Hi everyone! I'm Deja. I am a senior in high school which is super exciting, I am so glad that it is finally my last year. But along with the excitement comes responsibility and PRESSURE. That is mainly because I am starting my application and planning process for college.
So, I have narrowed my long list of possible colleges to three that I absolutely would love to go to. Those are John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Manhattanville College, and Baruch College. But the one that I would absolutely love to get into, is John Jay. And that is because of my love for criminal justice, more specifically forensics.
I developed my love for forensics in my after-school program in 6th grade. I went to drew Hamilton, which was a branch of Children Aids Society. I was asked to partake in a project for Madison Square Garden called "Garden of Dreams."The project was basically a presentation of my dream job and what it consisted of. At the time I wanted to be a detective, because I foolishly believed that the way movies and TV shows portrayed being a detective, as the real thing. Once I found out that it wasn't, I became significantly disinterested in it. However, during my research process, I came along the field, forensics. After I researched more of what it was, I completely fell in love with it. I loved how Forensic Scientists are kind of behind the scenes, and they don't get much credit when crimes are solved even though they are the people who really solve them. I loved how even though they are not glorified, forensic scientists truly are the backbone when it comes to convicting criminals. Overall I just loved it because I'm the type of person who always roots for the underdog, and in some way I felt that forensic scientists were the underdog. So that is why I love forensics and why I want to get into John Jay.
I am extremely excited to go to college, but its a little bittersweet because the amount of responsibility i'll have is pretty scary . My family is definitely pushing me to go to college. They are not really pressuring me, its more encouraging, which actually helps me persevere through the process. Another thing that is helping me is definitely the teachers in my school. They are brutally honest, especially when it comes to how students need to change in order to achieve certain goals. The teachers being honest not only pushes me to persevere but it is also prepares me for the real world where no one will sugar coat anything just to save my feelings.
I feel that my experiences definitely shaped how I now see my future. And after being in school for twelve years, my experiences and my perspective o things has changed. But before my whole school experiences ever truly started, it was my experience in my after-school program that truly shaped me. I also fell that without my family, teachers, and school experiences I would not be prepared for college, I wouldn't be able to push through the stressful application process, and I would not even know what my dream job is. These are all things that are hard to imagine let alone try to figure out on my own.
-YoursTruly-Me
