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Sep 10, 2013
Undergraduate / Syracuse Supplement: Who is the person you dream of becoming...? [3]
Who is the person you dream of becoming and how do you believe Syracuse University can help you achieve this?
I dream of becoming a person who is innovative and a person that is able to think for myself. These strong qualities appeal to me so that I will have the ability to defend those who cannot defend themselves. It is unfortunate that in today's times, people have yet to recognize their ignorance and continue to feel entitled and superior to others. I hope to educate the world that there is no difference between man and woman, black and white, gay or straight. I strongly believe that we are all equals and the backgrounds that we come from only makes us stronger together. Last spring, I was honored as the recipient of my school's Syracuse University's Book Award. I was delighted to know that my peers and teachers acknowledge both my academic and community achievements. Along with this extreme honor I also received the book, Off the Beaten Path, written by Syracuse' native and alumni, Ruth Colvin. Colvin is a prime example of a strong willed woman, who embraced Syracuse's Scholarship in Action mission by creating her non profit organization, ProLiteracy Worldwide. Through her organization she was able to unite different strengths in order to disclose the problems of illiteracy in the world. Alongside its impressive list of alumni, its many prestigious schools including the SI Newhouse School of Communications and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, I have no doubt that SU will shape me to able to reach out to my global community and into the determined and selfless woman I hope to become.
Who is the person you dream of becoming and how do you believe Syracuse University can help you achieve this?
I dream of becoming a person who is innovative and a person that is able to think for myself. These strong qualities appeal to me so that I will have the ability to defend those who cannot defend themselves. It is unfortunate that in today's times, people have yet to recognize their ignorance and continue to feel entitled and superior to others. I hope to educate the world that there is no difference between man and woman, black and white, gay or straight. I strongly believe that we are all equals and the backgrounds that we come from only makes us stronger together. Last spring, I was honored as the recipient of my school's Syracuse University's Book Award. I was delighted to know that my peers and teachers acknowledge both my academic and community achievements. Along with this extreme honor I also received the book, Off the Beaten Path, written by Syracuse' native and alumni, Ruth Colvin. Colvin is a prime example of a strong willed woman, who embraced Syracuse's Scholarship in Action mission by creating her non profit organization, ProLiteracy Worldwide. Through her organization she was able to unite different strengths in order to disclose the problems of illiteracy in the world. Alongside its impressive list of alumni, its many prestigious schools including the SI Newhouse School of Communications and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, I have no doubt that SU will shape me to able to reach out to my global community and into the determined and selfless woman I hope to become.
