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Nov 29, 2013
Undergraduate / 'Life in a different world' - Benefiting and Contributing:Rutgers [2]
Prompt: 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.
I sat anxiously in the plane. Nervous, but excited for the new land that waited across the sea. What will customs be like? Where will we live? What about my friends back home, and about my new friends here? Is America really what everyone says it is like?
It all just raced through my mind at once as I sat on that 747, contemplating what was ahead in my future for me. Although these feelings might seem dramatic, for a five year old a change of environment coming from a country of snow and rural living, to the United States, a place talked about in the motherland as the land of opportunity and freedom, was quite daunting.
I was given the chance of a lifetime to live in a different world, and I wanted to make the best of it. That being said, in elementary school, I tried my best to keep up, but it was difficult acclimating to a new culture and way of life; even after living 11 years of my life in the United States, I have yet to fully acclimate to this culture. I then moved on to high school, and I decided that it was the time to really take advantage of what was offered to me. I am certain I will take advantage of anything offered to me at Rutgers University. Some of the many things that I took advantage during my teenage years define the person I am today: Future Business Leaders of America, Peer Group, Consumer Bowl, PicoCTF, and Swimming. But the greatest thing that was offered to me throughout my high school life, was the diversity of the people I met and their different cultural backgrounds.
With the chances and opportunities that were offered to me, I strive to give equal if not more of an opportunity to my peers, but more importantly to the upcoming generation. From my point of view the upcoming generation is very circumscribed in terms of what is provided to them, as well as their personal strive to reach higher. The current education system and society does not force a person to be diverse and look for more, when one's current life is sufficient, but that is the key to expanding one's knowledge to better the impending future of society. Which is why I joined Peer Group and became the communication officer for Future Business Leaders of America so I can change someone's life on a daily basis with the words of knowledge passed down to me by my mentors in hopes that they carry that knowledge to future generations. Likewise, I without a doubt shall do the same at Rutgers University, by sharing that same knowledge to my colleagues and giving back for the knowledge offered to me.
Rutgers University is indeed a vibrant community, and I would like to mesh into that wonderful community that is a melting pot of ideas, while sharing our different experiences to expand our knowledge as individuals and as a group. This co-existing of cultures and knowledge (I can only hope) will later change the world for the greater good.
*Written by Vladislav Sab**** of LHS, Any unauthorized use, such as distributing, copying, modifying, or reprinting, is not permitted.
I am not close to the maximum character limit (2,864/3,800), but I can't seem to add more without making my essay sloppy. I already feel as if it is sloppy. Feedback and advice on the essay is greatly appreciated especially grammatical advice :)
Prompt: 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.
I sat anxiously in the plane. Nervous, but excited for the new land that waited across the sea. What will customs be like? Where will we live? What about my friends back home, and about my new friends here? Is America really what everyone says it is like?
It all just raced through my mind at once as I sat on that 747, contemplating what was ahead in my future for me. Although these feelings might seem dramatic, for a five year old a change of environment coming from a country of snow and rural living, to the United States, a place talked about in the motherland as the land of opportunity and freedom, was quite daunting.
I was given the chance of a lifetime to live in a different world, and I wanted to make the best of it. That being said, in elementary school, I tried my best to keep up, but it was difficult acclimating to a new culture and way of life; even after living 11 years of my life in the United States, I have yet to fully acclimate to this culture. I then moved on to high school, and I decided that it was the time to really take advantage of what was offered to me. I am certain I will take advantage of anything offered to me at Rutgers University. Some of the many things that I took advantage during my teenage years define the person I am today: Future Business Leaders of America, Peer Group, Consumer Bowl, PicoCTF, and Swimming. But the greatest thing that was offered to me throughout my high school life, was the diversity of the people I met and their different cultural backgrounds.
With the chances and opportunities that were offered to me, I strive to give equal if not more of an opportunity to my peers, but more importantly to the upcoming generation. From my point of view the upcoming generation is very circumscribed in terms of what is provided to them, as well as their personal strive to reach higher. The current education system and society does not force a person to be diverse and look for more, when one's current life is sufficient, but that is the key to expanding one's knowledge to better the impending future of society. Which is why I joined Peer Group and became the communication officer for Future Business Leaders of America so I can change someone's life on a daily basis with the words of knowledge passed down to me by my mentors in hopes that they carry that knowledge to future generations. Likewise, I without a doubt shall do the same at Rutgers University, by sharing that same knowledge to my colleagues and giving back for the knowledge offered to me.
Rutgers University is indeed a vibrant community, and I would like to mesh into that wonderful community that is a melting pot of ideas, while sharing our different experiences to expand our knowledge as individuals and as a group. This co-existing of cultures and knowledge (I can only hope) will later change the world for the greater good.
*Written by Vladislav Sab**** of LHS, Any unauthorized use, such as distributing, copying, modifying, or reprinting, is not permitted.
I am not close to the maximum character limit (2,864/3,800), but I can't seem to add more without making my essay sloppy. I already feel as if it is sloppy. Feedback and advice on the essay is greatly appreciated especially grammatical advice :)
