Maham Choudhry 15110160 My Nana, the Lawyer He asks me my name. I tell him. It’s not as if he forgets, it is just that he never bothered to remember. Committing the names of his nine children’s offspring is understandably a tedious task. “Tell me about Sirhind, nana,” I ask. He smiles, a maze of crow’s feet forming at the edge of his cataract-inflicted eyes. “I went there last night.” My nana’s ‘dreams’
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As much as I support a college admissions essay in theory, I find that our current system to deal with the process of submission and review is increasingly corrupt. How is one supposed to convey the deep musings of their troubled, post pubescent soul 600 words or less? Before I sat down to undergo the ceremonial task that almost every teenager in America performs, I was told to “Treat writing the college essay like speed dating”. Now, to me, that seems somewhat misleading. By giving me complete free
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Pursing a Masters in Business Administration Management 521 February 20, 2010 Pursuing a Masters in Business Administration Pursuing a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree to achieve a personal goal may seem ludicrous to some, but not to the individual who desires to have a solid foundation of knowledge on which to build on. An undergraduate who decides to return to school as a graduate student is investing in his or her future. According to Levy (n.d.), an MBA can open doors for
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school. There are no required courses or recommended majors for law school admission. However, courses that develop skills in writing, reading, public speaking, logic and research can be helpful. Some law schools may prefer applicants who have taken intellectually challenging courses. Then the LSAT scores are required to be submitted along with your law school application. This test is administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and is used to assess your reading, comprehension, reasoning
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On the surface I think I am like most young and modern American women: I take school seriously, I have dreams and goals for the future that I am determined to make happen, and I don’t expect anyone to do the hard work for me. I come from what is an increasingly normal background: my parents are divorced and I live with my mom and sisters and only occasionally see my dad since he now lives on the other side of the country, but I still feel very lucky to have a supportive, if spread out, family behind
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In the fifteen years that I have been a registered nurse, the primary job skill that I have found both the most useful, and in its absence, the most problematic, is communication. Being able to communicate clearly and succinctly is, without a doubt, the most important skill an employee can learn. In addition to the face to face spoken word, communication also comes in the form of telephone calls and emails, as well as non-verbal body language. For patient safety sake, it is essential that the
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Most people may tell you that they’re inspiration in wanting to pursue a career in medicine is because a relative or a near death experience, but I have neither. My inspiration comes from having a mother that was a nurse and hours of binge watching Grey’s Anatomy and other medical show. Yes, I understand that you might be thinking that “Grey’s Anatomy is nothing like what a real career in medicine is like” and while I do understand that. The show inspired me mostly because of the terminology they
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My mother always told me "the world is your oyster", referring to Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. This is a statement that did not fully surface for me until last year. I perpetually have always had an interest in the healthcare field. In fifth grade I decided I was going to become a pediatrician. I continued on to complete a Bachelors of Science in Biology, setting course on a premed track. While in progress of my senior year classes, I decided medical school was no longer my goal. Instead
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Wharton – Essay 2 – Describe a setback or a failure that you have experienced. What role did you play and what did you learn about yourself? (500 words) One professional setback that I still regret happened almost two years ago, when I first took over the China operations of High Country Linens (HCL), my family business, without any previous experience in the textile industry or in a management role. I was eager to assert my independence and
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