My College Career Analysis

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I have spent much of my college career working with people who need a hand up instead of working on namable honors. I enjoy volunteering, taking on difficult tasks and schedules, and being involved behind the scenes of good things. My largest interest is learning and I dedicate most of my time to it. I attend every training, seminar, and presentation I can because I believe that knowledge is power. I am preparing to be well-rounded, well prepared, well educated, and professional in my field. I have faced challenges that could have stopped me from ever coming this far in my education and in my life plans, but I have pushed myself past anything life has thrown at me. I have gone far above and beyond what was required of me to just get by,

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