I truly do wish I could say that I was one of the few individuals lucky enough to know at a young age what they wanted to be when they grew up, but realistically; I was not. Fortunately, however, I did eventually realize what I wanted to be during my sophomore year of high school, in a "flash" so to speak.
To explain, I had just moved to Florida late during my freshman year, and while it may not seem extraordinary for a high school student to transfer schools, I believe that this transition is what caused me to discover my true passion; chemistry. While my old school in Virginia had a fairly strict order of classes that I would have been required to take, my new school in Florida allowed me to choose the courses I found fitting. As such, I
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Eventually, among various other information, I came to learn that this specific metal was called Magnesium and that the process that it underwent to produce such a bright flash was called oxidation. This seemingly meaningless glowing metal experiment soon transformed figuratively into the burning passion instilled inside of me. Chemistry not only gave me something to focus down on and care about, but it also created my desire to fully understand it. Throughout the entire course, I found myself in a state of fascination from discovering precisely how many of the things which we often take for granted around us work. Ever since that day and up until the present, I have spent much of my high school experience devoted to chemistry, by leading our school's Chemistry Honor Society, by taking several STEM classes at my local college through dual enrollment, and by visiting research institutes such as Scripps and Max Planck to help plan my future in chemistry and open myself up to learn of all the various fields of study in
Everyone at one point has to make a decision on what they want to be when they grow up. For me, that decision came rather unexpectedly and was a result of a new found interest due to self-discovery. It all began when I was around the age of 8 and I watched a documentary on aircraft. It documented all about planes, how they work and the science behind them. I was immediately captivated and gaining all that information as a young child really hit the spot in terms of a new found passion and interest that I could see myself later using. This passion stuck with me ever since as I have spent tons of spare time studying different types of aircraft and collecting model planes. It ultimately helped me with my answer to the question of what I wanted to be when I grew up as being an aeronautical engineer. It is not a career most would pursue, but it shows how self-discovery impacted me at a very young age and the impact is so log lasting that it has influenced most of the decision I make now in terms of courses I take at school and the extracurricular activities I am a part of. Without self-discovery, I was able to gain an understanding of where my interests lay, the abilities I have to acquire complex information and the feelings I had towards my new found interest and
I guess I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, even when I didn’t want to admit it. I wanted to be someone different from who my parents were despite the fact that they love what they do.
When I was in sixth grade, I remember in my computer class we had to research what we wanted to do after we graduated. I’ll be honest, I thought that I wanted to be a fashion designer, a designer! I didn’t realize that what I was researching, was what I wanted my future career to be. The more I researched cosmetology, the more I thought I was going to enjoy the career. So my eighth grade year, I discovered make-up. I then started to do more research and it turns out that by just looking more into that career path makes me want to become someone that can help anyone feel beautiful. So the question was, “Do you feel that you should have started earlier to prepare for college, or do you agree with those who feel that high-school students now
Intro Deciding what you want to study during your college career can be a difficult and tedious task. This is due to fact that many young adults coming out of high school are unsure of what they want to do or what path to take career wise. It is also tedious because this requires that these individuals have to constantly try and explore new avenues so that they can find their passion in life. The path I chose to take when coming out of high school was entering the business school at Howard University.
As we begin to grow up and come to the end of our high school career we must start to begin to start thinking about what type of career we want to be in. It is very important that a person picks the right type of career for them. Otherwise you will be unhappy with what you are doing and will not enjoy it at all. I am not entirely sure what I want my career to be but I have a pretty good idea as to what type of job it will be. I would like to go into the field of a physical therapist and sports medicine, I fell I will enjoy this more than any other type of career just because I already have a lot of interest in it.
I’ve always known what I wanted to be when I grew up. A tougher task, figuring out what I was going to be.
Because of this, I could not get my heart set on something specific I wanted to to. It was in high school when everything seemed to be set into place. I joined both AP and Honors courses in order to challenge myself as well as to learn the most that could be offered to me. In addition to the common classes, I joined many subject-specific academic electives that involved numerous possible fields of studies. One subject in particular stood out to me the most, and that was the business classes.
Knowing what you want to be when you grow up is easy. The typical jobs are teacher, vet, or firefighter. As you grow up your preference changes and into your second year of high school is where you really start to contemplate what you want to be.
It's unbelievable how each year, since the beginning of high school, my perfectly laid plans for myself have unavoidably deteriorated. When I entered my freshman year, I had aspirations of being a doctor (something I had wanted to be since I was a child). Now, here I am entering my senior year in high school without any idea of what I want to do. Now seems to be the time to start taking life seriously and making responsible, educated choices.
As I started my senior year, all I could think of was my graduation looming over me. The thought of having to choose a major and possibly make the decision that would change my life was extremely daunting. It's a struggle many teens are required to face, that jump from being unable to make decisions without a parent, to being told "listen, you're an adult, make your own choices". In a lot of these situations, a teen can have a hard time finding interests they wish to pursue, and will often go with a parent's suggestion, which was also the case with me. In the end though, I was able to narrow down choices using different methods of reasoning, and found the strengths that I didn't realize I had.
When students are asked what they want to do for the rest of their lives, depending on their age they'll either give you a straightforward answer or ponder their thoughts and give you an “I don’t know¨. Itś hard to decide when you have no clue. Up until I was around thirteen years old when I was moving houses I was able to discern that becoming a real estate agent would be the right career path for me. Now being thirteen and in eighth grade I didn't really give it much thought that's just what I wanted to do for a living. As the years went on and I moved on to high school, choices and decisions as to where I would need to go to college and what classes I needed to be taking to be able to do this.
Growing up we are always encouraged to go and pursue our dreams, but what if we didn't know what dream we wanted to pursue? Going into my first semester of community college, I didn’t have a clue on what I wanted to study. I had an interest in computers, so I registered for an introductory course in computer science. I don’t know if it was the professor or the general atmosphere of the class, but I was immediately hooked. I found myself wanting to learn more about the subject. I’ve read the recommended books, watched videos, and had discussions with my professor about what I learned in class. I couldn’t get enough.
There are currently many major problems that the world is facing which could be easily solved if people lived up to their passion and accept the fact that everybody has something to bring to the table. One of the main problems to me is the health system around the world. We are evolving into a world where money is more important than fulfilling the fundamental needs of every living being. When choosing a career, I believe that the contribution to the current society and the next generations is more important than social status or the annual income. My true passion is helping and healing people, which is why I've come to love medicine.
Like the other applicants, I’m a junior in high school. I’ve moved around a couple times, from New York to Michigan to Minnesota back to Michigan and finally here, Virginia. Out of every area I’ve lived, NOVA is definitely the best. This is a terrific area, all the different cultures and peoples- the overall opportunity. Anyone can truly be anything here.
I always notice within high school movies and real-life that students struggle to decide who they want to be and major in. The pressure got to me and I tried to rush things, trying to figure out what I wanted to be so I did research and I tried out multiple assets for each career. But then I learned that I was looking to hard and that I should