These pages were downloaded from Writing Personal Statements Online, available at https://www.e-education.psu.edu/writingpersonalstatementsonline/ Short Personal Statement by a Geology Student Growing up in Canada with a life-long fascination for Canadian geography, I have always been interested in returning to the country. Although my family moved to the US before I entered high school, I have always kept my eyes turned north, especially in recent years as I began to read journal
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others have a voice. His philosophy paints a portrait of the predicament we are placed in by self-consciousness in the world of objects. True to his existentialist views, Jean-Paul Sartre won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1964, but declined the honor. Doctor King, on the other hand was a social activist, specializing in civil rights. He grew up in the segregated South and received his Doctorate at Boston University in 1955. His exposure to the liberated North provided the motivation to
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the University of South Florida, I began to think that maybe my pipedream of law school was not so far from grasp after all. On December 10th, 2017 we both graduated from the University of South Florida, with honors. I was recommended and inducted into the national Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha. This was the proudest day of my life to date, but it certainly wasn't an easy task, nor one that I ever envisioned happening at this stage in my
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ITCS101 Research Paper The definition of Mafia is "a group of people of similar interests or backgrounds prominent in a particular field or enterprise" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mafia). The Mafia began as "a secret criminal society of Sicily or Italy" and eventually there was a "similarly conceived criminal organization in the United States" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mafia). There is no denying that the face of organized crime has changed throughout history
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assume a position if I feel another person would be better suited, I never accept greediness for control in exchange for being detrimental to the organization. My most prominent leadership positions are residing as the president of our school's National Honor Society chapter and as a Camp Fitch Counselor; both of which I know I can be an accredited leader
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to push aside my discomfort and try new things. By doing this I was able to show this young second grader how to be more involved. I want to continue to be a leader, and help show others how to be one too. That’s why I want to be apart of National Honor Society. I think this would be another amazing opportunity for me to learn and grow not only as a leader but as a person. This is such a great organization, and I want to be apart of
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over my 10 years of playing football. The camp was three days long and ran for a couple hours each day. It felt good to give back to the community and the kids that will play for the teams that I played for. I am also a part of my school’s National Honor Society, and we take part in many service projects throughout the year. My personal service project was teaching a group of freshmen how to work out. This was a very meaningful and fun experience because I got to teach kids how to do something that
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Defying the odds of the world despite being deaf In the American society, we tend to perceive hearing impairment or deafness as a disability, which in truth isn’t really a disability at all. Instead many prefer to look at as a culture. Canada has mostly been recognized throughout the world as having the greatest hockey players. After doing research, I realized there has been one legally deaf player who played National Hockey League. Jim Kyte became the first noted and legally to date deaf NHL player
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activities, service to the community and University, and preparation for future careers. They are referred to as Greek chapters because they are named according to the ancient Greek alphabet. Most chapters at Millersville are also affiliated with a national and international organization. Greek life has a strong and rich tradition at hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States and Canada, as well as here at Fullerton. It offers many opportunities to meet people, promote academic
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University of Regina is one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities – a dynamic institution with a strong national and international reputation for teaching and research. The University of Regina's B.Sc. and B.Sc. Honors degrees in Computer Science are accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Council (CSAC), an autonomous body established by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS). The CIPS accreditation program was started in 1980 and the Department of Computer Science at the
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