Wednesday, September 17, 2008

College Application Essay - "Rough Draft"

“Where am I going for college? What am I looking for in a college? What career are you planning to pursue?” - Just some of the questions that are in the back of my mind. Why? Simply because I’m unsure about the answers to them. I know that I have to be answering it soon, or else time’s gonna tick until the clock runs out.
Pressure, pressure, pressure. I know I have two general ideas for my career: helping people, or working with computers. I enjoy making others feel better, but I also like working with computer programs. I like giving people advice when they have a bad family or friend situation, but I also have a curiosity of how computers and computer programs work. However, I wouldn’t want to sit down in the office, typing and configuring stuff for 8 hours. But then again, I don’t think I can stand dealing with people’s sicknesses and problems for that long either. I get As and Bs in all my subjects, but I can’t even choose what kind of education I want until I know what I want to do in the future!
But wait, calm down, relax, and think. I don’t have to be sure about which career I want to pursue right after high school. There’s no set deadline on when I have to choose a career. I know that one of the careers is more intriguing to me than the other. I just need help finding out which. Being able to take more than one course at this university will help me decide during college. I can take a course specializing in computer programming, and another one specializing in nursing or psychology.
So that clock won’t stop ticking. It’s just going to keep revolving and revolving, allowing me to wait for that precious moment when I finally decide what kind of future I will possess.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

College

I would like to attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Hawaii is my home and always will be. It is almost like I have a bond with the island. However, if for some reason I have to go to the mainland for college, I would go to the University of Washington Tacoma. I have visited the college before and it really had a nice environment.
I cannot find the prompt for UH Manoa, so the one for UW Tacoma is to discuss your educational and career goals and how study at the University of Washington Tacoma will help you achieve your goals.

Link: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/enrollmentservices/admissions/transfer/essay.cfm