Opening an acceptance letter from BYU-Hawaii was a monumental moment in my life as it fulfilled a lifelong dream of mine. One of the many aspects of the university that appealed to me was the amount of diversity on campus, with having students from over 70 countries. Due to moving around frequently throughout my childhood, I have gained a love for meeting new people, especially those that have varying backgrounds and cultures from me. I have a passion for learning people’s stories and what drives them in life. Attending a campus on the mainland, I would miss out on the phenomenal opportunity to connect and grow with students from around the world. Rather than only learning from a classroom, I will be able to learn and prosper from real experience. My education would be magnified through the culturally rich student body. In addition, having traveled to Hawaii before, I have always left with an uplifted spirit and at more peace. I am more than ready to begin my voyage in life at BYU-Hawaii. Some of my aspirations include studying at BYU-H, finding my eternal companion, establishing my career, starting a family, traveling the world, and having fun …show more content…
I would use my major in business to establish a photography business, and a minor in photography/video would allow me to expand my expertise in the field. A business degree will help me prepare for my entrepreneurial plan. Capturing moments through photography allows me to use my creativity to envision and create unique pictures. Whereas a minor in psychology would compliment my career path because it would strengthen my ability to connect and understand people. I took a psychology course my first semester of senior year and it absolutely captivated me! I find it enthralling to learn how people think, feel, and why they do what they do. With a good understanding in both my minors I will be able to capture the world and people around me through
They provide a myriad of different minors that all students can participate in. The minor I desire to learn at The University of Pennsylvania is Psychology. Psychology is something I am passionate to learn more about so that I may not only help physical injuries but also mental ones as well.
This essay will be arguing that colleges and universities should promote more efforts to diversify and create equal representation of all students. Attending higher education institution for minorities has been an uneasy struggle and one that few minorities accomplish. The dilemma of African American enrollment for example, in a college lecture hall at Texas A&M containing 250 seats, only a maximum 4 out of 250 seats will contain African American students. Unfortunately, many institutions are similar to Texas A&M University, they have an underrepresentation of minorities their on campus in relationship to white students. The lack of diversity keeps stigmas associated with racism relevant and disregards the demographic representation of minorities in America disabling students from identifying with different cultures. There’s evidence from scholars such as Elizabeth Smith and Emilia Plonska, students and instructors that validate in order to promote unity and knowledge of all cultures institutions must promote integration of minorities and increase attendance. Many minorities fail to complete their journeys in higher education which results in unequal representation, segregated environments and unprivileged minorities receiving the benefits of a quality post-secondary education offered at prestige Universities like Texas A&M and UCLA
While starting my quest for higher education, I was unsure about what I wanted to study, and why I wanted to pursue higher education. I started working as an ELL Assistant, aiding students who are mostly refugees or undocumented immigrants. My kids come from all around the world, and are uninhibitedly excited to learn about other cultures and share their own. Working with them has taught me how to think globally and create a safe environment to experience new
Of all the wonderful CES schools out there, I would most like to attend BYU Provo. I feel like this University will allow me to thrive educationally and accumulate a considerable amount of knowledge. I want to attend a school that will push me to become better academically and as a contributor to society. I feel as if BYU has high moral and academic standards that I can use to better myself, these standards are something I want to attain and use for the better of self and those around me. BYU would be a great place to demonstrate and enhance my talents, which is something I feel compelled to do. Growing up, my Father taught me to reach for greater things this life has to offer and not settle for mediocrity. It is easy to take the path of simplicity
As a student in the small town of Payette, Idaho, I have dreams of exploring what the rest of the world has to offer. There are so many amazing opportunities to be had in the great United States of America, and my life goal is to achieve my fullest potential by taking advantage of those same opportunities. Many of those opportunities though, do not come without a hefty price tag. My dream in life is to graduate from the University of Washington in the rapidly growing city of Seattle.
Through the multiple visits to the University, I’ve notice an important aspect that makes this campus a unique place and that is its diversity. I want to learn from a diverse multitude of both people and staff. People that understand me and understands where I come from. People
The career that I decided to pursue when I came to college is Clinical psychology. The reason why I decided on majoring in Psychology is because I took an AP Psychology course during my junior year of high school and the Teacher I had made me love Psychology. The reason why I enjoy Psychology so much is because it expands the mind to so many different things like why people have certain behaviors and teaches you the real difference between Nature and Nurture. You are also given the chance to learn new things about why we humans are the way we are. I have also been fascinated with the thought process of a serial killers and why they continuously kill innocent people and I feel like getting a Psychology degree will help me understand that more
and I constantly found myself wanting to learn more. I enrolled in Women’s History and have found myself being constantly engaged and. It did not make my career choice immediately clear, but it did allow me to find something I want to learn more about and use it in order to help people in the
When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to exam how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Science. With this major, I will be able to further my education in ways to be healthy and possibly learn how to help others. I decided that being a health physician or nutritionist was something that I was really interested in. This is where communication studies came in. I figured that if I minor in communication studies, I could improve my oral and written communication to better help in my future of nutrition.
Additionally, it also helps me navigate college much more easily by allowing me to gain cognitive skills such as study habits, time management and stress management that has allowed me to grow as a person and to continue to reach higher education. One of my academic goals is to do research what drives people to do what they do. As well as, the psychological effect of their actions. My interests is to learn more about the human mind not just from the individual perspective but how society and the government system views and treats people who are suffering from a mental illness. Coming from a community college has given me the knowledge to empower my community and to give back by motivating me to earn a college degree and to return back as a leader or a mentor. Hopefully by five years from now I have completed my undergraduate and graduate degree on criminal justice and psychology. My future goals is to obtain a career as a criminal profiler, forensic psychology, or as a
I am confident and enthusiastic about my proposed interest areas and I believe I have the necessary skills and competence to become an asset to Stanford University. With my ability to self-learn, persevere and work hard, I am sure that I can face the university’s highly challenging environment. I am aware that to excel in the program, I would have to meet the high standards set by the university. I am confident that I can foster a symbiotic relationship with the university and its students. With this, I humbly ask for the golden opportunity to be admitted to Stanford University.
There may already be a good awareness of the challenges of immigrant students and support services placed in the institution, and other institutions with a less diverse culture will be able to learn from resources available at the University of
What are the advantages to studying an undergraduate degree and how do you think the successful completion of your degree will help you in your life?
Coming to the United States for college can introduce cultural differences that even the most prepared students might not anticipate. From campus life to classroom etiquette, US school can be quite a different experience from learning in other countries around the world. It is rather natural for students from other countries to join communities that somehow remind them of home and give them the opportunity to remain connected with their roots and at the same time bring the world a little closer to fellow classmates. By raising collective cultural awareness, organized expressions of diversity which create a cultural spillover from which we all benefit.
Education is not just what your major is, it is also what you learn along the way. It's about learning about life and who you are. All the while becoming specialized so that you may contribute to yourself and society. It's a journey, and for those of us fortunate enough to embark on that journey I hope that we make the most of it.