imanali14
Dec 20, 2012
Undergraduate / Academic & Cultural exposure/ Benefit & Contribute/ Rutgers Common App [2]
Rutgers University is a vibrant community of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. How would you benefit from and contribute to such an environment? Consider variables such as your talents, travels, leadership activities, volunteer services, and cultural experiences.
Please use the space below to tell us how you believe a Rutgers education will help you achieve your personal enrichment or career goals.
A deep appreciation for history and art has led me to the conclusion and belief that every heroic figure ever recorded in the greatest books, in the presence of obstacles, grave encounters and trying times, rose up to the task and persevered. Homer's Iliad tells how the Greeks fought the Trojans for over nine years before winning the Trojan War and the Bible speaks of how Moses had to part the Red Sea to free his people who had been subdued by the Pharaoh for years. I perceive myself to be a heroine. A heroine who juggled her duties as an older sister to her younger siblings whenever mom and dad had to work double shift and a heroine who faced with constant migration was still able to excel in academics, participate in diverse student clubs and activities and impact each community she found herself in.
Initially, I viewed my parent's constant relocation as a liability to my education. The long plane and car rides were annoying and the angst of whether I would like the new location almost drove me insane. For every time I had to face a class and introduce myself to an utterly different batch of schoolmates, I would be angered, tormented, and embarrassed; until it came to me in the form of an epiphany. Instead of viewing this lifestyle as a drawback, I wouldn't view the glass half empty, but rather half full. I was meeting people from diverse backgrounds, experiencing the best education system that different States had to offer and participating in a plethora of student activities. I was becoming an academic and cultural mongrel.
At Rutgers I would be able to share the experiences that I have collected from my life, from the various states and countries that I have lived in. I would also be able to share my love of academics and my favorite past times by joining the various clubs and activities provided at Rutgers. Given the chance I would try to bring some of my new found transcendentalist views to the groups that I encounter. I would try to encourage the creation of new clubs and organizations. I would be able to learn from the massive collection of people that attend Rutgers and further advance in my struggles of attaining "worldliness". My parents were born in a country called Ghana in West Africa and came here about twenty years ago. Being from Africa gives me a different appreciation of life than American students, because I know how hard my parents had it. I understand how hard they had to struggle just to attain an education, and provide for themselves. My outlook and perspective on academics, community and friendship is unmatched by any student in the stagnant position of being in the same school throughout their high school career. The curse of having to readjust myself and adapt to change was a blessing in disguise.
To Rutgers I would give my undivided attention at making my home and furthering Rutgers as a whole for future prospective students. I want to leave a legacy at Rutgers in which my children can be proud of. I want to advance Rutgers by making it more culturally diverse and by creating clubs specifically designed for Africans. I would carry myself with pride and dignity such that it would reflect upon Rutgers University in the highest esteem wherever I go.
Rutgers University is a vibrant community of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. How would you benefit from and contribute to such an environment? Consider variables such as your talents, travels, leadership activities, volunteer services, and cultural experiences.
Please use the space below to tell us how you believe a Rutgers education will help you achieve your personal enrichment or career goals.
A deep appreciation for history and art has led me to the conclusion and belief that every heroic figure ever recorded in the greatest books, in the presence of obstacles, grave encounters and trying times, rose up to the task and persevered. Homer's Iliad tells how the Greeks fought the Trojans for over nine years before winning the Trojan War and the Bible speaks of how Moses had to part the Red Sea to free his people who had been subdued by the Pharaoh for years. I perceive myself to be a heroine. A heroine who juggled her duties as an older sister to her younger siblings whenever mom and dad had to work double shift and a heroine who faced with constant migration was still able to excel in academics, participate in diverse student clubs and activities and impact each community she found herself in.
Initially, I viewed my parent's constant relocation as a liability to my education. The long plane and car rides were annoying and the angst of whether I would like the new location almost drove me insane. For every time I had to face a class and introduce myself to an utterly different batch of schoolmates, I would be angered, tormented, and embarrassed; until it came to me in the form of an epiphany. Instead of viewing this lifestyle as a drawback, I wouldn't view the glass half empty, but rather half full. I was meeting people from diverse backgrounds, experiencing the best education system that different States had to offer and participating in a plethora of student activities. I was becoming an academic and cultural mongrel.
At Rutgers I would be able to share the experiences that I have collected from my life, from the various states and countries that I have lived in. I would also be able to share my love of academics and my favorite past times by joining the various clubs and activities provided at Rutgers. Given the chance I would try to bring some of my new found transcendentalist views to the groups that I encounter. I would try to encourage the creation of new clubs and organizations. I would be able to learn from the massive collection of people that attend Rutgers and further advance in my struggles of attaining "worldliness". My parents were born in a country called Ghana in West Africa and came here about twenty years ago. Being from Africa gives me a different appreciation of life than American students, because I know how hard my parents had it. I understand how hard they had to struggle just to attain an education, and provide for themselves. My outlook and perspective on academics, community and friendship is unmatched by any student in the stagnant position of being in the same school throughout their high school career. The curse of having to readjust myself and adapt to change was a blessing in disguise.
To Rutgers I would give my undivided attention at making my home and furthering Rutgers as a whole for future prospective students. I want to leave a legacy at Rutgers in which my children can be proud of. I want to advance Rutgers by making it more culturally diverse and by creating clubs specifically designed for Africans. I would carry myself with pride and dignity such that it would reflect upon Rutgers University in the highest esteem wherever I go.
