The two main components of success in any of life’s ventures are preparation and execution. Regardless of the task, one must prepare mentally and physically to acquire the abilities necessary to perform. This preparation, when finished, allows a person to utilize the skills he or she has learned and execute at the level required to complete the endeavor at hand successfully and repeatedly. Since December of my freshman year of high school, I have known that I wanted to become a mechanical engineer. I attended the District Science Fair, hosted by Ovey Comeaux High School, because my brother was a participant. It was here that a solar energy project caught my eye. A student formed a certain curiosity concerning the potential power solar …show more content…
I scheduled only honors and AP courses and maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout high school. The most advantageous of these courses were Honors Physics and AP Calculus AB. Calculus introduced me to new concepts and more advanced approaches to those I had previously learned. Physics taught me to apply what I learned in Calculus to real-life situations. Taking these courses together has outlined to me the importance of not only understanding the information presented to me, but also having the ability to apply …show more content…
My membership in both National Honor Society and Beta have shown me the importance of giving back to my community. The various volunteering opportunities presented by each of these organizations allowed me to discover the significant difference I can make by simply giving my time and effort to those who need it. My role as Right Wing on the Comeaux High School Soccer Team built upon this realization, showing the exponentially greater result that I can attain when working with a group. I was also better able to humble myself, appreciating the importance of small parts when contributing to a whole. My constant employment at various businesses, along with playing soccer for my school, taught me the importance of listening to and following the instructions of those in charge. Ironically, my leadership role as Student Council President also contributed to this lesson by enabling me to empathize with the occasional difficulty experienced by other leaders. Altogether, the activities I chose to undertake sculpted my morals, instilling within me the ability not only to be an adept leader, but also a respectful
By taking on leadership roles such as being president of environmental club and public relations of class council, I am a mentor to others all while sharing the same interests and providing opportunities for them to build their own character. Prior to this school year, I was fortunate enough to attend a weeklong event called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, where I lived there for a week surrounded by young leaders from all over south jersey. In this experience, I learned that being a leader means being understanding of others and their situations. With this experience I was able to bring back what I learned to my own communities like environmental club. Not only do I have to be organize and communicative, but I also have to be a role model to members of a club by showing my own good character.
By active community service, leadership roles, and hard work, I have learned the incredible importance of academic achievement, character, leadership, and service. Through these things, I have been substantially prepared by the Beta Club to serve others as I depart high school and
The Little Things It was only till my senior year of high school that I realized I needed to appreciate the little things in life more. This valuable lesson was taught to me while I was taking a class called Peer Assist. During the course of this class, select students helped disabled kids attending the high school work on the physical aspects of their life. We would develop work out routines for them, encourage them, and be their friend.
I decided then that it was important to start getting involved and start paying attention to the world around me. From then on, I have made it a priority to help others and be giving. Student-Athlete Leadership Team taught me to be a leader, a listener, a giver, and a role model for others. I realized that I am thankful for everything I have. This experience makes me want to help others as well as generate an impact on other people’s lives.
For example, I am an active member of the FPC band. I have met a lot of new people being in that club that helped inspire me to make a bigger impact in my community. As I begin volunteering more time outside of school I realized how much I enjoyed dedicating my time to help those around me. Motivating others to do the same then became my goal for my future. My intelligence and intellect are also very important to me and thus have led me to this situation.
Ever since the emotionally scarring day when my brother split his head open on Christmas Eve, I know my fate is to be a doctor. When it comes to a prestigious profession with the lives of people at stake, there is no other way to better prepare myself than preparation through the University of Pennsylvania. The college of arts and sciences is an excellent way for me to meet my goals and prepare me for a lifelong career of helping others. The college has many academic, service, and research opportunities that will prepare me for the challenging road to success in future years.
Considering myself a polymath, CU Boulder’s eclectic student body helped me develop and mature in many aspects of my life. To further my work at the middle college, I expanded my interests in academia and healthcare leading me to my current interests - research and patient education. Working multiple jobs to support myself, I practiced the synergistic balance of patient care and research that I will achieve as an MD/PhD. My work on Cannabis genomics taught me skills such as bioinformatics programming and PCR primer design, but also the invaluable ability to design, fund, and lead research. Simultaneously working in an Optometry office, I recognize both the researcher’s and clinician’s perspective that is essential as a leader of academic medicine.
I strive to be the most well rounded individual I can be. I feel Marquette University has the opportunities for me to achieve those aspirations. Through research and first hand encounters, such as my campus visit which left me highly impressed, I have found that this university has the ability to open many doors for me whether it is my education, faith, commitment to serve, or extracurriculars. First and foremost, Marquette has the capability to set me up and excel in my future career with its high quality education and programs. I plan on majoring in biomedical sciences and minoring in health studies.
This taught one part of leadership: hard choices. There were choices that may not have made me the popular kid in the short run, but was fair when you considered the amount of work each one of these students would have to put into preparing for the competition. My school had traditionally done well, scoring first within the district and within the top three in the state. Another lesson I learned was charisma. During the six-week robotics build season, students are pushed to limits as they put almost all of their time outside of the classroom into the club.
A significant challenge to success in our public education system is allowing for students to become outstanding student athletes. Many schools, including mine, base class rank on a 5.0 GPA scale and require extracurricular courses to be graded on a 4.0 scale. Thus, students are often choosing between academics and extracurricular activities, regardless of their capability to succeed in both.
I have a gut feeling that I am on the verge of becoming someone great in life. When I say great I mean someone that overcame a lot of trials and tribulations that could knock a person off course and make them just completely give up. But instead of taking success and keeping it to myself, I will spread the love, knowledge, and experience with my family and friends to help cultivate their success as well. “Becoming” is our keyword, I still have a lot of becoming to do and internal changes to make, to ensure that I become this greatness that is boiling within me.
There is an honor and humble feeling that comes to those who give back to their community. It is no different for myself. I have volunteered in many community doings. I helped my town’s annual East Egg Hunt by filling and hiding eggs, as well as handling and donating some of the main prizes. I have furthermore served the local police men and women a lunch for their phenomenal service to the community.
Throughout high school I challenged myself academically by taking six rigorous advanced placement courses and two honors courses. I studied relentlessly and achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.93. I made the decision to take the advanced placement classes to better prepare myself for the course load and subject matter I would encounter in college. My first term at Oregon State University I took 16 credits that filled some prerequisite requirements for my major as well as “bacc core” credits. After the fall term I realized I could handle more classes and decided to pursue 19 credit hours in the winter term.
Ever since a young age when I first began my sublime adventure through the world of swimming, I have always needed the ability to remain eager to achieve success, as it allows for me to keep my eyes on the prize and continue to persevere no matter how often it seems like others might try to preclude me from reaching my goals. As long as I remain ambitious in this sense, I will manage to prevail in the end. Even now, I will not be mendacious by saying that I ALWAYS remain positive in every situation, but I have learned that remaining ambitious through all the onerous practices, all the heartbreaking meets, and all the failures is by far the best solution to achieving success later in life. Every time I get behind the blocks, I try to get myself to a positive mental state by thinking about all that I have been through and using those experiences as tools for learning (see picture above).
I am quite convinced that broadening one’s horizons does bring more opportunities. In these contemporary times, it is imperative that one rather endeavors to do so in order to be competitive in professional fields that we find ourselves in. Not only am I learning to be employable, I am learning in order to apply the knowledge that I acquire to improve the lives of those around me. Learning has opened up my mind, I have gained the ability to critically look at life’s situations and deal with them in the ways I deem necessary. The world is heading towards technological dependence and I have thus, chosen to broaden my knowledge of what is going to be the driving force of life in the future.