<p>TOpic:Rutgers University is a vibrant community of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. How would you benefit from and contribute to such an environment? Consider variables such as your talents, travels, leadership activities, volunteer services, and cultural experiences.</p>
<p>Ever since I was a child, I was fascinated by the cultures and knowledge of the people around me and to work hard beyond my limits. For this reason, I look forward to the vivacious world of Rutgers in order to gain knowledge from its diverse students and faculty. In return, I am eager to introduce my talents and cultures to the university.
After my 13th birthday, my father enlisted me into his tax office, a place where I received my first taste of the real world. As soon as we stepped into the office room, his name went from Dad to Mr. Shahid. He applied a draconian attitude towards me, especially on trivial matters. I recall an event when I handed him an incorrect file, and he unleashed a storm of scolding at me. He would also cut my pay for tardiness. When I asked why he was extremely hard on me, he said, “Because life is hard, little man, and you need to be resilient in order to succeed” Working at his office morphed me into a competent individual and value hard work.
The lesson I learned stuck with me throughout high school and during my first real job as a T-Mobile salesman. On the first day at the store, my boss instructed me only a few details such as working the payment system. Afterwards, I was on my own. The fact that I was unable to help customers caused me to constantly get lashed out by them. The first few days made feel that my boss just threw me into the lion’s den. However, I taught myself all the necessary information, and I am now able to run the store alone. To give back to the store, I successfully trained two recently hired employees who are now able work on their own. Working at T-Mobile gave me the skill to think under pressure, such as having to play around with a phone in order to remedy its malfunction. That trait will one day help me with my dream career in health care.
For cultures, I had the privilege to collaborate with people from Albania to Zimbabwe and learn about their cultures, and in return, I offer them a glance of my background. For instance, my mother-land is Pakistan, a country whose people fast thirty times a year and have exotic interests in film, fashion, and food. When I meet someone who is from an unknown country, we ask about each other’s cultures and become friends. Being multi-cultural is important to me because it gives me a more open mind about the world, and I love influencing my classmates with my multi-cultural views.
When it came to my school work, I sought to compete against myself in which I continuously raised the bar for myself and look for flaws and improvements. I remember my mentor telling me how I ‘have a lot of potential” and “have a malleable mind.” I always push myself to beyond my limits in my studies because I believe that is the only to achieve my goals. I do not want to end that habit. Therefore, the rigorous academics at Rutgers are a blessing for me since I extol hard work and will help me achieve my goal in the medical field one day.
Those qualities helped me out on the academic quiz show The Challenge and to initiate the Astronomy Club at my school. To give back to Rutgers, I’ll be ecstatic to join the Academic Team, the Astronomical and Physics Society, and the Brain and Health Science. At Rutgers’ Open House, I was mesmerized by the diversity of the student body. I love to be an addition to that salad bowl.
Over the years my talents had evolved in carving out my persona. Attending Rutgers will not only continue the growth of my talents but also help me achieve my life goals and desires in learning and pass the knowledge down to others. I know it will take an exorbitant amount of effort, but I am up to the challenge.</p>