Undergraduate / EDUCATION, a light to one's path; HOWARD U- Strengths/ weaknesses/motivation [3]

What are your strengths, weaknesses, and your motivation? What separates you from any other applicant? How do you think Howard University will increase your strengths and diminish your weaknesses"?

My name is Derek Ukaegbu, from Overlea high school. Although I'm formidable in a wide variety of areas, every human has their flaws. My motivation is any mentor of education because I conceive education as a light to your path. My strengths as a student are Self-sufficiency, teamwork, but my weakness is overcomittment.

What separates me from other applicants are my strengths, my ability to excel far beyond other students. Howard University will increase my strengths by challenging and molding me for a better future and it will decrease my weaknesses by prioritizing and asserting myself in the community with leadership. In summer 2013 I enrolled into medical mission trip to S. America. This is a way of giving back to the community.

Self-sufficiency is the ability to take care of myself, meaning when given a non-teamwork assignment I can do it on my own and efficiently. I have this trait because I am a keen learner, task focused, and punctual in my work. This means that I comprehend quicker than others, I am disciplined, don't evade my work, and the work that I do is precise and complete. I can be Independent because I can manage my time, and I have excellent analytical skills. This means I can multitask and handle any stress; I can reduce time to increase efficiently, and excel in interpreting information.

Teamwork is the act of combined effort with a leader, meaning when I am presented a project meant for collaborative effort not only can I work well with classmates I can be the conductor of them. I carry this feature because I am dependable, a negotiator, but assertive. This means teammates can have faith in me when I take many responsibilities as a leader, I can negotiate with teammates on how the project will be executed, and although I can negotiate, I am not a "pushover" when I see something wrong I will point it out and fix it. I possess this quality because I am an optimist, and honest. This means I can motivate people to do what they usually don't do, I can tell someone they are astray while being fair, and respectful, and as a leader I can stay on task without being amiss.

Overcomittment is to strain yourself beyond the limit of completion, meaning that I'm a 'workaholic", and I may take excessive responsibilities at times. My weakness are being a perfectionist, and emotional. This means that when finishing an assignment I'm quality conscientious meaning I keep thinking it isn't good enough. Also when I'm doing a project I take it to heart when someone isn't as dedicated as I'm and I become angry at them. Although overcomittment is my weakness I consider it my strength because I'll sharpen myself for next time.

In conclusion, my strengths as a student are self-sufficiency, the ability to take care of myself, and teamwork the act of a combining effort with the help of a leader, while my weakness is overcomittment, to strain myself unnecessarily.

Undergraduate / Temple is my first choice; 10-year reunion & alumni essay; Temple University [NEW]

The Prompt is Imagine you have graduated from Temple University. You are preparing to attend your 10-year reunion, and the alumni office has asked you to write a one-page essay about your personal and professional accomplishments since graduation. What would yours say

My name is Dr. Derek C. Ukaegbu, a graduate of Temple University. When I look at my personal and academic life, I can proudly say that attending Temple University clearly speaks for itself when you look at my resume and my accomplishments from the past ten years. Temple has taught me valuable life lessons like responsibility, commitment, and determination .If it wasn't for temple I wouldn't have attained the tools needed to have a successful future.

After my Doctorate in pharmacy from Temple University, my life, relationships with my family, relationship with my alumni friends and my views of the world has tremendously changed. Since Graduation, I have worked in various areas in pharmaceutical industries. Graduating from Temple University, I have faced copious amounts of challenges. However, my ultimate goal to become a pharmacist came true. I had the opportunity to work with people from many different ethics groups. As a retail pharmacist, I was able to exhibit true leadership and carried out my duties in a professional manner.

During the ten years after my graduation from Temple, I volunteered my services at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Unit. I witness the pain and suffering of people in need and what medication can do to reduce their suffering. I also had the opportunity to help patients and offer emotional support to their families. I know that helping patients each day helps make me stronger despite daily the challenges of life. I had the opportunity to work with the United Nations lead to Africa, Nigeria. I also had the opportunity to join a medical mission trip to South America. This enabled me to see for myself the suffering that exists in that region. Furthermore I was able to penetrate into the area my parents came from, Imo-State, and rendered as much as medical attention as I could. This caught the attention of the Traditional Leader in charge of our town and they bestowed me with a humanitarian award.

My educational training from Temple University and the knowledge from the school of pharmacy truly speaks for my success. I worked well with my associates and teamwork was the order of the day. As a graduate student I was able to work in internships and acquired a job. My accomplishments as a Pharmacist have created a measure of joy each day with a bright start. As a professional pharmacist, I have the opportunity to help people and travel around the world.

Truly speaking, I am grateful that Temple University gave me the opportunity to expand my career to industrial pharmacy. I have gone into research but didn't like it. I hope and dream one day I will be an independent owner of my own store. Today, if I wanted to add another degree, I would still choose Temple University as my first choice University. I am proud to be alumni of Temple University.