Marvin Ridge High School Perseverance

In order to be a successful member of an academic community, it is my personal belief that one must have acquired both the skill of time management and the characteristic of perseverance from their past educational experiences. It is my personal belief that, in my four years at Marvin Ridge High School, I not only acquired these traits but rather learned how to use them effectively. The employment of my time management skills allowed for me to take on the heavy workload of several Advanced Placement classes in my senior year while also granting me to opportunity to take part in many extracurricular activities such as managing the Marvin Ridge Wrestling Team, becoming a member of the Science National Honors Society, and working as a volunteer

It is because of the aforementioned statements that I believe the application of my time management skills in college will allow me to successfully contribute not only to the academic environment of East Carolina University but the overall social climate of the campus as well. However, one trait that is arguably more important to academic success than time management is perseverance. Perseverance and curiosity were key to my academic success in high school and I plan to carry these traits that I have attained, along with many others, to East Carolina University as I continue my academic career. Both of the aforementioned traits allowed for me to flourish in the classroom as I would challenge myself to fully understand and comprehend difficult problems. When faced with a problem that truly challenged me, I would break down the question step by step and work on it until I could say that I understood what to do on a fundamental level. This perseverance and desire to understand what previously perplexed me is the reason that I believe I performed so well in my Advanced Placement