farahbachtiar
May 16, 2011
Undergraduate / a significant choice that you had to make (deciding my major) - U of Massachusetts [3]
- Every day we are presented with choices, some more challenging than others. Describe a significant choice that you had to make, and discuss the consequences of your actions. How did your decision impact your life?
"Life is as we make it, always as been, always will be". This quote was depicted from Grandma Moses. When presented with choices that we make in life ,without a doubt it will someday affect us . Whether may it be good or bad, we are the ones responsible to take every action that we make. The purpose of writing this essay is to explain and define my past experience about the most significant choice that I had to make. Currently, I am a student in Malaysia, trying to apply to a university in the United States.In the past before I entered college, I was given a choice. One of the most significant choices is deciding a major. I did understand back then that choosing a major would mean deciding my future career, in other words "what I wanted to be when I grow up".
Before entering college, I had a difficult time in deciding my major as I have many aspirations in life that I wanted to do such as a doctor, Interior designing and even architecture as one of my significant few choices. I was struggling for answers of my own. Not until my aunt helped me in laying out the possible majors that best suit my own passion. From then on, I decided my major should be psychology. Psychology has always been a subject that I am interested in. As I recall, when I was young, I remembered that I had a friend that had severe depression. She was always seen as the "mental case" in our class. Whenever I see her, there is always a bruise or a "cut" on her wrist and other parts of her body. Even at one point, she tried to take her own life with a blade but I was there to prevent her from doing so. I informed the teacher and they decided to make an emergency call to her parents concerning her problems. They took her to see a counselor so that they are able to help her with her depression. From then on, I had realize that people such as my friend, need someone to be there for them when they go through the many extremes in life. I wanted to be able to impact people's lives when they do not have a voice to represent them.
Therefore, I decided to enroll in an American Degree Program in Malaysia. So that I am able to enroll in a university in the United States, where they provide distinguish and most versatile higher education in the world. In order to pursue that goal, I have to learn from the best and as a university in the United States, I believe that the University of Massachusetts in Boston would be able to help me conquer my academic and personal goal. With a diverse campus and curriculum, I can pursue my academically and personally as I take part in your programs that are available to students.With your mentoring and networking system I believe that it will be extremely beneficial. If you want to be the best, you have to work with the best.
As a student, I plan to gain as much knowledge as possible to become a well-rounded
person. As my transcript has shown, I am able to grow academically and I hope that your university is able to give me a chance to improve myself in your university. As your university, is renown for providing its students with every needed resource ,including hands-on experience. Your university that teaches their student to think outside the box is truly outstanding. To be a part of that would be an opportunity of a lifetime.
I know that this is not an easy task to accomplish but I consider a university as a step towards a big dream . I know that from here , I must learn more about living an independent life away from my parents and closest friends . I think this is going to be a tough decision since I would be going out of my comfort zone . But I am about to explore a new world which is unfamiliar to me and, after my resolve, I am not afraid to take the next step and I hope your university will help me get through the hurdle that are ahead of me and help me make the University of Massachusetts, my new academic home.
Please review!
Thank you.
- Every day we are presented with choices, some more challenging than others. Describe a significant choice that you had to make, and discuss the consequences of your actions. How did your decision impact your life?
"Life is as we make it, always as been, always will be". This quote was depicted from Grandma Moses. When presented with choices that we make in life ,without a doubt it will someday affect us . Whether may it be good or bad, we are the ones responsible to take every action that we make. The purpose of writing this essay is to explain and define my past experience about the most significant choice that I had to make. Currently, I am a student in Malaysia, trying to apply to a university in the United States.In the past before I entered college, I was given a choice. One of the most significant choices is deciding a major. I did understand back then that choosing a major would mean deciding my future career, in other words "what I wanted to be when I grow up".
Before entering college, I had a difficult time in deciding my major as I have many aspirations in life that I wanted to do such as a doctor, Interior designing and even architecture as one of my significant few choices. I was struggling for answers of my own. Not until my aunt helped me in laying out the possible majors that best suit my own passion. From then on, I decided my major should be psychology. Psychology has always been a subject that I am interested in. As I recall, when I was young, I remembered that I had a friend that had severe depression. She was always seen as the "mental case" in our class. Whenever I see her, there is always a bruise or a "cut" on her wrist and other parts of her body. Even at one point, she tried to take her own life with a blade but I was there to prevent her from doing so. I informed the teacher and they decided to make an emergency call to her parents concerning her problems. They took her to see a counselor so that they are able to help her with her depression. From then on, I had realize that people such as my friend, need someone to be there for them when they go through the many extremes in life. I wanted to be able to impact people's lives when they do not have a voice to represent them.
Therefore, I decided to enroll in an American Degree Program in Malaysia. So that I am able to enroll in a university in the United States, where they provide distinguish and most versatile higher education in the world. In order to pursue that goal, I have to learn from the best and as a university in the United States, I believe that the University of Massachusetts in Boston would be able to help me conquer my academic and personal goal. With a diverse campus and curriculum, I can pursue my academically and personally as I take part in your programs that are available to students.With your mentoring and networking system I believe that it will be extremely beneficial. If you want to be the best, you have to work with the best.
As a student, I plan to gain as much knowledge as possible to become a well-rounded
person. As my transcript has shown, I am able to grow academically and I hope that your university is able to give me a chance to improve myself in your university. As your university, is renown for providing its students with every needed resource ,including hands-on experience. Your university that teaches their student to think outside the box is truly outstanding. To be a part of that would be an opportunity of a lifetime.
I know that this is not an easy task to accomplish but I consider a university as a step towards a big dream . I know that from here , I must learn more about living an independent life away from my parents and closest friends . I think this is going to be a tough decision since I would be going out of my comfort zone . But I am about to explore a new world which is unfamiliar to me and, after my resolve, I am not afraid to take the next step and I hope your university will help me get through the hurdle that are ahead of me and help me make the University of Massachusetts, my new academic home.
Please review!
Thank you.
