Goals Personal Statements Samples For Students

Throughout my life I have faced many challenges that took determination, perseverance, and discipline in order to overcome. During high school and throughout my undergraduate studies I dedicated myself to the ferocious sports of Kick Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts. Despite my successes that were built on hard work and devotion to self-restraint, unfortunately I suffered a traumatic injury to my knee and in the process shattered my patella, ruptured both the anterior cruciate and the medial collateral ligaments, and tore the cartilage of the meniscus. The recovery from this injury was brutal and I had to undergo four surgeries ...

I would like to apply to this University in order to provide the best possible opportunities for my educational future. I firmly believe that my drive and desire to learn will prove to be beneficial assets during my time studying, creating the opportunity for me to achieve truly significant developments in my academic goals at this school. With a foundation resting on my existing strengths, my drive and empathy for my fellow students provides for the chance to aid others as I pursue my own goals. On a personal level my goal is to build experience to gain insight into my ...

I am very fortunate to be an undergraduate student of English at the University of Dammam, in Saudi Arabia. During my studies, I discovered that I am passionate about literature in general and English literature in particular. I believe that English literature possesses an overwhelming power; it has the ability to entertain as well as challenge the reader to appreciate a deeper understanding of the world. One of the great novels that had a huge impact on me was Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Reflective of Victorian times, the various themes inspired me to question conventional wisdom regarding the independence of ...

Advancing in the field of academics is one of the achievements that many scholars look forward to accomplishing. I am a scholar who is interested in furthering my education in the Joint MS Information Technology and Management /MBA Program at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). I know that venturing into a new environment always results in various challenges. As such, I anticipate some emotional, social and academic challenges. The academic challenges such as coping with the new teaching methods used by the professors, conceptualizing the various types of assessment procedures, working myself round the volume and pace of the workload, ...

Analysis of current affairs in the print media shows that accounting and economic issues dominate as compared to other topics. From this analysis, it can be deduced that accounting and economic related disciplines have significant impacts in the modern world. I have deep interests in identifying the behavior of business entities from an economic and accounting perspective, and understand how economic and accounting disciplines affect the business world. I have excelled in academics and produced exceptional results in all subjects of my study experience. My willingness and desire to learn coupled with an element of economic within me heightens ...

After reflecting on my accomplishments, and identifying the significance of effective leadership, my zeal to lead has enabled recognition of elements of proper leadership. An effective leader involves all members by assisting them feel as part of the defined goals, and integrating their opinions on the final policies. The leader has clear attainable goals, well organized, and stays on top of details throughout the mission. In addition, th leader takes on some tasks to set examples, and motivate the followers. An effective leader also strives to be courteous, encouraging, and enthusiastic.
As a result of being involved in different ...

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One of the first profound moments I remember from my early life was the day I accompanied my brother to the Orthodontist and waited and watched as his braces were adjusted. I honed in on every detail of the experience, remembering the day vividly. I was captivated by the entire scene and watched eagerly as the orthodontist used piers to adjust wires. I asked a lot of questions and remember thinking that “I want to put this ‘machine’ in people’s mouth that makes their teeth move and creates a beautiful ...

Charitha Jason

Education is one the most important thing in the life of a person. Getting to study what one likes and to perceive it is a blessing because not many can study what they want. And here I am from Saudi Arabia, who is currently majoring in Finance and would like to pursue my ambition in studying Finance in your most prestigious university. Global economy apart, micro and macro economy are the backbone of the development of the country. Unless the grass root level is strengthened the power and strength of global economy cannot be strengthened. In any industry whether it is ...

In a find blend of both sides of my personality, I want to be the creative artist and

mechanical engineer to be the versatile Orthodontist who brings about the beautiful

masterpiece smile. With my team of technicians, I will use logical and precisely

calculated treatment, and the tactile senses of the hands, to manipulate wires, brackets,

and appliances in a harmoniously choreographed movement of teeth with ultimate results

into that brilliantly beautiful smile, one patient at a time. Another facet I enjoy about

Orthodontics is the very personal one-on-one time with each patient, the connection when

discussing treatments, and the shared steps of positive progress towards the end results.

I am a creative and artistic person who also incorporates logical ...

Personal Development Plan

Undeniably, this tool is an indispensable tool that has enabled me to pursue excellence in my business management career. Whereas my reason in pursuing a career in business management is broad, the overarching reason is my interest in the vast and challenging aspects associated with managing an international company, and the desire to satisfy my enduring interest of having my own office in a prestigious company (Zenger, & Folkman, 2009). Sharpening my skills in Human Resource Management forms a part of my short-term ambitions. It is with this desire that I am compelled to provide an account of all activities and processes ...

My personal goals are based on the field of electrical engineering and conducting extensive research in order to identify new knowledge in this intriguing and challenging field. One of my traits is that I have a strong passion for mathematics and science, which will aid me in venturing on my career, as well as focusing on attaining my goals successfully. As such, I have made a choice of studying in Purdue University because I believe it is a good university, which will enable me in attaining my goals successfully.

Further, Purdue University provides students with an opportunity of working with industrial machineries for ...

I am a strong energetic man, student at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a school that is popularly known for diligence of its students, and I am writing this personal statement in hope of joining U.S. Army JAG Corps in your esteemed military camp. Such career, I believe, is indispensible for my future fulfillment of my dream and will benefit me for the rest of my life.

I believe a better life especially as a U.S Army JAG Corp is all about working hard and aiming high. When I lastly made a decision of joining Western Illinois University in August 2006 to pursue Bachelor of ...

My Main Goal

It is important to establish a time frame in which I am working: within the next five years, my main goal is to become an Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP), preferably in the field of geriatric care. Within that role, I would like to see myself becoming more acutely involved with the diagnosis of common illnesses, as well as immunizations, physical examinations and also the management of long-term conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

Personal Improvement Objectives

• I need to become more aware of the symptoms of conditions and to become more confident when recognising, diagnosing and treating specific illnesses. Equally, I ...
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As a child growing up in a family interested in business, I developed a passion to learning mathematical numbers and how they relate to the bottom line income, earnings, and profits. From the days of my High School, I envisioned bigger and better times and profits if and when I started my own business. Globalization and technological advances made me realize that I could play a pivotal role in converting small family businesses into a national or even international powerhouse.

Determined and focused to enter into a business of consulting company, helping overseas companies to expand market in China in short-term and for long-term goal, ...

Personal Statement

I have always been a determined person and always tried my best to accomplish my goals. Despite the fact that achieving goals brings satisfaction, my achievements have always made me aim even higher. Ever since I was young, I have always yearned to study at the Boston University. When I was to begin my undergraduate education, I applied to this institution and my application was accepted. However, due to financial constrains at that time, my family could not afford to facilitate my education at the university. I had to resort to other options, but promised myself that I would work ...

1. The extent to which you feel you have attained the course objectives. Please be specific and address each of the objectives.

I believe that the medical sociology is isolated as a social institution. As a social institution, medicine has value (objectives, principles, and codes), structure, and function, form its organization, symbols, statuses and roles (doctors, patients, government, etc.), the system of vocational stratification and vocational education. Allocation of medical sociology as an independent branch was only in the 50s of 19th century in the United States. For the first time, a new industry was in demand for sociological education student health professionals (Cockerham, 2011).

In this course I found that the concept of demography and the subject of her study and the population ...

A great amount of my life has been dedicated to travelling and business. I was born in Africa, and have had to work hard to obtain the profits I have gained from it, especially due to the objectives I have set myself. Among these is the constant drive to improve both my knowledge and my practice. I find the NYU Shack Institute of Real Estate’s Graduate Certificate Program to be a magnificent way to push myself even further towards excellence.
One of the characteristics of my voyage through life has been the constant progress I have made in ...

A DEGREE AND CAREER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 2

I’ve always liked science and had a knack for gadgets. As I grew older I got a little more interested in computers, cell phones and things of that nature. Twenty years ago the world used plain cell phones, and large monitor computers. That has all changed and new ideas and innovations are leading the industry with new technology. Many people are now using smart phones, you don’t have to press a button anymore because its touch screened. Voice activation is another great part of it. All of these things we can now do unlike two decades ago ...

There is a close connection between web design and an engaging internet experience, supported by the digital artists. In the near future I see myself as a talented web designer, creating aesthetic and intuitive interfaces for enriching the user experience through enchanting and uncomplicated designs. Learning user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) is crucial for my educational plans and my future career prospects.
Aspiring to become a UI/UX designer, I identified specific areas that I need to improve and skills that I need to consolidate. I strive to enrich my technical skills, especially in design, sketching, animation, HTML ...

I am a second-generation Cuban American and the first generation in my immediate family to attend and graduate from college as well as to pursue studies in Law School. I received my Bachelors degree in Marketing from the University of Florida with a minor in Mass Communications. In college I was a member of the Pre-legal Honor Society and held the position of advertising chair.

Whilst my degree was in marketing, law has always been a powerful interest of mine. The specific areas of law that interest me as of now are trial advocacy and litigation, I have witnessed many court proceedings, ...

Please describe your professional goals, your past and present experiences as they related to these goals, and the importance of graduate business study at this point in your career.

I have always had a great passion to become involved in the business world, and this has determined my educational path over the last four years. My main goal is to establish my own real estate firm in Saudi Arabia and bring a higher standard of knowledge and education to this field in my country. It will no longer be a business activity that is just based on personal experience as it generally ...

As someone both adept at management and leadership in business environments, I have a number of goals that will help me achieve the excellence that I desire in my career. Within five years, I have several goals in particular to meet: I wish to gain my EMBA in Business in order to assert myself as a much more viable and qualified business professional at my current employer, the Distributor of Honda in Kuwait. I currently manage 5 centers and a 32 member sales team; I wish to expand that influence into a greater set of regional responsibilities, as well as expand by business ...

I come from a family that lays great emphasis on the attainment of quality education and this has been a driving force in my journey through school, college, and now, university. I firmly believe that learning is a continuous process and that a person needs to grow and develop throughout his life in order to be intellectually satisfied. I have had a lifelong interest in the field of science. For most of my childhood, chemistry was a great passion, to be able to create new products from scratch. I participated in several science fairs at the school level and found success. However, science itself is a ...

Master of Social Work Degree:

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Being able to extend my hand to those who really need my assistance gives me a sense of personal purpose; this is why I have decided to pursue my studies towards getting a Master of Social Work Degree. I foresee this particular concept of personal development as a sense of improvement in the manner by which I handle my responsibilities as a social worker. As a practicing social worker in helping the less fortunate youths in particular remote communities, I am hoping to increase my knowledge in dealing with people who have specific need about getting access to the ...

Personal Statement to University of California

1) What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field — such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities — and what you have gained from your involvement.
I intend to pursue higher education to major in Asian American Studies. I am an international student from Hong Kong and am currently studying in Los Angeles, California. My current academic plans include completing two (2) years education in Los Angeles, to comply with the educational pre-requisites needed prior to transferring to the ...

A Civil Affairs Specialist (38B) in the United States Army has a multifaceted job requiring the integration of many skills in order to successfully accomplish the tasks assigned to him or her. The chief job of the Civil Affairs Specialist is to liaise with local citizens during operations resulting from combat or from catastrophes that the United States Military responds to. This position is key to maintaining order amongst civil populations of areas under military control in order to ultimately support the military objectives as laid out by the planners and commanders. Specific duties run the gambit of the professional ...

Graduate education provides an opportunity to expand academic horizons, to learn practical skills for real world applications, and affords the opportunity to do advanced research and influence future generations of students in a given field. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s graduate program in Accounting will afford me the opportunity to conduct research, advance my knowledge of the field and study with some of the finest faculty in the profession. I will be able to advance my knowledge in a vibrant profession that has implications for a broad range of industries and services that are used daily by millions of people throughout ...

Personal Statement (PhD)

Career advancement is a crucial element in any professional field. It leads to both personal and professional growth with multiple benefits to the society. Higher education provides an avenue for achievement of such goals. In view of this I am seeking to attain higher education (PhD) in my area of expertise in order to boost my professional career and increase my opportunities in this field of microbiology and molecular biology.
I am interested in joining Laurentian University in a bid to achieve both scholarly and personal short term goals. The pursuit for a PhD at this prestigious university will be especially ...

Statement of Purpose

As a twenty-seven year old male of Pakistani-American Heritage, the field I have developed an interest in is accounting at the Graduate level in an effort to achieve my goal of becoming a CPA. Furthering my Accounting studies will enable me to achieve my ultimate educational and professional goals. I strongly believe that I would bring a maturity and seriousness of purpose to my Graduate studies – the features deeply rooted in my past learning experiences. To my mind, I learned well how to relate to and communicate with different types of people. I have also had a number of opportunities in the intervening ...

My Early Life

I am originally from the UAE (United Arab Emirates). When I was a child, my parents decided to migrate to Canada. We lived there for over 10 years. We eventually left our house in Canada after my parents decided to go back to the UAE once again, for good perhaps. I have lived in two countries so far. The native language in UAE is Arabic while the ones in Canada are English and French. Through my years of stay in UAE and Canada, I have learned how to understand and fluently speak their respective native languages—now that is a total ...

The innumerable challenges facing human beings on a frequent basis intrigue me, and this feeling heighten my desire to help people overcome their medical challenges regardless of their backgrounds and affiliations. Orhan Pamuk’s quote, “I don’t want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning’ has been my greatest source of inspiration when it comes to defining my ambitions in life. I have excelled in academics, and as well produced exceptional results in all aspects of my practical medical experience. My desire and willingness to learn, coupled with my friendly and cooperative nature increases my inspiration and ...

Personal Statement

“Sasha, ihre fahrt ist hier.” At my teacher’s demand, I ran from my seat with such enthusiasm that I have never experienced before, and left behind everything I owned. I raced to the parent pick up line where my mother stood eagerly waiting to inform me of what she thought was good news. My parents were in military, so I spent most of my early life apart from them as they relocated every three years. This day was not only peculiar in that my mother came to pick me up, but it was the last Thursday I would ...

___________ Graduate Admissions
_____________ Program in Speech-Language and Audio Pathology
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Personal Statement

Career Objective of 550 Words Detaling:
Intellectual and Academic Interests, Accomplishments.and Goals
Transforming the lives of special needs children through speech and audio therapy is my life’s vocation. I am that therapist who endeavors in going those extra and challenging miles to ensure that any special needs child has the capacities to obtain his or her full potential at an early age. There is nothing more edifying than to witness children develop fundamental learning skills that serve them throughout their lives. My passion for being a ...

Program Director

Statement of Purpose
In the highly competitive and complex world that we strive to conquer daily, we sometimes forget that our most common struggle is being human. We focus on creating a selfhood based on a limiting personal or professional recognition when our common denominator is defining our humanity. I realize that my journey in defining self has been one of shaping my inner being struggling against a strong, external influencer. Recently, I reached a pivotal turning point in my life by redirecting my objectives from the standard and trusted environmental science direction chosen by my traditional Indian family. ...

My previous education experience was not very positive and resulted in my academic suspension due to a number of facts which had made me to change my priorities for that period of time. The matter is that while I was living in another state far from my family, my niece got sick and subsequently operated. Since my brother-in-law was not available at that moment being out of the country, I had to constantly travel to visit my niece and support my family.
Unfortunately, owing to this stressful situation, I was always depressed and disconcerted in my academic work so ...

Personal Statement

There are no problem-solving, crime-fighting superheroes in real life. However, there are super employees who make the best possible performance expectation of an organization come true. Every organization is hungry for a good employee. If it has been successfully produce and launch a product or service that perfectly complements their goals, it wants some additional performance excellence from the side of its affiliates. If the employee performance is good enough, an organization wants those who can excel. Actually, it is very difficult to find individuals who suit the growth strategy of a particular organization; the ones who are constantly ...

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I would like to pursue further studies in artificial intelligence, with a bias in designing and implementing solutions for the multi-goal robot path planning. My major concern is on the design of robots’ paths with a keen consideration of the goals of the roles of the robot and the length of the path. I strongly believe in my ability and attitude and thus convinced that I am bound to greatly succeed in my pursuit. For instance, I greatly bank on my academic background alongside my passion for artificial intelligence to give me sufficient propulsion towards attaining the utmost success ...

Statement of Purpose

I personally think of management as an important attribute of organizing things and eliminating chaos. Management is an essential for working productivity and without this time and money will not be spent smartly towards achieving desired goal. As I started my study at university I monthly received stipend from government which I learned to organize myself. I really enjoy the management and being inspired by this, I want to continue my study at Master’s program in Management at Arizona State University (ASU). I had an experience of living in US and learned English during participation in Global Launch ...

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About myself:
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Sports:
As an outdoors person, sports is an endeavor that comes naturally to me. My height and conditioning has helped me become a skilled soccer forward. As a quick runner, my sense of the gate is accurate.
Last year, my team won a championship in the soccer league. In addition, I was honored with the golden boot. Fortunately, I played well -- running, shooting, and defending. Unfortunately, however, my leg cramped 20 minutes before the end of the match. As a result, I watched the end of the match from the sidelines. However, we ...

A goal-driven Human Resource Professional, I became immensely captured by the topic of transformative leadership during the Military. My ultimate aspiration was to get an in-depth knowledge of the factors that drive individuals to achieve, accomplish something valuable and become better persons in their communities. Having served four years as a leader, and a total of eight years in demanding job environments that required troubleshooting problems, my current aim is to motivate people to such a degree that they predominantly improve in their professional careers. From my all-embracing leadership experience so far, I have acquired wisdom that transformative leadership ...

Communication is an important element to gain understanding in whatever situation a person is in. It is especially effective if spoken using a common language. In this world, there are 700 million people who speaks English, and this language has been the most widely spoken and written language . This figure accounts for approximately 63% of the population in the world and I am part of it . Learning English as one of my spoken languages does not stops when I finished my bachelor degree in 2010 from King Faisal University. I believe that improving ...

My infatuation for Mathematics, Physics and Finance began when I was in elementary school. Although this area of studies is quite odd for girls, my attention was instantly hooked, and I found myself interested in different aspects of Mathematics, intrigued by the ways Physics can explain complex phenomena by simple and elegant theories and formulas, and determined to study the mechanism of monetary matters.

I have been following the chosen path ever since I graduated from high school. I showed excellent performance in my school classes, and this tendency was kept throughout my undergraduate studies in the University of ...

The world has become a global village and this has intensified the competition in almost every industry of the world. Human resource is the most important resource of the organization. The role of human resource is immense for organizations to gain competitive advantage in this highly competitive world. Organizations are investing a lot on this most important asset as they have realized the importance of valuing human resource. Organizations today are looking for individuals that have are good team players, have the ability to lead the team and that can help the organization in improving their profits. Over the last 2.5 ...

It is largely argued that education is the key to personal success in diverse areas. Whereas most people have access to education, going through the higher levels in education still remain a dream for many. I have always had a desire to work my way through in all levels of education, through working hard and achieving the best results. In fact, in my entire academic journey, this has been one of the motivating factors to always push on and perhaps be among the best scholars. It is because of this desire that has triggered my ambition to enroll in the MBA ...

Born in 1982 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, my interest in library and information science dates back to my studies in high school. During this time, I excelled in library and research and earned a full marks. Due to this growing interest, I decided to pursue a career in information studies.

When I began my undergraduate studies, I successfully passed with honors. I was very keen to complete my postgraduate studies, which would allow me to teach at the university. I was deeply impressed by the challenging lecturers and their desire to develop creativity. My goals, inspired by the lecturers, where to ...

Every single phenomenon in this world is based on the figures – either this is the simplest electronic device, or the money in a wallet, or logistics, or even a boiling kettle. Absolutely everything we are surrounded by is all about figures. No wonder that the first time I closely got acquainted with the world of figures was when I was a child. Thanks to my family I was able to realize a significant importance of those amusing hooks scratched on the paper very early and thus, it helped me shape my life and career aspirations before I actually could think them over.

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Physical therapy is a challenging and demanding career. Working in conjunction with other health care professionals, the role of the physical therapist is indispensible to improving the quality of life of a patient who is otherwise incapacitated in some respect. The corpus of knowledge that must be attained is quite large and covers the entire range of human physiology, and consequently further specialization exists to learn an heal more specific ailments that afflict the patients.

My interest in Physical therapy became evident during my academic work towards the Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. Following my degree, I ...

It is important for an individual to be successful to have knowledge of different subjects and fields rather than only one. Moreover, working experience at the same field helps the individual in polishing and improving his skills. I have the knowledge in the field of finance and have working experience of working at different hierarchy in a financial institution, Bank Center Credit. However I have not restricted my knowledge to only this subject but have learnt other related subjects as well including Economics, Management, Business management etc. In addition to this, it is also significant for an individual to have ...

Quality, I believe, is far much better than quantity. This has always been my policy since I was a child. Further, I have faith that the among the most prized investments one can undertake is not only education and training, but also investing in humanity. This drives me into realizing my long-term dream of the need to ensure proper use of water in my country. Further, it would be my joy to free water from contamination and hence safe for drinking among other uses. To make all these a reality, education and training have become indispensable in my life. I strongly ...

Self-actualization is the process of realizing one's full potential - to really work hard and find out what you are capable of. Understanding the mind has been a particular passion of mine for a very long time - ever since my teenage years, I have struggled with my endless curiosity about why people do the things they do. Furthermore, I have always wanted to learn more about what people can do to better themselves. Realizing that I want to help people with their own emotional and life-related problems was a huge moment for me, and one that has brought me to ...

There are many reasons why I have chosen to pursue a degree in business; both my personal and professional experience, as well as my own desires, have led me to this point. From my birth, to my own talents, and even my volunteer and employed work, I have been fervently working towards the pursuit of a career in business; I have done many things up to this point to prepare me for this path.

I grew up in a single family; my parents divorced when I was five years old. Following their divorce, I grew apart from my father, having not seen ...

For a brave traveler through the desert, the ultimate goal is to arrive at his destination safely and in one piece. He has to endure the scorching sun that dehydrates him through and through with limited supply of food and water that can only sustain him for a certain period of time. He has to grapple with the extreme temperatures, both hot and cold, through the day and night respectively having to dress lightly during the day and then dressing warmly during the night to fight the cold. Desert animals like scorpions and snakes pose an imminent danger upon an encounter ...

I have always wanted to work closely with people in an intellectually stimulating environment, and, to my mind, a career, of a Microbiologist is one of the best ways to achieve this.
My interest in Microbiology started at a very young age and continued to be my greatest passion for years. When I was studying for my undergraduate degree in Botany and Microbiology in 2007 at King Saud University (Riyadh), I had an intensive training in the Medical Microbiology laboratories at National Guards and King Saud Hospitals in Saudi Arabia. During the training, I gained a lot of valuable experiences, learned scores ...

I am writing in regards to my application for the PhD Chemistry program at McGill University. Having a major interest in Organic Chemistry I hereby wish to pursue my further studies at McGill University due to its global recognition as one of the TOP-ranked universities with a solid laboratory setting and extensive opportunities for the development of my research skills.
I believe that my previous achievements in the stated field of study can stoutly buttress my willingness to enroll in the program. Gaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry at King Faisal University gave me a thorough basic knowledge and understanding ...

The profession of nursing requires dedication, compassion, and a commitment to learning. The University of Texas’ unique dual masters program, comprising education leading to a Family Nurse Practitioner (UT School of Nursing) and a Public Health Masters (UT Public Health School) degree, will allow me to engage in the scientific inquiry that I relish, while at the same time preparing me for the challenge of helping difficult patients recover from their illnesses and injuries. I began my education in my native Romania, where I was a student in law.
While in law school, my father passed away as a result of colon cancer. ...

Having grown up in Russia, and having spent much of my childhood traveling to countries all around Europe (like Spain, Egypt, Turkey, and more), I have been raised to have a very continental, open-minded and free-thinking spirit. While in high school, I gave tennis lessons to children and seniors, which helped me get in touch with my community. At the same time, I became interested in psychology and sociology, and the ways communication can affect others. To that end, I chose to come to the United States in the spring of 2012 to attend East Carolina University, majoring in psychology. ...

Graduate education provides an opportunity to expand academic horizons, to learn practical skills for real world applications, and affords the opportunity to do advanced research and influence future generations of students in a given field. John Hopkins University Masters of Science program in Finance will afford me the opportunity to conduct research, advance my knowledge of the field, and study with some of the finest faculty in the profession. I will be able to advance my knowledge in a vibrant setting with implications for a broad range of industries and services that are used daily by millions of people throughout the world.
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Academic challenges must be met with an open mind while remaining grounded in intense discipline and focus. Three and a half years ago I came to the United States hardly speaking any English. I enrolled in my local high school in New York City where I was exposed to many people of diverse backgrounds. Initially, school was very difficult. The difficulty of making friends in a new language is only exceeded by the struggle to learn chemistry in a new tongue. Despite this handicap, through dedication and perseverance I managed to learn a new language and prepare myself for future academic success.
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What qualities do you have that will make you a good accountant?

First and foremost, as an indigenous Chinese student, we have always been observed to be very good in numbers. As such, one of the qualities I possess that will make me a good accountant is my acumen to accuracy and details. I strongly believe that one of the basic responsibilities of a good accountant is the preparation of financial statements with accuracy and transparency – those which are in accord with the standards of professionalism. With my personal skills in adherence to ethical, moral, and legal standards, patients in all undertakings, diligence and commitment to doing what is right, I content that ...

PERSONAL STATEMENT

In a short autobiographical statement, tell us about yourself. You can write about your education, your family, your talents and passions, particular intellectual influences, people you have met, work you’ve done that has helped make you the person you are, or significant places or events in your life, especially as they relate to your field of study. Also use this portion of the essay to explain any strengths or weaknesses you may have (for example, low GPA, lack of experience, significant interruption in work or studies, unique skills and achievements relevant to the program, or any other information you ...