thestateofmark
Mar 25, 2010
Undergraduate / "cultural diverse background" -the environment you come from, MICHIGAN STATE [4]
Describe the environment you come from - for example, your family, community, or school - and how this environment has affected or influenced your plans for the future.
I come from a very cultural diverse background, my parents were both born in Romania and immigrated to America to escape the communist regime. I was born in America, I was taught Romanian before English, which I am very grateful for as it helps in learning other Latin based foreign languages. My parents always taught me to be very aware as the world is transforming very rapidly and the evolution of technology created a global medium where I am competing with not only my peers, but also other students across the globe.
What influenced my plans for the future the most was attending International Academy in Bloomfield Hills. The demography of the area I live right now is a high percentage of white with very little mixed races. I grew up with this "isolation" for most of my life and attending International Academy was a complete culture shock. I learned many things about different society's around the globe, but unfortunately I was not mature enough to realize how beneficial it actually was. With rigor of the school and my immaturity at the time I decided it would be best to attend my local high school.
I got caught up in my high school life and lost track of my priority's. As I matured a realized what mistakes I had made and reevaluated my long and short term goals. I set myself back on track and have once again started pursuing my main goal of obtaining a degree in Pharmacology.
My parents have always pushed me to be the best that I can be. There ideology is; the more money you have the happier you are, which I do not agree with. They never understood why I "wasted" so many hours volunteering when I could have worked for that amount of time and made over $900, its a unique feeling putting time and effort into helping people and not expecting compensation. You can't buy happiness, only earn it.
Also im applying to Michigan State University and I had a 2.35 GPA in high school, and am on my second semester at a community college with a 3.0 GPA. I got a 26 on my act and put in 125+hours of volunteering and have had over 6 jobs. Do you think I have a chance??
Describe the environment you come from - for example, your family, community, or school - and how this environment has affected or influenced your plans for the future.
I come from a very cultural diverse background, my parents were both born in Romania and immigrated to America to escape the communist regime. I was born in America, I was taught Romanian before English, which I am very grateful for as it helps in learning other Latin based foreign languages. My parents always taught me to be very aware as the world is transforming very rapidly and the evolution of technology created a global medium where I am competing with not only my peers, but also other students across the globe.
What influenced my plans for the future the most was attending International Academy in Bloomfield Hills. The demography of the area I live right now is a high percentage of white with very little mixed races. I grew up with this "isolation" for most of my life and attending International Academy was a complete culture shock. I learned many things about different society's around the globe, but unfortunately I was not mature enough to realize how beneficial it actually was. With rigor of the school and my immaturity at the time I decided it would be best to attend my local high school.
I got caught up in my high school life and lost track of my priority's. As I matured a realized what mistakes I had made and reevaluated my long and short term goals. I set myself back on track and have once again started pursuing my main goal of obtaining a degree in Pharmacology.
My parents have always pushed me to be the best that I can be. There ideology is; the more money you have the happier you are, which I do not agree with. They never understood why I "wasted" so many hours volunteering when I could have worked for that amount of time and made over $900, its a unique feeling putting time and effort into helping people and not expecting compensation. You can't buy happiness, only earn it.
Also im applying to Michigan State University and I had a 2.35 GPA in high school, and am on my second semester at a community college with a 3.0 GPA. I got a 26 on my act and put in 125+hours of volunteering and have had over 6 jobs. Do you think I have a chance??