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Intent in applying to a program
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The personal statement should be two pages typed (500-1,000 words) and double-spaced. Care in preparing this statement is strongly encouraged.</p>
<p>My Hopeful Journey to NEU: CPS</p>
<p>After receiving my Associates degree, I hope to pursue a career in banking or finance. Although my background in the business is not long, I know that my experiences in the restaurant industry can be converted into other industries. I intend to continue my education at the Fast Track 18-month Bachelor of Science Program for Finance and Accounting offered at Northeastern University.
I truly believe that life is a learning experience. We are all put in this world to learn. When I am in school, I am learning. When I am working, I am continuing to learn. I love learning. I love and accept life for what it is. No matter where I go in life, I know I want to learn and do more. I feel that I am very fortunate to be given a chance for every place I go, school or work wise; I am given the gift of learning. All of my previous jobs saw that in me as well. Whether it was at the Cheesecake Factory, where I went from server, cashier, and star baker, or when I was at Kimpton Hotels, balancing amongst the hostess, bartender, food runner and expeditor positions. Here, there were opportunities for me to gain mobility without completing a college degree but that was not enough for me, college was still on my mind.
I came from a single mother household with five children. As the oldest child, I decided to take a year off to work after graduating from high school. Doing this made it easier to provide for the rest of my family. My siblings chose the latter and are attending well-known institutions. It makes me happy and envious at the same time to see them succeed but it also motivated me to attend a prominent university as well.
I dedicated my whole life to working at that point. At eighteen years old, I was working over fifty hours a week. As much as I loved being constantly busy, I know I needed time for myself. After about a year of working, I knew I wanted to be more than a restaurant employee. In order to do that, I went back to school and enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC). The first year at BHCC was amazing. I managed to make a 3.5 GPA as a full-time student, despite taking a year off of school. During this time, I learned more about myself with people on and off-campus.
A year or so at BHCC, I declared my major as business administration. But at first, I was unsure if I wanted to do business management or accounting, banking, finance or marketing. The assessment test at BHCCs career center also confirmed that I should continue my expertise in business finance as well. During this time, I returned back to work part-time at Legal Sea Foods. However, another year later, I was offered an opportunity at Kimpton Hotels Bambara Restaurant. At this point, I also considered hotel management. I thought, maybe with all my restaurant experience that might be the way to go. However, by September of 2011, I decided to focus on my Bachelors degree full-time and work towards a career more catered to my interests.
I hope to be accepted into the Northeastern University: College of Professional Studies Fast track 18-month bachelors degree program and would love to meet with you to further discuss my future. Northeastern University is an exceptional institution and I know I will have a long-standing academic life with NEU: CPS.</p>