"a career in mental health, substance abuse" - Graduate Admission Statement help

This is my Personal statement and I have some grammer issues and need help fast.

Growing up I was not the popular one in school, I use to sit back and watch the other girls fight and bicker about boys. They use to pick at me also and so, I didn't have that many friends. I often wandered why I never said anything back to them.

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Growing up I was the most popular in school, I use to sit back and watch the other girls fight and bicker about boys. They use to pick on me also , I didn't have many friends. I often wandered why I never said anything back to them. Then one day one of the girls asked me about her and her boyfriend and I just politely told her about why even fight over the boys when all they want to do is just use you, I told her that she was better than that. While I didn't at that point, pay attention to the impact that I was having on someone else's life, I would often run into situations that needed addressing and was quite thrilled that people often asked my advice on things. Not listening to my own inner voice I went to nursing school. All the time in there I was surrounded by people that just talked about their problems and once again would find myself giving advice and just letting them talk about what was going on. I felt more comfortable discussing their problems than doing my own part in the nursing program.

So I decided to get my degree in Psychology. At first I said this is too easy. I would just glide my way through the classes. I found a new profound relationship with other people and trying to help them in solving their problems the best way that I could. Although I don't have current experience in the Counseling arena I feel that my life history has a way of showing itself. I mean it has directed me into the direction that I was meant to be in. I love the aspect of helping others and the reward is helping others feels so good. I am a sitter for a private patient and when I first started I just thought that I was helping a friend of mine out with her husband. I realized that I was helping the entire family. You just don't help the patient but you have to attend to the concerns and issues of the family. They are experiencing emotions and feelings that they need to talk about to. I feel that my strengths would be in the Community Counseling Program here at Argosy, I have the determination to become the best Counselor there is and to have the motivation and drive to help others overcome some of the obstacles that life has placed upon them.

I believe that the education that I would receive here at Argosy will provide me with the necessary skills and knowledge that I need to succeed in this program. All of the strengths that I mentioned will help me to become a better Counselor. I know that this is my calling and I am willing and able to set forth and achieve my goal. The education here will also help me further my education to the next level of PhD.

I have some weakness that I have a concern for, but knowing that with the help of the faculty at Argosy that I will achieve every goal. One of my weaknesses is diversity and the lack of the knowledge dealing with such diverse groups. I want to be able to help each and everyone. My pastor told me that I wouldn't let diversity into my home. I couldn't understand and I hope that I can conquer this. I love working with people but just want to make sure that I address all of their issues or at least the most important ones.

I have achieved a lot in undergraduate schools. My ending GPA was a 3.5 and I think that is great for a mother of 7 children one that is legally blind. Life has a strange way for some of us of showing us who we are exactly and I feel that I have finally found that person within me. I just need some fine tuning with the skills and knowledge that I will receive at Argosy University. I was so determined to finish undergraduate and begin to peruse my goals here at Argosy. I have had a lot of things happen in my life some of them good and some bad, but throughout it all I have done in each and every situation what is need and that is to console people into the direction that they were meant to go. I have been on the dean's list and have been apart of some of the best clubs in college.

I would like to pursue a career in mental health, substance abuse. One day I will have my own facility which will be called "The Coventry House" and it will be for people who have made some mistakes in life and are willing and ready to turn themselves around for the good of the community. I know that that is a big step, but I think GOD has already being preparing me for just such a time. I just want to give back to the community because where I grew up there was drugs selling and God knows what else. I want to help others that thought that their dream would never come true.

I often wandered wondered why I never said ...

hen one day one of the girls asked me about her and her boyfriend and I just politely told her about my attitude: Why even fight over the boys when all they want to do is just use you? I told her that she was better than that.

I mean it has sent me in the direction that I was meant to go.

I have some weakness that concern me, but I know that with the help of the faculty at Argosy that I will achieve every goal. One of my weaknesses is a lack of experience with diverse populations, and a lack of the knowledge about how to deal with various groups.

I want to be able to help each and every person I encounter.

My pastor told me that I wouldn't let diversity into my home. --- what do you mean by this?

... is a big step, but I think GOD has already been preparing me for just such a time. I just want ...

Very nice! I can tell you are truly inspired. You seem to be a person who knows what it is like to struggle and someone who truly wants to help others. we are lucky to have people like you participating in essayforum.