asked the basic question, “Why do things work the way they do?” Never satisfied with the mere memorization of facts and details, I have always strived to understand the mechanism of actions. Seemingly simple facts, like water turning into ice when it is cold outside, perplexed me more than the average five year old, resulting in a constant barrage of “why” for my parents to answer. This inquisitive nature attracted me to the sciences throughout my school years and, in particular, to chemistry during my undergraduate years at college…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 581 words
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The English Degree – Pursuing a Life Less Ordinary – The English Degree – Pursuing a Life Less Ordinary A little learning is a dang’rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring … Alexander Pope’s famous lines were written at a time when earnest pilgrims, seeking and finding (after a wearying search) the very fountain of knowledge, could kneel to cup their humble hands in the deep but clear water and bring wisdom to their lips to quench their thirst with slow, contemplative draughts. Poor mortals of the twenty-first century who seek the precious wellspring of education, however, invariably find that the (‘readily accessible’) fountain has flooded, too full of learning, and the muddied water is hurriedly swallowed…. [tags: College Admissions Essays]
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The Power of Teaching – The Power of Teaching “To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is…the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind.”–(John Quincy Adams) I have never questioned what I wanted to be when I grow up. From the time as a small child I knew that I wanted to teach. Even at the end of many long school days, I would come home and play school with the neighborhood children. I had such a desire to help others learn and took pleasure in doing so. Still, to this present day I am teaching and helping others…. [tags: College Admissions Teaching Education] 702 words
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Making a Difference as a Teacher – Making a Difference as a Teacher I have not always wanted to be a teacher. I always knew that I wanted to work with children in some way, but I was pretty sure that teaching was not for me. I was well on my way in my junior year of college working toward a biology degree so that I could become a pediatric physician’s assistant. I still cannot explain what happened, but one week I was a biology major, and the next I knew that I have always been meant to teach children. I suppose I just took the longer route to get there than most people do…. [tags: Teaching Education College Admissions] 761 words
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Public Interest Law – Public Interest Law I was told that my desire to enter the field of public interest would wane after my first year of community service. On the contrary, the realization of the power which a lawyer possesses has reinforced my desire to enter this arena. An advocate’s work can have far reaching consequences. This is clearly true in public interest law, where the purpose is not simply to correct a wrong done in the past between two parties, but to alter the disparate treatment of an often under-represented class…. [tags: Law College Admissions Essays] 677 words
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To Create a Better World – To Create a Better World When you work for peace or any other aspect of social change, there are often hardships to overcome. You must believe deeply that what you are doing is right, or else you may become discouraged and give up. I have found that there are no easy solutions to problems involving social change. When you commit yourself to creating a better world, you are most likely committing yourself to a lifetime of effort. To succeed, you must be willing to persevere in your efforts and you must keep a positive, hopeful attitude…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 695 words
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Disability and the Theatrical Event – Disability and the Theatrical Event When I was 10, I was hit by a car. Actually, I was 9 years old, got hit by the car and turned 10 in hospital. I was walking home with my friends after school. It all happened in the blink of an eye. Someone was driving. Someone didn’t look. Someone was careful but not careful enough. They ran. I waited. Not in the right place. And I was hit. Just like that. A piece of glass from the headlight pierced my skull and entered my brain. My brain was damaged…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 394 words
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No Wasted Time – No Wasted Time The first piece of “serious and literary” grown-up fiction I remember reading without duress was All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren. I was fourteen, and for the past two years my pleasure reading had consisted entirely of science fiction-I consumed one book per day in this genre. Not all of this time was wasted, but the diet had become a little monotonous. The students a year ahead of me in high school were assigned to read Warren’s novel. I picked up a copy in a study hall, to while away fifteen minutes of tedium…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 334 words
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The Practice of Law Will Allow Me to Mobilize Individuals and Communities – The Practice of Law Will Allow Me to Mobilize Individuals and Communities Rowing is God’s sport. The crisp early morning air, mist-shrouded hills, shells gliding silently on the glassy surface, oars slicing in unison. For casual observers, time slows and they become immersed in art. An ardent rower, I experience this beauty, but I also know that strength, courage and endurance command the shell, as in life. Silence. White knuckles and callused palms suffocate the oar. In anticipation, my breathing, even my pumping heart stops…. [tags: Law College Admissions Essays] 883 words
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My Philosophy of Teaching – My Philosophy of Teaching As an undergraduate, I was a teaching assistant for several psychology courses, including introductory psychology, behavioral statistics and research methods. My first teaching experience was as a Teaching Assistant for statistics; I now believe that this is where my individual teaching philosophy began taking shape. As a teaching assistant for behavioral statistics, I was exposed to the student’s outlook on the material, in which a lack of enthusiasm for statistics was undoubtedly portrayed…. [tags: Graduate College Admissions Essays] 636 words
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The Theater Certainly is Not What it Was! – The Theater Certainly is Not What it Was. Each time I watch a theatrical performance I always walk away inspired but I always feel as if something were missing from the overall performance. Maybe there could have been more special effects done with the lighting or the character(s) costume(s) could have been more colorful or the soundtrack should have been jazzier. Someone once told me, “Why don’t you just go see a movie!?” Well okay I like movies too, especially the special effects and the graphics, but I can appreciate plays, dance performances just because it is not a movie…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 480 words
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Imagination is More Important than Knowledge – Imagination is More Important than Knowledge Alan Wesoloski, the owner of Yoda.com, could be a millionaire. Alan bought the domain name in 1996 because his cat happened to be named Yoda. On the internet, Yoda.com is accessed approximately 15,000 times a day. My guess is that about 14,995 of those people are kids looking for information about the Star Wars character Yoda. A large percentage of those kids are seeking Yoda dolls, light sabers, or other Star Wars paraphernalia. Alan’s web page, however, only has a picture of his cat and information about copyright infringement (for obvious reasons)…. [tags: MBA College Admissions Essays] 689 words
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Personal Narrative Essay – Learning from Mother – Learning from Mother Education is not to teach men facts, theories or laws, not to reform or amuse them or make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellect, teach them to think straight, if possible, but to think nevertheless. Robert Maynard Hutchins At each point in my life, I had fabulous teachers that helped open my mind to the bigger world outside. But the person who taught me the most was my mother. As a voracious reader, she gave me the example I emulate to this day…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 349 words
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The Environmental Revolution – Since the first time having blown bubbles in my Open Water class, I’ve logged over 100 dives. This love for diving has evolved into an intense passion towards protecting the ocean, and all of its inhabitants. I’ve chosen to put my love for the ocean into action, as an environmentalist. Actually, this passion extends out towards efforts that look to help all the planetary domains gain protection. As such, I appreciate when others take the time educate me on those other realms for which I know less about. To be an environmentalist, one must choose the cause which resonates within ones sole, and run with it. One must be willing to educate people about the environment while being open to education from those people who support other causes. Together we can help each other towards learning how to become a true “Environmentalist”…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 362 words
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The Power of Therapeutic Touch – The Power of Therapeutic Touch Derived from several ancient healing practices, therapeutic touch is based on the theory of human energy fields – every person has an energy field that surrounds the entire body. During therapeutic touch treatment, practitioners use their hands, without actually touching the person, to re-establish a healthy energy flow. Therapeutic touch seeks to restore balance within the body while also stimulating the patient’s own healing response. The practice of therapeutic touch is used worldwide in thousands of hospitals, clinics, and private practices…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 523 words
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What I Would Do with a Million Dollars – What I Would Do with a Million Dollars If I were ever asked when I was younger what I would do if I inherited a million dollars, my answer would always include buying all of the toys I could ever imagine or a mansion or other luxuries that I could only dream about. Now my answer would be different because of a situation that has brought a significant challenge to my life. My mother was diagnosed with MS when I was born. It progressively took over her life and our family life. Each day was, and still is, a hard, frustrating and stressful time…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 434 words
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life without regrets – life without regrets I’m officially bilingual, and though English is my native tongue, I am better at times in French. I want to be a freelance writer/author/whatever else allows me to create with words. I have had published various poems of mine, as well as newspaper articles. My inspiration comes from the movie “The Outsiders”…more specifically the poem in it by Robert Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. I believe that everyone has a passion for something. Something that really drives you, that gets you excited and…well its a hard feeling to describe…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 550 words
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Living with Asperger’s Syndrome – Living with Asperger’s Syndrome Albert Einstein, Bela Bartok, Alan Turing, Bill Gates, Thomas Jefferson and I. Is this a list of Geniuses. People who have changed history. Or are these people who display the symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome. Dr. Tony Attwood, the world-renowned Australian psychologist who is an expert on Asperger’s Syndrome, cited them as examples of people with Asperger’s during a Conference held at the Palisades Center in Rockland, New York, in October of 1999. Dr. Attwood is a practicing clinical psychologist at MacGregor Specialist Center in Australia, with twenty-five years of experience in the field of Asperger’s Syndrome…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 560 words
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My Interest in Science, Math and Computers – “Belief is the natural attitude of a thwarted mind” This quotation is from a rather outspoken mathematician named Scott Buchanan, who has studied the style of human thought right along with its mathematical accomplishments. It is meant to describe our style of thinking when approaching mathematics. Yet it seems to me that it has a larger meaning: that it applies to the human style of thought when approaching any problem. Buchanan is telling us that when we are confronted with a problem and a possible solution and we cannot find our way to the solution, we have a tendency to believe in the solution out of pure frustration, or perhaps just wishful thinking…. [tags: college admissions essay] 743 words
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A Career in Medicine – A Career in Medicine My experiences at home have helped prepare me for a career in medicine I grew up in an economically depressed area in San Francisco where my mother was a single parent. Growing up without a father, I developed self-confidence and a sense of independence at an early age. In order to help my mother financially, I unloaded produce trucks during my years in high school. As a result, I was unable to enjoy many of the activities most youngsters enjoy. However, I am thankful for the determination and inner-strength I developed while overcoming the hardships I faced…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 657 words
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I’m Ready to Write – I’m Ready to Write I had been scribbling in diaries and journals for years. My letters to the editor were known for their eloquent ferocity. A talent for writing was the only plausible explanation for my behavior. I had only recently discovered the essay as a genre. I took to it immediately and had had some modest success in getting my essays published on a wide range of websites, from off-the-wall e-zines to on-line literary journals. Was I ready. Was I ready for a real test-to submit my work to the state arts commission for an individual writers grant…. [tags: Graduate College Admissions Essays] 1078 words
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To Reinvent Oneself – Before I go about fixing the world, I must first try a little self-improvement. Many people walk through life without really considering who they are and fewer still ask themselves if that is who they want to be. In my experience this is because most folks can’t see how to go about changing themselves and some even think that this is somehow a betrayal of their essence. To reinvent yourself you need three things. A vision of who you want to be. You need to know how to make a change in yourself and finally you need to have the courage to do it…. [tags: College Admissions, Personal Narrative] 425 words
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The Exploration of Literature – The Exploration of Literature An English degree is about self development and education through the exploration of literature. A student who chooses English will never be expected to learn information by rote, or recycle the views of academics. Developing a unique creativity in relation to the course is the apotheosis of literary study. A degree in English encourages the challenge of critical views, and a communication of new opinions. Students are given freedom to construct a degree programme based on personal interests and strengths…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 388 words
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Overcoming My Fear of Public Speaking – Overcoming My Fear of Public Speaking I could barely hold a pen. There was this faint, yet distinctly audible, buzzing in the room; I suspected only I heard it. My hands were shaking convulsively and the writing on the blackboard was blurrier than usual. My economics teacher called out my name several times before I acknowledged her. “Carol, if the GDP per capita of Argentina falls, what is the most likely outcome. Carol?” she said, in her stereotypical teacher like tone. “I’m sorry, what was the question?” I asked…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 412 words
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A Universe in a Pizza Box – A Universe in a Pizza Box In one corner of our yard, just to the right of the trash cans and behind an aging fence, there is a stack of several pizza boxes, or at least there was one until last Sunday. These pizza boxes had accumulated almost mysteriously over some weeks in a very neat stack in the dirt beside the garbage cans. They waited patiently to be put out by the curb for the Tuesday morning recycling truck. Somehow though, while the neighboring trash cans moved in and out from the curb, and various loads of glass bottles and aluminum passed through this depot, the pizza boxes remained in the dirt, alone and forgotten…. [tags: College Admissions Essay] 1170 words
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A Career in Education – A Career in Education I have been interested in a career in education since I was very young. My grandfather and grandmother both retired from the school system (one as a principal and the other as a Home Economics teacher). I look to them as role models. Helping others understand the world around themselves has always been enjoyable to me. The purpose of public education is to allow the citizens of the United States a chance to become educated to a national standard that enables them to compete for jobs or higher education wherever they choose to live…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 551 words
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I Want to Make a Difference – I Want to Make a Difference When I was in the third grade I came home from school and told my mother I wanted to be a teacher. When she asked why, I replied, “because I want to be just like my teacher.” To this day I haven’t changed my mind. I was fortunate enough to have been blessed with wonderful teachers in my elementary school years. If it wasn’t for them I might not have the desire to become an educator. I want to have this kind of impact on my students. I want to the teacher who makes the difference…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 586 words
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A Message of Hope in Love Medicine – A Message of Hope in Love Medicine Love Medicine, by Louis Eldridge attempts to confront the popular stereotypes of American Indians. The novel generally follows the history of a family of Chippewa Indians who live on and off a reservation. In a thoroughly humanist approach, Ms. Eldrige narrates each chapter in a different voice, and through extremely varied characters effectively shows the diversity of the Indians. This is an important aspect of the novel, as it demonstrates that there is no single stereotypical “Indian”…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 1017 words
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Just a Well-mannered Kid – All of my life I have been known as a well-mannered kid. Sometimes I wonder if there is something wrong with me. Why am I so well-mannered. Recently I heard a song on Pandora.com by a band out of New Zealand. The song lyrics stated very well the position I find myself in. Don’t smoke Hate dope Don’t laugh at dirty jokes Got a mom And a dad The only ones I ever had And I want to know If I’m coming down with anything And I’ve got a hero that I’ll follow to the end. I often hear people talk about their problems and trouble they have to go through and find that I am not able to relate with them…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 268 words
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My Goal of Teaching – To state that my goal is to become a teacher in the primary grades of elementary school is somewhat like writing a one-sentence synopsis of an intricate and wonderful dream. In Webster’s Dictionary the word “goal” is defined as: “A point towards which effort or movement is directed; the objective point or terminus that one is striving to reach; the end aimed at.” In each of the definitions the aim of the goal is stagnant. My goal of teaching feels much more like a living thing. I would define it more as a journey than a goal…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 547 words
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My Interest in Law – My Interest in Law My interest in reading law stems from an early exposure to the subject. I sometimes accompanied my grandfather to courts and was quick to later on imitate the inquisitive, argumentative, critical as well as negotiating characters of lawyers. Eventually, I decided I would become one. My chosen subjects have always reflected this decision and in my years 10 and 11, I won the Best-in-History award, while being highly competitive in English Language and Literature, Government and Religious Studies…. [tags: Law College Admissions Essays] 555 words
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For the Love of Chemistry – My Love of Chemistry I am applying to the university to study chemistry because this is the subject that I enjoy most. As with science in general, I find it interesting, often fascinating, and I feel that I could gain much from studying it at university. Last year I spent a fortnight on work experience, and enjoyed both of my two placements. At Birmingham University School of Chemistry, I was able to use some techniques that were new to me at the time – such as GCMS, HPLC, and I.R. spectroscopy…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 543 words
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Love of Computing – My Love of Computing Choosing to study Computing wasn’t a hard decision to make. I thoroughly enjoy working with computers and have owned a P.C. for the past 8 years. The enjoyment I’ve experienced during past lessons and from good examination grades also aided my choice. The fact that the I.T. market is forever expanding is what really appeals to me. I believe that I am reasonably competent and also capable of keeping abreast of many of the latest technologies and hope to incorporate them into my work…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 576 words
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Through the Emergency Room and on to Medical School – Through the Emergency Room and on to Medical School Thirty years ago when my parents left behind a comfortable life in South America to pursue opportunities that would truly change their lives, they had no idea they would be foreshadowing the recent events of my life. After working for two years as an engineer, I have realized something that I had suspected all along: I do not belong in the world of business or engineering. I need to be in a profession in which I can establish unique relationships with people by having a positive impact on their lives…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 1083 words
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Environmental Studies Program – Since the release of Rachel Carson’ s Silent Spring in the 1960′ s, mankind has expanded its quest to come to grips with the competing virtues of human economic entropy and of maintaining the integrity and diversity of the natural environment. As awareness of environmental degradation has increased, so has the realization of the complexity of interconnected webs of relationships among organisms and the physical and chemical environment. With this awareness, we have also come to realize that environmental problems are not easily fixed by simply focusing on a single problem with no analysis of other issues…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 1114 words
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My Father’s Recent Death – Is There Any Additional information You Would Like to Provide. Since my father’s recent death, I have been serving as a member of the board of directors of Servina Bank, the nation’s first and largest private sector bank. I have earned this position not by merit or professional qualities but by replacing my father who was the founder director of the bank and was an architect of the debut of private sector banking in my country. Other than attending board meetings once every month or two, I have not taken an active role in the bank’s affairs…. [tags: MBA College Admissions Essays] 171 words
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Have You Ever Acted as a Change Agent? – Have You Ever Acted as a Change Agent. My company is a family owned organization run by conventional management techniques, which include visiting the plant everyday and solving problems as they occur. As the technical director, my responsibility, among others, is to maintain product quality. However, I noticed the company had no communication with its customers and could not identify the desired quality of yarns and fabrics in the local market. With management ignoring dealers’ complaints, I and my colleagues in the technical department decided to establish a system to gather customer feedback…. [tags: MBA College Admissions Essays] 360 words
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Health Professions – Health Professions At age ten, I left everything behind in China to start a new life with my parents in United States. It was not long before I realized that I was, in many ways, different from all the other kids in school. Gradually, I became less confident and more isolated. One day in the schoolyard, while I was playing hopscotch alone, a girl named Becca walked up to me and asked if she could join in. Although we had difficulty understanding one another’s speech, we had no problem communicating through gestures and expressions…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 1264 words
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I Love Electronics – I Love Electronics I have been interested in electronics since I was a child. At the age 5 I made a plug of aluminium foil and I put it in the electrical wall socket. To my surprise I got an electric shock, the wall and socket consequently became blackened, we had no electricity for the rest of the day (I wasn’t at all very popular). Following on from this incident, I was often found sitting by the side of the blackened socket looking at it and thinking. I never did try to make another aluminium foil plug…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 359 words
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Nothing Excites Me More than Teaching! – Nothing excites me more than teaching. For years, I wanted to be a pediatrician so I could work with children. Throughout my high school years, however, I have discovered that making people feel better is a job not only for doctors. My experiences in high school have helped me prepare for a career in teaching. Since sophomore year, I have worked at an elementary school at the extended day program. Almost every day after school I play outside with the children, set up crafts, and help them with their homework…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 543 words
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Diversity Statement – I am Korean – Diversity Statement – I am Korean My first interaction with the cruelty of the “real” world was in fourth grade, in a small suburban town in South Carolina. “You Chinese freak. Come on, use your karate against me!” boys would shout mockingly, then start spouting phrases of nonsense as if they meant something. Pshaw. I was, am and will always proudly be a Korean. When I interact with new people, they spend their time guessing my heritage. Chinese and Japanese are always the first nationalities they guess…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 444 words
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Law as an Instrument for Change – Law as an Instrument for Change I remember the first time I killed a pig. It was my 23rd birthday and I had been living in Portrero Ybate for 10 months. Portrero Ybate is a small village in Paraguay where I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer. When I killed the pig, I was not only celebrating my birthday Paraguayan style, I was also celebrating a turning point in my service. I finally felt as though I was succeeding in my struggle to become fluent in an indigenous language, accepted in the community I was assigned, and a valued technical resource in subtropical forestry and agriculture…. [tags: Law College Admissions Essays] 924 words
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A Sense of Justice – A Sense of Justice “It’s midnight, and I’m standing in “the yard” after a powerful speech at Memorial Church just a few hours ago. The night is chilly, and I unravel the sweater from around my waist and place it upon my shoulders. As I stand freezing in the yard, a steady stream of friends and associates pass by me offering “congratulations”. A short time before, I had delivered the introductory speech for our Black History Month campus guest speaker, Johnny Cochran. As I stood freezing in the yard, I was humbled…. [tags: Law College Admissions Essays] 686 words
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Physics – Physics is the subject I want to study for at least the next four years. I have found it the most interesting, and certainly one of the most challenging areas of all my previous study. I see a Masters degree in physics as allowing me to build upon my accumulated knowledge; to learn entirely new fields of the subject, and to give me the qualifications that I need in order to pursue my goal to do work in research and development. Aside from the work we are set as part of the advanced level course, I verymuch appreciate discussing sidelines from the core of the course, or applications of the theories we have learned, with friends or with teachers…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 351 words
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Losing Patients and Gaining Insight – On Losing Patients and Gaining Insight “Call 911!” I shouted to my friend as I sprinted down the street. The young Caucasian male had been thrown fifteen yards from the site of impact and surprisingly was still conscious upon my arrival. “My name is Michael. Can you tell me your name?” In his late twenties, he gasped in response as his eyes searched desperately in every direction for help, for comfort, for assurance, for loved ones, for death, until his eyes met mine. “Flail chest”, I thought to myself as I unbuttoned his shirt and placed my backpack upon his right side…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 871 words
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Community Values – Community Values Imani. Broken windows carelessly hidden by weather-tormented wood, chunks of bricks randomly sprawled across dry plots of grass and doors barely hanging onto one hinge create the backdrop for a bright yellow sign with the Swahili word for faith painted in large red letters. Old tires, pipes, waste material and junk cars are unfortunately not the only residents of the New Orleans housing project, as it initially appears. Without any warning, underneath all of the public health hazards small chocolate faces emerge with big smiles completely oblivious to their dangerous surroundings…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 805 words
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Leave Your Disabilities on Shore! – Leave Your Disabilities on Shore. A 24-foot Rainbow glides across the sparkling waters of Lake George. As it gradually passes another boat, smiles are exchanged. The crew of the passed boat doesn’t notice anything out of the ordinary about the other’s crew, but something is different. The sailors are disabled. How can disabled people sail. Just how actively do they participate. Aren’t they scared. The Y-Knot sailing program began as an informal group in 1996 and in 1997 grew into an organized program, running sailing clinics all summer long…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 475 words
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Always Hope – Always Hope Without hope, we have nothing. I have learned this valuable lesson in dealing with my Mother and Cancer. My Mother passed over on June 4th of this year. Barely three months ago, and yet I still can’t believe she is gone. Mom was given two weeks to live after finding out that she had Breast Cancer that had gone too far and was throughout her body. It is a miracle that she lived for 28 months and we thank God for each day. Mom faced death with courage, strength and never gave up hope for a miracle…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 314 words
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Use of Frameworks in Skills-Based Learning – Use of Frameworks in Skills-Based Learning During the 1990s, many science programs across the country replaced concepts-based learning with skills-based learning. Many teachers, however, have experienced difficulties in making the transition. Moreover, they have noted that some students do not seem to benefit from the skills-based learning. One reason for this is that in many skills-based courses, students are not given a conceptual framework in which they can situate the skills that the course emphasizes…. [tags: Graduate College Admissions Essays] 743 words
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Advice on the Personal Statement – Advice on the Personal Statement In the application process, the personal statement marks an opportunity to lend a face to the facts, through what can be a very flat colorless medium: paper and ink. Do not, however, think of the personal statement as a mini-autobiography, where the emphasis is on listing the facts in chronological order. Instead, treat the noun on equal par with the adjective; just as important as the personal content of your essay is its ability to make a statement, to perform as an argument…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 480 words
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From India with Love for Internal Medicine – From India with Love for Internal Medicine My early years were spent in a small farm in India. My parents had never been to school but were a source of inspiration to me and inculcated a sense of hard work and discipline. I studied in one of the most prestigious schools in the country and spent most of my life in boarding school. On the basis of my academic performance, the government of India sent me to USSR for medical studies .The respect in society; sacrifice of a doctor and making a contribution to the world has inspired me to become a doctor…. [tags: Medicine College Admissions Essays] 421 words
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The Person I Admire Most, and Why – The Person I Admire Most, and Why Throughout grade school, I was an average student in academic subjects, partly because I was embarrassed about my accent. Things were even worse in P.E. I always tried to hide when my classmates picked teams for sports because I felt so awkward. When we played baseball or kickball, I always seemed to stumble in front of my classmates. Because I believed I was horrible at physical activities, without really even trying, I had no confidence and felt embarrassed about performing in front of others…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 666 words
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My Decision to Teach – My Decision to Teach There are many reasons people decide to enter the teaching field. Some enter because they enjoy working with people or children, others because they like being off during the summer months, and still others because of their love for a particular subject. Although all these reasons are valid, I feel my reasons are much simpler. The bottom line is that I love kids and enjoy working with them. My desire to make learning a more positive experience for them has only increased with time…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 847 words
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Valuable Lessons Learned from Playing Chess – Valuable Lessons Learned from Playing Chess I began playing chess when I was only six years old, and have continued playing ever since. Chess has not only become a part of my life, but it has also taught me many of life lessons including sportsmanship, hard work, the importance of being methodical, and most importantly, patience. I began playing chess competitively at the age of eight, after my father hired a coach to teach me. Over the years I have worked with numerous coaches, from each of whom, I have learned different tactics that I have been able to incorporate into my game…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 447 words
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Influential Softball Coach – Influential Softball Coach I met a life changing individual in middle school. We referred to him as “Mr. D”. He was my seventh and eighth grade English teacher. I sat in his class and dozed off during his grammar lectures. He often sparked my attention with jokes, sports scores, stories from literature books. However, the majority of Mr. D’s classes were not overly exciting or stellar in anyway. In the spring of my seventh eighth grade year I decided to branch out and try a new sport. I signed up for our school’s softball team…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 517 words
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Exploring The Discourse Of International Affairs – Exploring The Discourse Of International Affairs When I first enrolled in State University, I began to search the course catalog for undergraduate programs. I was a transfer student from a Law school; therefore, I knew from past experiences that I was interested in Politics. State University offers Political Science and International Affairs. The word “international” got my attention due to the fact that I have always been interested in traveling and learning languages. I already spoke Spanish, English, and some French…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 741 words
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Education: Preparation for Life – Education: Preparation for Life A common question that educators and parents alike ask is how and what to teach children. Before one decides this, however, I believe it is important to know what your goals and purposes are. It is important to know why the children are being educated. It is my firm belief that in a person’s educational experience, they should be prepared for more than just their career. One of school’s many functions is socialization. School is where many roles are taught, such as gender roles…. [tags: Teaching Education College Admissions] 730 words
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Today’s Students are Tomorrow’s Future – Today’s Students are Tomorrow’s Future The least recognized, most important people in this world are the educators. They must work hard toward inventing a method to help each individual student “be all they can be!” Teachers must try to stimulate students to create a hunger for learning and to expand their success in life. Teachers should be obligated to the need for the student’s individuality. To be able to teach targeting to the students’ needs will make a difference not only in the student but also in the future of our society…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 502 words
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Teaching – A Way to Make a Difference – Teaching – A Way to Make a Difference To me teaching is a way to make a difference in someone’s life. If it is emotional, knowledge base or physical, we as professionals should help the student be all they can be. The reason that I want to become a teacher is so that I can make a difference. I want to help students open many doors to their future. I feel that a teacher should be the person that twenty years down the road that we still inspire the student. I cannot say that I am basically just one of the philosophies…. [tags: Education College Admissions Philosophy] 718 words
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My Philosophy of Education – My Philosophy of Education My Philosophy of Education is closely related to what the Essentialists and Perennialists believe. Like the Essentialists, I believe there should be a back to the basics approach to teaching. The curriculum should focus on subjects such as writing, reading, history, science, and math. These are essentials that all students should know. There should be mastery of material of the essential subjects before the students move on to the next grade level. The curriculum should be rigorous and the standards should be set high…. [tags: Teaching College Admissions Essays] 705 words
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Personal Statement – Personal Statement Two weeks had already passed and I began to realize the strike would most likely continue on into the next week as well. I was anxious for the only strike in the ninety-year history of UPS to be over. The first week was almost a novelty, a rather large social event with my fellow workers. As the days passed and the second week came to a close, the novelty had worn off. My fellow Teamster members and I had stood on the picket line for two weeks now, eagerly awaiting word of a contract agreement between the union and the company…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 767 words
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Personal Statement – We are the media and the media is us. That statement is very broad and is so for a good reason. Through out the world and the history of our society, media has transformed, melted, bent, molded and made our society and culture what it is today. But at the same time, our culture and society has done the exact same thing to media. It is hard to realize or imagine a time without televisions, telephones, fax machines, printers, computers, cell phones, pagers and other electronic technologies that have made our lives, hopefully, stress-free…. [tags: College Admissions Essays] 1546 words
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