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If you're wondering if I got
a good education, the answer

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is yes, even though my grade
point average may not

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reflect it.

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During my junior and senior
years, I earned a high GPA.

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But during my freshman and
sophomore years, I did not

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know how to study well for
college courses, and I would

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put things off until the
last minute, which was

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usually too late.

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As a result, my grade point
average for those two

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years suffered.

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After I took a class in time
management and study

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techniques, my grades
improved drastically.

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I worked about 20 hours a week
while I was in college, so I

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did not have the opportunity
to participate in as many

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extracurricular activities
as I would have liked.

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However, I was a member of
the student club for three

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years, and treasurer
my last year.

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I organized a membership
drive during my sophomore

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year that brought in 20 new,
active members.

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Because this field is
changing constantly, I've

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done quite a bit to keep up
with the latest changes

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in technology.

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I'm up-to-date on the most
recent programs and tools,

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and have attended several
seminars to learn about

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new developments.

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In addition, I keep up with
the trends in our field by

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reading journal articles.

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When I was taking a class I
was truly interested in,

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I usually earned
an A in it.

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However, I tended to slack
off in the other classes.

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Now I realize that to have
a well-rounded education, I

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should have spent the same
amount of effort in all

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of my classes.

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It's amazing how
maturity helps.

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Yes, I did work part-time
through most of my

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college career.

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As I mentioned on my resume,
I financed 75% of my college

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education through loans and
part-time work.

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I also found that when I was
working and going to school

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at the same time, I managed
my time much more efficiently.

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Yes, I did drop one course
during my senior year.

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It turned out that a roommate
of mine from my junior year

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was teaching the class.

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To eliminate any possibility
of the appearance of

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favoritism, I dropped the
course that semester and

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picked it back up
the next semester.

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Looking back over the courses
I took, I believe they

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prepared me well for
my career.

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However, if I were to take
any classes right now,

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I would definitely take
more computer classes.

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I understand how to use most
of the popular business

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software programs, but I
could use a refresher on how

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the computer itself works.

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In high school, I was
number 11 out of 170.

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In college, I was inducted
into the Honor Society of

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Phi Kappa Phi for being in the
top 5% of my graduating class.

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If I had to find one thing I
did not like about school, it

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would have to be the students
who were there in body,

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but not in mind.

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I was, and still am,
interested in learning new

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ideas, and I would get
frustrated when we would have

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to go over the same material
several times because some

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of the students simply
were not paying attention.

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One of my teachers in high
school noticed this and

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asked me to become a tutor.

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As a child, I was always
praised for my writing skills.

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My high-school teacher
suggested that I pursue this

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interest further, and I am
very glad I did.

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I was very successful in
college because I had a

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sincere interest in the
subject matter.

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When I was in school, I
usually earned good grades,

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but I was a bit of a
procrastinator.

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I would wait until the night
before a test to study or

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until the week before a paper
was due to start on it.

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Looking back, I know if I
had the same time management

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skills then as I do now, I
would have earned A's instead

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of B's with just a little
more organization.

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Yes, it was.

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This particular school excels
in faculty involvement with

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student projects.

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I found the close
relationship with faculty

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and staff rewarding
and enjoyable.