I, Darren Garner, am writing to expiate how recent circumstances in my life have impacted my matriculation at Dalton State College. Many trials and tribulations have planted themselves in my path to success throughout my post education career. Though the adversity may have stressed and crippled my drive to be successful I still managed to show a spirit of excellence in my matriculation. Many opportunities for me to halt my education have presented themselves boldly but me having the mindset of modesty and tranquility have kept me afloat and focus on my priorities. In my life as a growing young man I have acquired to learn from my mistakes and naivety. In this letter I will elaborate on how my recent and past circumstances that have altered my clear path to my greatest accomplishment.
Freshman Year 2013-2014
My past proven ankle injury was a painful process that resulted in me having to rely on crutches to make it to school and classes. Even when the pain was debilitating, I still managed to find a way to get work and assignments for missed classes. The time missed from school did impact my matriculation in the sense that I was dependent upon my student/instructor relationship to support my need for extra help and support. Instead of complaining, I found ways to maneuver around this factor and relied on student supports to assist me with missing information so I could study to the best of my ability. I also dealt with a fight for appropriate insurance to obtain the correct medical care as well. I endured this battle and did not complain or use it as an excuse or crutch to not complete my assignments. My requests and meetings with instructors for support only involved me articulating that I had a need for extra support and a re...
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...ces to involve future internships and experiences that can enhance my instruction and improve my comprehension in my subject areas of interest. I also have friends that obtain very high marks in all courses within my major who have expressed that they love my inner drive and determination and will tutor me one on one. I have made many changes to my everyday schedule so that school can have a respectable amount of time so that I can practice and perfect my matriculation. I have also made the decision to change my major to general studies so that I can achieve my greatest dream of being an architect. It will be a slow process but I’m willing to take every step wisely and carefully. So I am asking the Financial Aid Board to grant me just one more chance to show you guys that I’m a great student, hard worker, and a future graduate of the great Dalton State Roadrunners.
I soon found myself at the open door of Mrs. Walker’s office. I could hardly contain my excitement as I situated myself in the cushioned black chair in front of her. She said to me delicately with compassionate eyes, “I know how bad you want to go, but only one student from our school was selected to attend. It was not you.” She encouraged me to pursue other opportunities over the summer, but her words went in one ear and out the other. I left her office with a pout on my face, feeling somber and
Although a personal statement is supposed to be mine, in the back of my head, I was thinking that an admission officer would look at this sheet of paper I had written and base my admission on it. Then I felt that although this was supposed to be my story, it was not really what I wanted to say because the purpose was to please someone else. At a certain point, all creativity was gone and my only goal was to have a perfect personal statement. The need to have a perfect personal statement did not allow me to write an essay that was truly me. I already had my mind set that I was going to write what I thought the reader wanted to hear instead of what I truly wanted. I decided, however, that although the two questions of “Is it good?” and “Does this suck?” Barry presents would haunt me for the rest of my life, if my personal statement was not truly me, then I was getting into schools for the wrong reasons. It was surprising how, for so long, I struggled writing this life-altering essay and when I just let it go, and started writing without worrying about perfectionism, I “…was both there and not there… and the lines made a picture and the picture made a story” (124). I was able to write an essay that mattered to me as opposed to something that was a misguided version of myself.
There are few decisions in life that will affect you as profoundly as the decision to seek higher education. The degree you earn is both a ticket to personal and professional fulfillment and a badge representing hard work and dedication. The world is built by people who have trusted to their own unshaken will in hope and in despair. Those are the heroes, the idealists who amidst the gulf of solitude more isolating than that, which surrounds a dying man, could think great about their future. Their lives foment many spirited acolytes for whom destiny is no matter, a chance, but a matter of choice and it is nothing to be waited for, but a thing to be achieved. I wish to place as one among them.
During 8th grade, I got called out to the counselor’s office. Entering the counselor’s office, the counselor told me that I was in the honors class. The day I graduated Junior High with honors changed the next 4 years in High school. I promised myself and my mom that I would be graduating High school with honors. For the past 4 years, I have worked so hard to be in the honors program, again. I started to take advanced classes and then I started to take dual credit classes my junior year. If it wasn’t for being in the honors program my 8th grade year, I don’t think I would be as worried about my grades as I am now.
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Conflicts and adversity arise every day, relationships form and come to an end, different doors of opportunities open while others slam shut. There is very little a person can do to avoid adversities in life. It is the reactions to these adversities that truly influence a person and are essential for growth and success to form from the situation. I have been faced with various adversities in my life, and one of the adversities I have been continuously been facing has been my college career thus far.
May 14, 2011, I received my Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Tarleton State University. This day was full of bittersweet emotions. I Jose Servin felt accomplished, I became the first male in the family to receive a Bachelor’s degree. The days leading up to the graduation, I began to feel overwhelmed with emotion. The feeling of being embraced by a proud family, I was unsure how I would react. I remembered in my high school graduation, I was overwhelmed with emotions. I made it a challenge to not be overwhelmed with tears after the graduate ceremony. The ceremony finished, the moment arrived when my family embraced me and I did not cry, I just kept smiling at everyone that congratulated me. Seeing the family being proud of me gave
As I sit in Strozier Library at Florida State University putting the finish touches on this paper, I realize all of the events that have brought me up to this point. I’m thankful for my family’s constant catechizing of FSU because I realize I made the right choice; this is where I’m meant to be. From the football games to my cousin’s graduation I’m glad to be a part of a family legacy and look forward to continuing it with my own children.
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I have accomplished a lot in a short period; however, my journey is not complete until I continue my education. Essentially, this degree will help foster my growth and career success. My passion and dedication will speak for itself. My hard work and determination will prevail and I am a fit more than the next applicant because I have the passion, experience, critical thinking and analytical skills needed to complete this program through successfully arguing my capstone in front of a board or committee. My goals are definitely aligned with this program and I hope my next read is an acceptance letter from the admissions council.
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