My next big educational goal by Shreya

My next big educational goal by Shreya - August 2024 Scholarship Essay

My next big educational goal is to graduate college minoring in neuroscience and majoring in psychology so that I can eventually become a psychologist.

Being a psychologist is my dream career because I want to help people escape the terrors of their own mind and learn that life can be quite pleasant. As someone who occasionally struggles with mild anxiety, helping at least one person work through their respective issues—whether it be a phobia, anxiety, childhood trauma, overthinking, pressure, or relationship problems— will make me feel like I’ve accomplished something amazing in my life.

I wish to study at a four-year-college with a renowned psychology honors program that challenges me to be creative and thoughtful with every task assigned to me. I want to learn all sorts of things under the vast realm of psychology: how babies learn to talk, why teenagers can have such awful mood swings, how criminals are able to suppress their moral values when committing crimes, how to help depressive patients get relief from their struggles, etc.

Of course, as a high school senior, time management is something that I struggle with (even though I’ve vastly improved since I was a freshman). So, while learning the content of all my different classes, I would also like to further improve this skill, along with reducing procrastinating tendencies, being 100% attentive in class, and more productivity-related skills.