We've spend the last week working on Academic Resumes and Scholarship essays. What have you discovered about yourself during this process? Are you more or less prepared for your future than you thought? Explain. Your response must be at least 100 words, and you only need to respond to me.
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Alexis Young
8/27/2014 12:34:41 am
Throughout this week, I've learned a lot about resumes and scholarships and things of that nature. But I've also learned more about myself. I've always known I wanted to be a teacher, but I never really knew how I was going to go about that. I also realized I really don't have enough free time to actually sit down at home and fill out scholarship information. Going through scholarships at school really require me to sit down and focus, which is what I need to start doing on my own, because scholarships are obviously very important.
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Riley Burghart
8/27/2014 12:44:42 am
I have realized, after reading over other individuals' scholarship essays, that it's okay not to know what we are going to do with our future as high school students. Many adults I have talked to STILL do not know. All this pressure to pick a major and decide what you want to be in high school is rubbish. Granted, there is benefit in teaching responsibility and planning, but who's to say what you will or will not accomplish? I have spent close to ten years stressing about what I want to be. I knew I always wanted to be a veterinarian. I have come to a realization that it does not really matter what I want. I can try all I want to be who I want, but life is going to keep doing it's thing. I figure, who ever I become is who I was meant to be. So, I guess I'm pretty prepared now.
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Gallagher Martin
8/27/2014 03:29:03 am
After going through not only my own resume, but my classmates resumes, I have realized I am less prepared than some and more than others. I know I don't have the resume of a Dakota Cavanaugh, but I have some personal goals and achievements that nobody else can claim except for myself. I feel, that for the field I am going into, I have the qualifications to do what I want to do with my life. The scholarship essays are a different story. It's not going to be easy to win one those. We have a very talented senior class and unfortunately only one can win. I know I have the writing skills to win, but so do fifty other of my peers. So I guess all I can do is try my best, and who knows. Maybe I'll get lucky.
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Megan Avila
8/28/2014 12:41:10 am
The process of becoming prepared to even attend college is strenuous, tedious, and rather lengthy. However, during this week, I have learned that I am fully capable of being ready for college. Granted, it takes a lot of self-motivation to spend my nights by the light of a laptop filling out college applications when I'd much rather be watching Netflix or getting a few extra hours of sleep, but I've proven to myself that I can get business taken care of in a timely manner while also providing efficient and accurate works. The ability to pull out this amount of focus and determination in myself is a feature that I didn't know I possessed. I believe that this drive (that I recently discovered) will stick with me and will allow me to be successful in my future endeavors.
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Laura Peck
8/30/2014 03:10:42 am
As I prepared my academic resume and scholarship essay, I was mostly reminded of something I already knew about myself- I am a perfectionist. If something wasn’t aligned right or sounded strange and somebody else caught it before me, I became frustrated with myself. I also was reminded that I enjoy helping others. This was manifested through editing the essays of my peers as well as reflecting on things to place on my academic resume. Through this process, I also realized that a lot of the students my age are in the exact same position as me- we have not the slightest idea what to do next year. To be honest, I’m relieved that I am not the only one. I would like to say that I am prepared, and in some regards, I believe that I am, however, there is still a huge part of me that is unprepared. Right now, I’m okay with that.
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Mallory Harger
8/31/2014 02:19:03 am
Throughout the time working on our scholarship essays and academic resumes, I have learned that I am much more prepared for my future than I thought. I definitely know what I want to study and I’m dead set on that. Although I feel I’m prepared, I know it’s a long journey ahead. There are several decisions still to be made and many things to work out. I know senior year is supposed to be the best year, but I also know that it is the busiest and most stressful. I’ve learned that I’m ready to take on senior year and what lies ahead for me!
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Ian Ediger
8/31/2014 02:24:53 am
I feel that I am less prepared for college, because even though I have been accepted, there is still a lot of work I need to do, and most of it I do not really know how to do. Many require personal essays for scholarships, yet I am terrible at writing personal essays. I also need to learn how to get rested up for the weeks ahead so I do not come to school tired. It also made me learn that I do not have such a good grasp of time management as I thought I had. Writing these essays has made me reevaluate my study habits.
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Sierra
8/31/2014 02:55:12 am
Originally, I'd say I'm not prepared at all. All preparation for college puts me on edge because of the stress of not having a plan. As I've read some other comments, I've learned, like me, that not everyone knows what they'd like to do next year. Knowing that is sort of a comfort to me. But I also have figured out if I take the time to do a scholarship, I can get one done. It takes me awhile to get started with an essay, but when I do I can get on a roll. After this process, I'd say I'm more prepared than I'd first imagined.
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Madison Hoffman
8/31/2014 03:13:31 am
While working on the academic resume and scholarship essays, I discovered that I really don't have an idea of what I want to do as a career. In the past I anticipated a career in healthcare, but now I am not so sure. That made it difficult to write some of the scholarship essays. I'm not as prepared for the future as I would like to be. It's not easy being prepared when you don't know what you want to do. I know someday I'll figure it out, but right now there's a lot that I'm unsure about.
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Stephanie Farney
8/31/2014 07:00:11 am
While working on this scholarship essay, all I really learned was that I have grown a lot in the past few years. Looking back, I realize that I am nothing like the person I was two years ago. I have come a long way since then, and I honestly take a little pride in that. Change is inevitable over these next few years, especially if I go to the Academy, and I am going to face challenges more difficult than anything I have faced in my life thus far. Despite this, however, I realize that after overcoming what I did in the past, I have what it takes to make it. I also realize that if I am not offered an appointment this year, it is not because I do not have what it takes, but because I did not present myself accurately. If so, I will just try again next year. Speaking of next year, it is now apparent that my backup plan is not as solid as it needs to be. Applying for these scholarships showed me that, well, I've been neglecting that. In these next few months, however, I plan on paying a bit more attention to my other applications in hopes of figuring this out.
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Elijah Brockway
8/31/2014 11:08:49 am
Throughout the week, I've learned that I'm certainly not as good at talking about myself and my plans as I am at writing an essay about whatever topic that has been given to me, although I hope that I've gotten a bit better at it. I still say I'm just as prepared for college as I thought I was, however, which is relatively well prepared - I already know most of just what I'm going to have to do when I get to college, I already have a plan for paying for college, and I already know what I plan to major in and where I plan to go.
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Josie
8/31/2014 11:11:47 am
Before doing the resume, I didn't know how much I had done throughout high school. It actually turned out to be more than I thought. However, most of the things I have done have not prepared me for what I want to do with the rest of my life. I wish I would've focused more on things that would really benefit me in the long run instead of doing something for one year that didn't benefit me much. I also realized I haven't done much volunteer work. What I have done is more than I thought but it's still not enough for me to be satisfied. Volunteering more is something I want to work towards in the future.
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Riley Bahre
8/31/2014 12:00:31 pm
Following a week of preparation and comparison, I can safely assume that my previous statement was correct. My problem is almost entirely based in a lack of direction. Though it is certainly reassuring to see that I'm not the only one with this problem, mutuality will not be the solution. The fact remains that, at some point, a commitment will have to be made and I will have to settle upon my decision, one that I'm not quite ready to make. That being said, I'm not entirely unprepared. My capability and determination are certainly up to par, and my metaphorical compass is calibrated correctly, the only thing I lack is a direction; a direction that, sadly, will likely not be found for quite some time...
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Hannah
8/31/2014 01:41:56 pm
Before this week I thought I was doing a lot to prepare for college. I quickly realized that you can't be done prepping until you have committed and been accepted to a college. Even then you still need to work on essays for scholarships. I have learned a ton about myself just by writing a 250 page essay. Why I want to do the things I want to do and telling others why. Being able to flaunt my strengths and giving people a reason to want me to be at their university. Also I have learned the type of college I want to attend. My true personality has been embedded in this past week.
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Amanda Wilde
8/31/2014 02:08:40 pm
Through this process, I have learned that I am so not prepared for college. I thought I had somewhat of an idea of what I was doing but I quickly found out that I was wrong. Between all the essays and applications I am lost. I have learned, however, how to get started in the process. This has helped me greatly in preparing for school and my future. I had no idea it was going to be this much work. This has excited me more for my future though, especially since I just decided to go to KSU for sure. Now that I have a better idea of what to do, I am ready to see what college has in store for me!
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Corben Davis
8/31/2014 02:46:30 pm
After writing my scholarship essay and resume, I've learned that I have the work ethic for college after high school. I will be able to handle the work load at college and not stress to much due to all the AP classes I have taken which have challenged me. I've also learned that I have no concrete plans for after high school, which kind of scares me because its getting closer. But I will be prepared for whatever I want to attend college for, due to me being able to complete anything I try. So I am some what prepared for whatever
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Dakota Cavanaugh
8/31/2014 04:08:27 pm
Throughout the process of writing scholarship essays, I have reassured myself in the fact that I am completely ready for college. I'm excited beyond all reasonable belief, and thanks to the teachers and other intelligent people in my life, I feel like I'm fairly well prepared. As I came to find out, I am still undecided on what I want to do for sure, but that's ok at this point. I'm not worried, because the average college student changes their major 5 times over a 4 year process. So, why should I worry now if I'm just going to change it later? I don't have any good answer. So I'm just going to keep on with the process of apply for scholarships and hope for the best!
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