1.) Why do you want to join the Urban Honors College at Portland State University? I have always been a student who enjoys being challenged, and I want to continue to challenge myself in college. During high school, stretching my abilities meant taking AP and honors classes. At Portland State University, the Urban Honors College would be ideal for me to continue this pattern of participation in advanced academics. Additionally, the closer-knit atmosphere that the Honors College perpetuates is hard
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Portfolio Essay Most people go to college to cultivate and discover their passion in life and build their knowledge. Student will experience two ideas during college one is Utility U, which gets things done mentally without learning the subject. The other vision is Utopia U that builds the morals and ethics of the students. However, Kwame Anthony Appiah the author of “What is the point of College,” tells that Utility U and Utopia U, “leads to very different metrics of success” but his students have
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college just wasn't working for me. My head wasn't in it and I eventually stopped going. A few years later I found myself entering the large brick building with the sliding glass security doors of our local factory. There I was confronted with loud, 400 degree machines that slammed open and shut every three and a half minutes while working an undesirable second shift, 3:00pm until 11:00pm every day. There I learned what real work was
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I am writing this cover letter to you in regards to the Read Jones Christoffersen. Ltd (RJC) Building Science internship position in Toronto. I am interested in this position because ever since I been exposed to societies’ environmental and urbanization issues, and Jane Jacob’s principles of urban planning, I developed a strong passion for sustainable and livable buildings and effective urban planning, with a vision to design better communities. I would like to work for RJC because the company's
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An encounter that has definitely changed my life was when I came to my second foster family which is where I am now. Three reasons how it changed my life is because I am now taking college classes, I have a job to better my future, I learned how to be more responsible and take care of myself. I came to my second foster family when I was around 16 years old, and I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know what foster care was going to be like until I have been here for like 3 or 4 years. Foster care
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There are a lot of careers out there, someone can choose any career and work at it for their whole life. Anybody can choose whichever career they want they are independent for what they choose nobody but themselves. My first career I would choose is dentistry, having my own clinic and fixing people’s teeth. My second choice of career would be to become a veterinarian that takes care of animals. My last choice I would say would be maybe a border patrol that secure the border and check for people.
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The American Dream is the idea that through hard work, one can acquire wealth, prosperity and a high position in society. This symbolizes a big house, a nice car, fancy clothes and having money, but having all of these things are very unrealistic for Americans who start low in the economic class. Although this idea is the common representation of America, the land of freedom and opportunity, it is nothing more than an illusion; a dream that is unattainable in this present-day circumstances and time
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Upon the completion of my bachelor’s degree I would hope to continue pursuing my education by enrolling into a master’s program and afterwards, take the CPA exam. Meanwhile pursuing this I want to possibly work at a non-profit organization utilizing my degree and knowledge. A non-profit I have in mind is the Asian Pacific Development Center. I have been a part of their leadership program and volunteered for the organization since my freshman year in high school. The Asian Pacific Development Center
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I would like to have accomplished my degree in Criminal Justice, by achieving my bachelor’s degree. I also, want to be at least getting ready or a part of the police academy. To make my end goal obtainable, I would have to put in more dedication and motivation into completing these next two years or however long it may take me to obtain my associate's degree. The step’s I am taking to make this achievable was my first step enrolling into college and a degree program. My second step was to get into
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When I go to college and i want to start my studies to be a Marine Biologist. A marine biologist is a person who likes to study marine animals and sea life like whales, dolphins, crabs, all the way to microorganisms on plankton and the water. They work in private labs and i think that that sounds really cools and for it too be a career that sounds even cooler. I have always wanted to work with sea life or wanted to be a vet but then i realized that vet’s are always on call and can not ever have a
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