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1. Just like most people I have many educational goals and objectives. In the paragraph below, I will further explain myself. I hope to attend the University of Maine at Orono; and major in elementary education.

Throughout my high school career, I have often changed my mind about what I would like to do after high school. In the recent school year I have narrowed my idea down to a final decision though. I would greatly appreciate being accepted to your University.

Ever since I can remember I have enjoyed sharing learning experiences with young children. I’ve been watching children for most of my teenage years, seeing as though I'm the oldest of three in my family. I have a younger brother along with sister. I’ve developed a passion for passing on my educational and caring ability to the next generation.

The reason I've developed this passion is because I’ve watched both of my siblings grow up to be well educated and **nurtured** young adults. I’ve also grown up being surrounded by adults with disabilities so I have patience and enjoy lending a hand to those in need. I’ve helped others with homework assignments and answered some of their basic questions. I enjoy seeing my siblings and others succeed as it brings them confidence and self worth, enabling them to be a positive participant in their everyday life.

I want to attend the University of Maine at Orono, to become a dedicated elementary school teacher and I believe your college is where I can turn my dream into a reality.

2. College essay (UVM) Indicate a person who has a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.

My father Ben has been a significant influence on me. He has always been there for me everyday of my life. He lives in Old Orchard Beach so it’s very hard to see my father; however I talk to him at least 3 times a day. He still drives 2 hours just to come see me play field hockey and lacrosse, he’ll drive 2 hours to pick me up and 2 hours back just so I can see him for the weekend. He will do anything for me, which makes me so happy to call him my dad. Whenever I have a problem he is the one I go to for advice and help. He has always lifted my sprits up when they were down. He knows how to put a smile on my face. The reason I say he has had a significant influence on me, is because he is the person that makes me want to have a successful life. When I say I can’t do something he tells me I can, he pusses me to believe I’m a strong person and can do anything I want to do. My father never had an easy life, and when he tells me about his past it just makes me more grateful for the life I have. He’s such a strong person, and has dealt with so much; it makes me look up to him as a person. He is a very smart guy, and has lived his life to the fullest. It just makes me want to live my life just like his. I want to be a strong person like he is. He has taught me a lot in life, and I’ve learned so much from him. He has a pushed me so far in life. There have been times where he has been hard on me because of school, and wanting me to get good grades, and do my homework the night I get it, and I just didn’t want to do it, but I know he’s only hard on me because he wants me to do well. HE never went to college, or cared about school, and he wants me to be successful, and not end up working at McDonalds. He has just influenced me to be successful, and go for my goals, and live my life to the fullest. I know that my dad will be there for me every step of the way. I’m glad to have a father like him, and I don’t think I could have ever asked for a different father. I don’t think there is anyone that has had an influence on my life besides him.

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Growing up my parents mutually agreed that my mom should be a “stay-at -home” Mom. She babysat children before and after school while their parents were at work. I loved having all the extra children and excitement in our home. Even as a toddler I was enthralled with younger children. Having a younger sister made me feel like a second mom. In my mind, being the toddler that I was, I considered her and my baby dolls on the same level. I wanted to change them, feed them, burp them, and just snuggle with them. My desire to take care of children started there and has never ended. Little ones are so full of life, mischievous, truthful, loving, playful, innocent, the list is endless. I am an extremely shy person but I associate so well with children. Children are in the age group where anything that you do, theydo not judge you, they just want to be your friend. I feel that the way children are brought up and cared for has a major impact on their lives. It molds them for the future. I chose this college because the school offers classes in Early Childhood Education. I am interested in pursing a career in this field. The Bangor area really appeals to me, and a major plus is that my older brother lives in Brewer. We have a very close relationship. I view myself as somewhat as a “mother hen”. I think I am caring and compassionate and I truly do love children. For a long time I felt daycare was my destiny in life. I can not imagine myself in any other field of study. My aspiration would be to open a daycare in my own home. A part of my house or an extension on my house would be my daycare center. Researching the situation it appears that there is a lack of help for the mentally and physically challenged. This is another avenue that I would not mind trying out. I have spent many, many hours in nursing homes, interacting with the elderly, many of them whom physically and mentally challenged. I get a good feeling when I know that I am the one that has put that smile on their face. I know it would work the same with children. The thought of interacting with children and watching their little faces light up gives me joy. I truly believe that this is Gods plan for me and I pray that it happens!

_ 4. College Essay (UMO) 9/19/07


 * College Essay**

Well I would like to start with my grandfather, who happens to be a wealthy man in the town of Mexico. My grandfather taught at Mountain Valley High School for thirty-three years, the school in which I now attend. He was also a former student of UMO, and also UMF. In a way my grandfather is known mostly for his wealth, diamond rings, and the Escalade that he cruises through town in, which I must add that I had a hand in picking that vehicle. My grandmother was and still is a teacher at my former school, Meroby Elementary School. She retired in the early nineties, and now goes in every now and then to teach kindergarten all the way up to third grade. One memory I have of my gram when she was substituting was when she was teach a fifth grade class, this may help you understand why she doesn’t offer to sub for fourth and fifth graders. Well one day after school my grandmother was giving me a ride home after school, also a day after she just finished substitute teaching for a fifth grade class. I asked, “So how fun was your day with the fifth grades?” she gave what is called the evil eye, which made me think did I say something wrong? She looks at me and says, “This is the reason I do not teach fifth graders.” I chuckled for what she was about to say and asked why? “I turn my back for one second, and this heathen thought he was being funny and decided to dunk the plastic basketball hoop in the room, which in doing this he ripped the hoop off of the door jam”. I was personally in shock because I knew that the basketball hoop that was violently ripped down by a fifth grade “heathen” had been up since the teacher that my gram substituted for had started teaching. That story is one of my favorites about my grams substituting. Finally to more about myself, when I was little my life was basketball. Everything I did had to do with basketball, I carried one everywhere just incase there may be a hoop where I was going. Now I play three sports Football which I love, I started playing my junior year and was awarded my varsity letter in my first year. The second sport that I play is basketball which I have been a starter for 3 years and received my Varsity letter each year of playing. Last year would be my most memorable sports moment, because we won the State Championship with such ease, to win the State title and “Gold Ball”, has been one of my dreams as a young kid, which has now been fulfilled. The third would be Lacrosse which I began to play sophomore year, which I received my letter. To be honest our lacrosse team is horrid, it’s not fun to watch. The sport is fun to me and I love to play it though, this year I will be the only returning starter, so we’ll see how that goes. My thoughts now as I am graduating are that I really want to just get out of this town. It gets real old when the only thing you can do is play sports, or just watch people waste their life away. I am really looking for something new, a new place, new atmosphere, and to have a job that has to do with my love, sports. I was thinking about something with sports medicine cause all through school and with the sports I have played, I have needed to be taped up in some way. I think by choosing this, it would be a good way of giving back to my coaches for giving me a chance to perform, by taping up my ankle or wrist. I just want to be the guy that can help an athlete perform, by helping with a weakness he may have gained. At the University of Maine at Orono I believe I can get the training and schooling I need to pursue my ambition to be a Sports Trainer to help athletes.

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College Essay

Growing up in Rumford has its ups and downs. Although I’m not hesitant to say I can not wait to leave. I have always wanted to live in a larger and nicer community. Knowing that Rumford isn’t one of the nicest towns to live in it has pushed me to want to go somewhere with my life that leads me to some place new. My dream was to go to college outside of Maine but realistically I don’t think I could make that big of a change so soon. My parents are divorced, and have been since I was two. They each bring out a different part in me. One, being my personality, and the other being my drive for success. Since I was young I have lived on a schedule. I belong to my dad on the weekends and my mother during the week. It gets a lot more complicated during the holidays or when one of them takes a vacation. The weeks are when I have the most freedom. I get to go out and have fun with my friends when I want and pretty much do as I please. My mom is the type that doesn’t like to admit she is getting older. She steals my clothes, listens to my music, and acts like she’s twenty. I can pretty much call her my best friend. I would love to be like her in almost every way. The one thing she struggles with is sticking with one job. She doesn’t have the education for most things nor has time to study for others. Knowing what I know now and experiencing what it’s like to be stuck with no job and three kids pushes me to try to make her proud and succeed where she failed. On the weekends my life is completely different. My dad is strict, mostly cause he knows how he was when he was my age. He also pushes my to be a hard worker and to never quit. I will admit I am petrified of him, but in some ways I thank him for making me afraid. If it weren’t for my dad I probably wouldn’t have passed school or I would have done ridiculous things that I would regret. My dad is a very positive person in my life, and I look up to him for many things. Although he didn’t go to college he still has a great job at the mill that he has been doing for almost 20 years. He was even promoted to a higher position just recently. I am hoping I get the opportunity to make my parents proud and be successful. I want to go somewhere new and start my life. I haven’t completely decided what I want to do but I have put a lot of thought into my career and I have had the talks with my parents about what I should do. Perhaps something with math or sports is what I should do since those are my strengths. I want something that will keep my interest so I won’t regret my career decision.

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A-4 College essay

In many ways I believe that anyone can look at a hero or heroine, be it super or non-fictional and find a characteristic that you and that character have in common. I think that if a person looks up to a super/hero/heroin is great! But not just because they are all mighty in the book, it’s really because you have common ground with that character. But for example, I think that I have a lot in common with Iron-Man. I’ll tell you Iron-Mans background. He is a rich man and was called to a site he was sponsoring, but they were ambushed and his armored vehicle was hit. The result was that a piece of shrapnel had been in lodged in his heart. After this incident he had an operation; the only thing that kept him alive was a support system implanted straight into his entire chest area. The connection between him and I is that when I was born, 3 days later there was an irregularity in my heartbeat. Turns out I had a heart murmur and they had to perform surgery. If ether one our operations had failed we both would not be here, in present time or ever. Iron-man believes that due to this no women would love him due to his condition. In a way I thought the same way. The explanation of this is that after the operation I had, and still do is a big scar from where it was preformed. Later on we both learned this was not a curse, but actually a blessing. As like him I have a duty to help those in need and those in danger. We both have the same morals, probably due to the life-changing event in both our lives. Which is why I’d be a great artist for any type of artistry, well except paintings.

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College Essay (UMO)

Every child in their lifetime has dreamed of what they want to be when they grow up. From veterinarians to police men to school teachers, every child has a dream. Every child has the right to dream, but as you get older you need to decide what you want to do. As I’ve grown up I’ve changed my mind from a school teacher, to an interior designer, to a chef, then to a restaurant owner. The first step to achieving my goal as a restaurant owner is to get my major in business management. With my business management degree I would open my own restaurant. How I came to the conclusion to open my own restaurant was my love for food, decorating and just the atmosphere of restaurants. Food is something that always brings my family together. Sometimes it’s just for a simple dinner with my mom, dad and brother, but sometimes it’s for family reunions, birthday parties or holidays. You can also learn a lot about different cultures by the way their food is prepared, or eaten. American food is much different than any other kind of food. Every culture has different ways to prepare its food. And, they have different delicacies I’d like to learn more about after college. Another reason why I believe business management is the right choice for me is because I enjoy decorating. People don’t necessarily have to decorate their own restaurants. They can always hire a designer. However, I don’t think it’s the same. I think if you open your own business everything about it should be your idea and design. I enjoy looking at paint colors that would be good in every restaurant and the different textures. I also love looking at all the different tables, napkins, and light fixtures. I could look at that kind of stuff all day. There is nothing like the atmosphere of a restaurant. There are many kinds of restaurants. Loud pubs and grills, the casual steakhouses and the elegant 5 star ones. I love them all. When I go to restaurants I always look to see how the waiters are interacting with the customers, and how they interact with each other. It’s extremely difficult to choose the major that’s going to determine what you do for the rest of you life for some people; but not me. I just asked myself what are the things I enjoy most; and answered with food and decorating. This led me to pick business management which involves both of those things.

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College Admissions Essay: I am here to speak about my academic goals and objectives. I plan to obtain a broad education, with some sort of business included. Some time after school, I wouldn’t mind earning a degree in machine tool, and starting a business. Anything hands on works for me, as I learn best “doing”. I have numerous goals, which I would like to achieve as a college student. I would like to earn a degree in Machining, or Welding Engineering. Given my recent enrollment at Region 9 School of Applied Technology, I believe I will have the experience to go into the field. I enjoy both branches of metal-working, and I hope to one day pursue a career in either of them. Maine has many good machining programs throughout the state, which makes me glad to continue my education within the state. I have only heard good things about Maine’s Machining programs, and If I can earn a degree in this, it would go hand in hand to also go and receive a degree in Business. If all goes as planned, I will seek work in a machine shop also within Maine. Soon after, I plan to maybe open one of my own. That’s where this degree in business comes in. Although, I still would like to get my Welder’s certificate, in hopes of one day becoming a welder. I know I have many options, but these seem the most reasonable ones I have thought of to this day. Once I am out of school I will have many options, this is why I would like to pursue a career in Metal. There will always be work in the field, no matter where I go. I could go on the road and travel job to job as a welder, or find a Machine shop locally to get myself established. But like I said earlier, there are so many opportunities within the field, I could go almost anywhere doing almost anything. If for some reason I don’t end up earning a degree in Metal, I will have my CDL to fall back on. Currently, I am enrolled in the Truck Driving program also at region 9. I feel confident knowing I have something like this to fall back on, if anything comes up and I am unable to work machining or welding. I have talked to many people, and have heard nothing but good things about Maine and it’s vast employment opportunities in metal trades. A few of my friends have graduated from Central and Eastern Maine community colleges, and have gone on to be hired within the state. As long as I get through school, I feel as though I should be all set. After a few years of solid work, it will be time to plant some roots in good old Maine, and settle down, maybe buy a house. That what I plan to do as far as higher education goes.

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Three years ago I could be mistaken for just about any freestyle skier that happened to walk out onto the ski slopes. Three years ago I strived my hardest to look as good as the best skiers on the mountain. Three years ago I would buy any piece of apparel I thought looked good on somebody else, reguardless of the pricetag. Three years ago I had no sense of originality. Then one day I was relaxing in my bedroom watching a generic ski movie. At this moment I asked myself. Why should I revolve my skiing around what others do, wear, or think? I realized then that followers only get as far as the person they are following, but leaders always find themselves in a place where noone has been before. I took quick actions after this thought and drove down to a local walmart. A place where noone with any respect on the mountain would purchase a ski outfit. I picked out the most outrageous outfit I could find in the hunting department. This happened to be a florescent orange camouflage one piece that stuck out a mile away and fit very large on such a small kid. The next day I found myself on the slopes with this unheard of outfit. I still remember very vividly the first time standing in line waiting to get up the lift wearing it. Just about everybody in line seemed to be staring at me giving me this awkward look that didn’t go away throughout the eyes of anyone that day. Three years and about 7200 chairlift rides later I find myself in a completely different predicament. Widely known around the resort as “orangeguy” I ride the lift with this lady and her young daughter that cant seem to stop bombarding me with questions reguarding the origin of my suit. Intrigued by the outfit the lady tells me she has been wanting to ride the chailift with me for years. She compliments me on my skiing and of course my outfit. Now I cant seem to take a run without someone I don’t know saying hello to me. The reason I am applying to boulder with a major in visual arts is because im starting to notice the same opening with cinematography and video editing that I noticed with skiing. I really think I can bring some original ideas into this field. I would like your school to give me the opportunity to be a leader in this field and seek out every new possibility there is to find.

10. A goal that I would like to achieve after graduation is to attend College for culinary arts. I love to bake different types of pastries. I also like to create different deigns. I’m not really interested in any other type of job. Baking is what I enjoy and just so happens to be what I do best. I think it’s very important to find a job that you are going to like, not just because it pays well. My aunt once told me that “If you ever find a job that you love doing, you will never have to work again”. I think that what she says makes a lot of sense. I want to find a job that I will do for the rest of my life. When I wake up in the morning to go to work, I want to look forward to it**,** not dread it. About three years back, **during thanksgiving, I decided** I wanted to become a pastry chef. Some of our family members ended up becoming sick and were not able to help cook some of the food. My dad asked me if I could make some pies, so I agreed. I had never really made anything from scratch but I had a recipe in front of me so I began. I started at 9:00 in the morning and didn’t **finish** until 5:30 that night. By that time, I had already made 6 pies. When we all sat down to eat supper I was so nervous about how they turned out. Through out the whole night I kept getting many compliments on the pies. This made me feel good. It made me feel successful. Ever since that thanksgiving, I have made many other desserts that I enjoyed baking. I experiment all the time on different pastries and different icings you can put on cakes. There’s still so much more that I need/want to know. I hope that once I attend college and graduate, I can open up a little pastry shop near my home. I have a lot of dreams, but this is a dream that I intend to do everything possible to make it come true. This is why I want to attend DMACC. I believe your college will help me achieve my goals by teaching me things that I should know to become a chef. _ 11. A.S.U Essay I was about nine they moved into the house right next to mine. Growing up out it the sticks of Maine there wasn’t much to do besides play around outside or go swimming at the canyon. Then the rainy days would come and we would be bored to death! One day Angie and I were playing on her computer and she was teaching me how to play this new game, //__The Sims__//, I fell in love with it. My favorite part was building and designing the houses. It was so simple and so much fun. A few weeks later my mom bought me the game and that was all I did, house after house, I designed the structure and the interior. I never though such a simple game would change my life so drastically.

In middle school I was thinking about becoming an Emergency Medical Technician or maybe a Pediatrician. That’s what I always told my mom and my family and they were so excited I wanted to go into the medical field. They when I got into high school my plan drastically changed. Because of my interest in //__The Sims__// I decided to take basic drafting and industrial design courses. I loved the courses so much, drawing different shapes and structures. The pictures always came out so neat and organized, which made me feel like I accomplished something. Now I am working with advanced Computer-Aided Design technology. I find the field of architecture one of the most appealing things and I hope one day to attend the Arizona State University in Tempe to study and major in Architecture and Business.