Pursuit by Jenna

Pursuit by Jenna - August 2022 Scholarship Essay

School is merely around the corner for most kids with summertime about to end. However, I didn’t use my summer as most kids do. My academic goal would have actually begun on May 17th, 2022. This would be when my first summer CCP(College credit plus) class started at the University of Miami. I like CCP because I don’t feel like I am wasting my time with high school classes that could potentially just get repeated in the first few years of college. I try to stay focused on always pushing myself intellectually with each year that passes.
I have reached and kept my academic GPA goal. I have maintained a 4.0 GPA in high school and above a 3.5 for college. This goes to say that my goal is not about grades. That’s what I would think that most kids would base their goals around. As that is nearly a third of my goal, I truly wish to further the diversity of my education. I wish to learn more about career paths and uncommon subjects. I want to try many things that I probably never once gave a thought to. I want to research and find what best interests me. I wish to know exactly what my major will be so when I enter college there is no question or weariness about the decision of my path. I wish to find what makes me happiest.
I think that the great philosopher Socrates has given me a good method to pursue my goal. I will simply use the “Socratic Method”. This was actually his method of teaching which I find quite fascinating. However, it's the idea of asking questions and then thinking of multiple answers. Which in return creates deeper questions with even more in-depth answers. I want to ask myself what do I think is intriguing? I know that I like math, art, etc. Although, what is it that I think is truly fascinating with these answers? Why do I like math? I think I can like math because there is always an answer with some predetermined way to find it. Does this mean I don't like creativity? Not at all! I find that I love to show my creativity within all of the art that I have created. Giving myself a process can allow me to be organized. I like that finding a derivative will always be found through the same methods. This doesn't mean that my pursuit must always have the same answer. I just can realize that I should probably stay in a field with processes and repetitious natures.
All in all, I don’t wish to just try for better grades as most may say. That would be dishonest for me to write about. I just wish to know what I would like to pursue. I wish to find more hobbies and interests to learn about. I will be taking 17 credit hours through CCP this fall semester. I have no doubt that my Academic learning will be pushed the most its ever been pushed before this year. To balance my life as a student, I must look to reach my goal of finding the right education for me. That is what I wish for my academic goal to be.