Not quite finished :) Its 4 feet btw

 

 

Moving to Ohio.
For my job.... South of Dayton Ohio.
And what they said below... what is in Ohio?
ANSWER: ME! haha I'm creative- I'll figure out something to do!

Admissions Statement

A personal statement of two to three double-spaced pages is required. Your essay should address your motivation for attending law school, and specifically xxxx university. The personal statement provides you with the opportunity to tell the Admissions Committee about your unique abilities, character, and experiences. The committee weighs this statement heavily in the decision making process and also considers it a writing sample. 

Questions to answer within my writing:

1. Will you be a good lawyer?

2. What was your tangible impact on an institution, an organization, or individuals?

3. Have you reached beyond the safety net of college into the real world?

4. Do you have a plan for your goals, or are you a dreamer?

5. Can you put yourself in another subject position in order to see all sides of an issue?

6. What will you bring to our law school?

7. Have you been a pro-active starter in the past? Did you raise money for what you started?

Do you know how to organize? Do you follow through on what you began?

8. Have you demonstrated your ability both to work with a team and to delegate?

Let me know what you guys think/suggestions.

My dad had just finished placing my luggage on a makeshift cart as my entire family unloaded from our vehicle. My sister chatted away, worried that I would forget her simply because  I was moving to another country. My mother was glued to her camera as she captured every moment, possessing that period of time, making it last. Before I entered the extensive security line, my mom hugged me goodbye and whispered “don't change”. She had no idea how much I would. 

The moment I stepped off the plane in Germany my world was flipped upside down. Customs was a sea of diverse people from around the world, as much in a hurry as I was to get through to their luggage and emerge on the other side. “How long do you plan on staying in this country?” the customs guard inquired. “Five months”, I boldly replied, realizing the commitment I was making. He stamped my passport, the first of many. He smiled, “Willkommen nach Deutschland”.

The first academic trip was the most memorable one. We visited Latvia, a case study of a transitioning economy. The unjust way this country has suffered was still evident within the streets of Riga. A haunting image of a woman of no less than seventy is forever ingrained in my mind. She was wearing the shell of a dress, now tattered and stained, clinging to her body in the same way she was clinging to life. She had a belt wrapped around a bag, no doubt her belongings, and she is diligently dragging it across the street, too heavy to carry. He speed is slow and forlorn, of a woman forgotten many years ago. She looks at me and said a word I later learned meant “help”. I had given her a few lats, as the country had still not met the criteria for the use of the euro, but wished I could do more.

This desire for commitment to public service has been evident in the many paths I have chosen during my undergraduate course work. I chose to work with Center for Small Towns, a community outreach organization located at the University of Minnesota.  I worked directly with community projects that would enhance or better small towns. I take pride in one specific project.  I have contributed to saving a historical monument, which means everything to those living in the town of Clinton, Minnesota.   For this last year of my undergraduate studies, I serve as the sole student coordinator and promote the services that Center for Small Towns offers, while working directly with senior staff members. In this responsible role, I can proactively make decisions that impact entire communities. Working for Center for Small Towns has enhanced my education, but also has strengthened my values as an individual.

International law is compelling to me, for it differs from other legal paths because it concerns the well-being of multiple nations. These agreements, customs, and treaties are fascinating as they form mutual agreements in today's dynamic world. My senior thesis for sociology involves interpretation and communication in our contemporary digital society. Words and symbols form the world around us, enveloping society with meaning, reciprocations, and identity. The law relies heavily on interpretation, and international regulation is subject to global interpretations.

The ability to learn about the European Union has been fundamental within my education. Experiencing the developing society of Latvia and comparing it to other countries is only a minor example of the major affects studying abroad has on developing my sense of global responsibility. By creating institutions and adopting the uniform regulations of the European Union, Latvia is a step closer to economic stability and shedding its past. I want to be affiliated with the building of institutions and regulations, as I have seen the need for stability. This need exists not only in the Baltic countries, but also in an already developed country such as Germany, which still feels  from the East and West split. This need exists everywhere. Living in Germany and traveling to over ten countries has changed my world perception considerably. By receiving my two year degree in German studies from an accredited institution, before I graduated high school, I was given the the opportunity to further advance my German language skills, by studying abroad immediately in college. I have used this opportunity to the fullest and allowed it enhance my education. Studying in another country has also increased my perceptions of other cultures, which is the key to understanding a foreign country and the need for governance.

My study abroad challenge, as my college experience did, began and ended with luggage. As I checked in my final suitcase on my way back to America, I realized I was over the baggage allowances. I had collected and greatly enhanced the contents I had  brought prior to my experience. “Ma'am, would you like to pay extra for these bags?” the attendant asked. My mind drifted to the contents. Pictures of the Berlin wall were packed tightly between the numerous guidebooks, prints from the various art museums bestowed upon France were carefully placed on top, and my spiral notebooks, filled with the dense memories I had acquired upon my journey, nestled on each side.  “It's worth every penny”, I replied.

At my home University I continue to take international business, sociology, and economics classes,all of which have helped broaden my knowledge about regulation in the global world. The challenge of researching global controversies has attributed to my success at the University of Minnesota Morris. My business senior thesis involves the global impact of the Emissions Trading Scheme of the European Union. The Emissions Trading Scheme has just finalized its trial period. It is soon to become a full fledged working system, perhaps a model for the entire world. Analyzing the political, social, economic effects stresses the importance of institutions and regulation. This too, is stimulating, as it provokes controversy and analysis.

 I would be proud to attend              and have the chance to discover international law. Law is my true passion. (expand on each university and how they tailor to international business)

 

...if you knew you would be leaving that person soon and not knowing the next time that you would see them?

It’s something of "The Notebook" approach perhaps, that unfaltering summer romance style that keeps your heart fluttering and pages turning as each day brings you more and more into a plot that steals your soul and enthralls your mind. My addiction to the passion within my story has filled me with emotions that I ultimately shouldn’t feel. It’s going to hurt when I have to walk away. Can anything protect the heart, so vulnerable and open, to the trap that changes our worlds for better… or for worse? Or is that the beauty of loving someone, the risk that they may vanish leaving behind bittersweet feelings, longing, and memories?

I always choose love over everything. I always have. It started with the young freshman year of high school love and only grew from there. I try to stay away from it, but love always chases me… taunts me. It knows that I feel the best thing in life is to touch the skin of another. To hear someone breathing, sleeping next to you. To feel… that connection. The bond that ties you to someone. When two completely different people can join through passion, desire, … love. I find it amazing, fascinating, and unbelievably addicting.

So as I get ready to leave my home state, college, and friends I am also leaving my heart behind this time. It’s scary this time, knowing this love is something I am giving up. A choice I have made to walk away… and try to not look back as I attain my goals and throw myself at the world. I'll come back when its over.... no need to say goodbye.

I am liberated! Free!
I took my final test of my undergraduate studies yesterday :)
All that I have left is my senior seminar for business and sociology.
Essentially though, I am finished.
I have a job lined up.
I am incredibly happy.
:) And I turn 21 in February!