Petrichor
Nov 16, 2015
Undergraduate / I want to study the Earth and learn how it can help us in the future through its gifts - Texas essay [4]
Feel free to write absolutely anything you want, I need all the help I can get with this, thanks! :)
|PROMPT- Considering your lifetime goals, discuss how your current, and future academic and extracurricular activities might help you achieve your goals.|
For years, I thought that I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I would go to college, major in music education, and become a band director like my mom. It was great at first, but I realized the only reason I wanted to do these things is because it's what I thought my parents wanted me to do, it wasn't really my passion and I didn't want to spend my life doing something I didn't truly love. I had always held an interest in science, specifically geology and astronomy, and was even considering minoring in geology when I was about to go to college for music education. I decided to tell my parents I didn't have any interest in studying music and that I wanted to take a year off to figure out what I really want to do with my life. I've realized that I want to study the Earth and learn how it can help us in the future through its gifts beneath the soil. This is my true passion and I'm so grateful to my parents for giving me the time to find it.
During high school I was involved mainly in band activities, thinking I was going to major in music. Although that's not my path anymore, I still think it taught me many valuable lessons that I can use in the future. I learned how to endure and persevere, through the countless hours of marching band. I learned how important a sense of community and friendship is, through my peers in the trumpet section. I learned that hard work and dedication can take you anywhere you want to go, by making All-State my senior year. I learned how to time-manage, by having to practice my instrument at home, making it to all the football games and concerts, getting enough sleep, and still doing my homework and keeping my grades up. Many people would consider all the time I spent on band a waste, but I know that I will need all of these skills in order to become a successful geologist.
Studying geology, I will have to work with a team of scientists, making connections with people and working together towards a common goal, not unlike my time in the trumpet section. I will possibly have to travel to places with harsh conditions and adapt to working well in them, similar to marching in atrocious weather. I will certainly have to work hard and be dedicated to my work in order to achieve my goals, that's a given. Many geologists have odd hours because of their work, and I am confident that I will be able to succeed with the time management skills I learned during my time in band. These skills might not have initially been learned through any connection with the major I want to go in to, but they are invaluable, nonetheless.
While I was in high school I took many higher level classes in order to prepare me for college and life beyond school. It was challenging, but it helped me hone all the skills mentioned previously. I was also part of the National Honor Society all 3 years I could; this made me get more involved in my community. I took an "Earth and Space" course my senior year which helped me realize that is what I love to do, and what I want to be doing the rest of my life. My teachers were awesome and helped me succeed if I was having a hard time with the course load that comes with being in honors and AP classes. My grades are what helped me get into college the first time and this time I am confident they will do the same. Going to college, learning how to be a geologist, and then becoming a working geologist are my main goals for the next few years, and I know everything I mentioned above will help me get there.
Feel free to write absolutely anything you want, I need all the help I can get with this, thanks! :)
|PROMPT- Considering your lifetime goals, discuss how your current, and future academic and extracurricular activities might help you achieve your goals.|
For years, I thought that I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I would go to college, major in music education, and become a band director like my mom. It was great at first, but I realized the only reason I wanted to do these things is because it's what I thought my parents wanted me to do, it wasn't really my passion and I didn't want to spend my life doing something I didn't truly love. I had always held an interest in science, specifically geology and astronomy, and was even considering minoring in geology when I was about to go to college for music education. I decided to tell my parents I didn't have any interest in studying music and that I wanted to take a year off to figure out what I really want to do with my life. I've realized that I want to study the Earth and learn how it can help us in the future through its gifts beneath the soil. This is my true passion and I'm so grateful to my parents for giving me the time to find it.
During high school I was involved mainly in band activities, thinking I was going to major in music. Although that's not my path anymore, I still think it taught me many valuable lessons that I can use in the future. I learned how to endure and persevere, through the countless hours of marching band. I learned how important a sense of community and friendship is, through my peers in the trumpet section. I learned that hard work and dedication can take you anywhere you want to go, by making All-State my senior year. I learned how to time-manage, by having to practice my instrument at home, making it to all the football games and concerts, getting enough sleep, and still doing my homework and keeping my grades up. Many people would consider all the time I spent on band a waste, but I know that I will need all of these skills in order to become a successful geologist.
Studying geology, I will have to work with a team of scientists, making connections with people and working together towards a common goal, not unlike my time in the trumpet section. I will possibly have to travel to places with harsh conditions and adapt to working well in them, similar to marching in atrocious weather. I will certainly have to work hard and be dedicated to my work in order to achieve my goals, that's a given. Many geologists have odd hours because of their work, and I am confident that I will be able to succeed with the time management skills I learned during my time in band. These skills might not have initially been learned through any connection with the major I want to go in to, but they are invaluable, nonetheless.
While I was in high school I took many higher level classes in order to prepare me for college and life beyond school. It was challenging, but it helped me hone all the skills mentioned previously. I was also part of the National Honor Society all 3 years I could; this made me get more involved in my community. I took an "Earth and Space" course my senior year which helped me realize that is what I love to do, and what I want to be doing the rest of my life. My teachers were awesome and helped me succeed if I was having a hard time with the course load that comes with being in honors and AP classes. My grades are what helped me get into college the first time and this time I am confident they will do the same. Going to college, learning how to be a geologist, and then becoming a working geologist are my main goals for the next few years, and I know everything I mentioned above will help me get there.
