mishmon
May 24, 2009
Scholarship / "A Latin-American" - Scholarship/college essay [8]
The prompt just states: Describe your career plans, goals and personal ambitions. I need help with the corrections I will gladly appreciate it. Thanks so much!
HERE IT GOES:
Since youth, I have wanted to become a successful businesswoman in order to sponsor non-profit organizations. I always liked volunteering on trips, and participating in civic activities from cleaning parks to discussions about violence in my surrounding neighborhoods. Environmental racism and human rights are both major areas of interest to me. My passion has grown since my middle school years and now I would like to put my goals into action. Obtaining the John Gayles Education Award presents an opportunity to help me finance my education as well as showing my enthusiasm for a fruitful future.
As my high school graduation approached I knew college would be the next major step in my life. Looking back at the past four years of my high school career reflected many of my accomplishments as a person and a student. I realized the reason to have rigorous academics in order for students reach their ultimate goal of graduation. Setting goals for the future became part of my agenda on a daily basis. Once I entered college I began to expand my horizons because of the many opportunities presented to me. I participated as an active member in the Latino Organization and attended most of the events. In one of our meetings, with an environmental group on campus, I learned how much our world suffered from pollution and the danger of scarce resources. I began investigating internships and wanted to pursue an internship that advocates for less toxic waste and cleaner water. Furthermore, I learned about many urban areas having a high percentage of waste sites and many groups that are fighting against it. With more experience in this area, a goal of mine would be to participate in cleaning up the city and spreading the message of the problems our environment faces if people do not change. I would like to attain a minor for Political Science. I will pursue this minor in order to learn more about the government within the United States. My goal is to successfully help petition in the areas of my interest. To gain more experience in the human rights area, I want to attain an internship in Washington DC that consists of immigration issues and environmental racism as well.
Another important goal is obtaining a high GPA, since taking a spot on the Dean's list, my first semester. I like being an over-achiever and in result proving to myself that I do have the ability of taking a challenge. Moreover, I will take all introductory courses in business and take courses needed for a job in the non-profit sector. Also, attending a university that has a coop program will help me gain experience in the non-profit field. My future career will take place in a non-profit organization. I would preferably want to be involved in non-profit management in order to help in building up the ideal organization. Reaching for an MBA in Non-Profit management is a lifetime goal I yearn to achieve. I would like this option to better my ability in serving the community through non-profit work.
Because of my passion of community service, I enjoy assisting successful organizations that help in the aid of people in need. Coming from immigrant parents has molded my ideas as to what I wanted as a career. My parents had to deal with discrimination because of economic and language barriers, and because they were from another culture. Moreover, being part of the first generation in my family to go to college has also pushed me to promote social change. The results I want to create are high-level policy changes across the United States. I want to become one of the most influential Hispanic businesswomen that stress for the change needed in our society.
The prompt just states: Describe your career plans, goals and personal ambitions. I need help with the corrections I will gladly appreciate it. Thanks so much!
HERE IT GOES:
Since youth, I have wanted to become a successful businesswoman in order to sponsor non-profit organizations. I always liked volunteering on trips, and participating in civic activities from cleaning parks to discussions about violence in my surrounding neighborhoods. Environmental racism and human rights are both major areas of interest to me. My passion has grown since my middle school years and now I would like to put my goals into action. Obtaining the John Gayles Education Award presents an opportunity to help me finance my education as well as showing my enthusiasm for a fruitful future.
As my high school graduation approached I knew college would be the next major step in my life. Looking back at the past four years of my high school career reflected many of my accomplishments as a person and a student. I realized the reason to have rigorous academics in order for students reach their ultimate goal of graduation. Setting goals for the future became part of my agenda on a daily basis. Once I entered college I began to expand my horizons because of the many opportunities presented to me. I participated as an active member in the Latino Organization and attended most of the events. In one of our meetings, with an environmental group on campus, I learned how much our world suffered from pollution and the danger of scarce resources. I began investigating internships and wanted to pursue an internship that advocates for less toxic waste and cleaner water. Furthermore, I learned about many urban areas having a high percentage of waste sites and many groups that are fighting against it. With more experience in this area, a goal of mine would be to participate in cleaning up the city and spreading the message of the problems our environment faces if people do not change. I would like to attain a minor for Political Science. I will pursue this minor in order to learn more about the government within the United States. My goal is to successfully help petition in the areas of my interest. To gain more experience in the human rights area, I want to attain an internship in Washington DC that consists of immigration issues and environmental racism as well.
Another important goal is obtaining a high GPA, since taking a spot on the Dean's list, my first semester. I like being an over-achiever and in result proving to myself that I do have the ability of taking a challenge. Moreover, I will take all introductory courses in business and take courses needed for a job in the non-profit sector. Also, attending a university that has a coop program will help me gain experience in the non-profit field. My future career will take place in a non-profit organization. I would preferably want to be involved in non-profit management in order to help in building up the ideal organization. Reaching for an MBA in Non-Profit management is a lifetime goal I yearn to achieve. I would like this option to better my ability in serving the community through non-profit work.
Because of my passion of community service, I enjoy assisting successful organizations that help in the aid of people in need. Coming from immigrant parents has molded my ideas as to what I wanted as a career. My parents had to deal with discrimination because of economic and language barriers, and because they were from another culture. Moreover, being part of the first generation in my family to go to college has also pushed me to promote social change. The results I want to create are high-level policy changes across the United States. I want to become one of the most influential Hispanic businesswomen that stress for the change needed in our society.