College Admission Essay

In life, choosing is never easy. Choosing what to wear, eat, where to go, and how to live. Choosing what you want to do for the rest of your life, is as easy as walking to the moon and back. There is no brochure that gives you a sure set of bullet points as to what you would like to do, instead, we are meant to simply discover what we would enjoy doing most. There are over a million different careers, yet I’ve chosen a profession in Dental Hygiene. Believe it or not, my first words were not in fact, “I want to become a dental hygienist”.

I was indecisive of my future career path. My mom would tell me the classic “You should be a lawyer” or “You should be a doctor.” I would go along with her idea for a couple weeks until I jumped off the bandwagon. I wasn’t passionate about either of those fields; I was interested in both math and science and as a young girl. As I got older, I became invested in technology due to my love of gaming, but I didn’t know that people devote their lives to technology until I interned.

It wasn’t until my senior year in high school when I realized that I needed to decide what to choose as a career field in which I actually had an interest in pursuing. My aunt handed me a bunch of pamphlets that dealt with a variety of different career types: business, criminal justice, education, etc. That was when I came across the healthcare field. I have always loved being able to help others as much as I am able to. There were plenty of field’s that sounded interesting but that’s when I came across the one that I was eager to begin my college career on.

I didn’t start out knowing that I wanted to be a Speech and Language Pathologist. In fact, I began my school career thinking I wanted to be a teacher because I knew two things: First, I knew that I wanted to teach and second, I knew I wanted to help people. Teaching has always been my

As a young child, I had the opportunity to move from Brasil to America. Although it was a challenge, I overcame many obstacles that allowed me to grow as a person. The language barrier was difficult, but with dedication, I was the first to graduate out of my English as a Second Language class. I grew a strong bond with other Hispanics throughout that time, which further helped form a passion to help Hispanic countries through Hugs 2 Honduras, a club that focuses on fundraising to help communities in Honduras. Along with Hugs 2 Honduras, I participated in the fundraising process for Westfield’s first Dance Marathon. After raising some money for the event, I took a leading position with some other senior girls in a program called Kind Campaign. This program was created to bring awareness to girl-on-girl bullying, and the senior girls led the freshman

Through life I have had no Idea what I was going to do as a career. At one point, I wanted to be a Doctor; at another point a Marine Biologist; and a teacher, a nurse and the list goes on. I have a love for learning and the more I learn the happier I have felt. Over the course of many years I have learned a great deal in various areas, still not sure of where I wanted to settle on as a career. Till now with my current employment with the local library.

Throughout my life I have struggled with making a decision on what career I want to take on. Over the years, my career goal has changed from being a teacher to being a game warden and everything in between. I normally struggle making life changing decisions; therefore, when I was recently asked what I aspired to be, I had no answer. I have taken many aptitude tests and most of them have helped me in making this life changing decision.

Over the years I have ask myself many times, which career is right for me. I have change my mind from being a nurse or veterinarian, to being a forensic or psychologist. Up to this

They say that everyone has that one dream job that they’ve always wanted to do, but that has not been the case in my life. I have never had one set plan when it comes to what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I could never think of something good enough to even consider being stuck with until I wrote a research paper in high school about a cochlear implant study. This paper really struck a fire within me so I decided to dig a little deeper and found Speech Language Pathology. I read numerous articles on what it meant to be a Speech Pathologist and all of the things that they did in preparation for and during sessions. After doing all of that research I finally knew what career path I wanted to take.

Freshman year of undergraduate school was an overwhelming adjustment for me. I had chosen to attend college at Edinboro University, two hours from home and for the first time had to develop my own academic schedule, social schedule, and delegate time for studying and projects. Unfortunately, my academics reflect the strain I was under while trying to find my balance. I don't consider this a weakness but a strength as I spent the rest of my academic career trying to make up for the academic mistakes of my first semester. My personal ambition to complete my degree persevered even in my junior year when I experienced a personal tragedy when my aunt, whom I looked up to as a second mother, passed away.

I grew up in Joliet, Illinois with the loving support I always received from my parents and family. My father was born in Michoacán, Mexico. As parents, you want the absolute best for your children, my grandparents made the decision to move to the United States to give their children and themselves a better future. My mother was born here in the United States. Both of my parents never went to college and because of that, my parents always tell me that they want me to go to college so I can avoid the struggle in the future. In addition, they always wanted to give us everything they never had. My biggest goal in life is to be successful and genuinely happy with my life. I enjoy many things such as spending time with my family and friends, giving back to my community through service projects, and learning new things.

Picking a career is one of the things that will never be as easy as we hope, however, once you become inspired and invested in a field because of the impact it makes you no longer struggle to decide where you want to go in life. I did not know from a young age that a career in the medical field would be my calling. I became interested in the medical field during my junior year of high school. We were discussing what we wanted to do in life and why. I did not really know what I wanted to do, but I did know that I wanted to make a positive impact in people's lives. I was interested in going into a career where I could help others, have a variety of experiences, share in life changing moments, establish trust with others and be a part of something

Growing up with scientist parents, I followed them around the world as they pursued their education and careers in scientific research. I was born in Shanghai, moved to Japan at the age of two and settled down in Seattle when I was seven. Having experienced these three different countries, I have seen the differences in ideologies and culture. These different perspectives have been all been crucial in my development of my own identity. I believe that these experiences in my early childhood have really enriched my passion and interests.

My main priority when choosing my job was to choose something that I would enjoy doing for the rest of my life. For a long time, I was sure I wanted to be a teacher then something made me switch to an RN. I soon realized that an RN wasn’t for me and the only reason I swapped to that was because of the money and not the enjoyment, so I changed back to becoming a teacher.

My college experience started in the summer of 2002, and immediately after I graduated from high school. I was accepted to attend the University of Alabama at Birmingham to study Radiologic Sciences, and I moved to Birmingham, Alabama to start my journey. After completing a few successful semesters, my fiancé and I were surprised to discover that we were expecting our first child. We soon married, and I dropped out of college in order to begin my life in North Carolina as a US Marine Corps wife and a stay-at-home mother.