Graduate School Application Essay

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Growing up, it was always expected that I was going to be a doctor like my father. In addition to the action figures I played with as a child, I was also given a toy stethoscope. I wanted to do everything to please my parents so even though the thought of wanting to be a doctor never appealed to me personally, I knew I was going to be a doctor. It was practically a given.
When I was 16, my family moved to the United States, where I finished high school. True to my family’s aspirations for my career, I entered the University of Cincinnati as a Pre-Medicine student. I struggled the first year and received mediocre grades because I did not find my classes interesting. That was when it dawned on me that it was not my passion to become a doctor. …show more content…

My skills in leadership, project management, and my experience of working with the best management professionals have prepared me for the role. Also, the new perspectives from classroom learning and the theories, and strategies I will obtain from graduate school will enable me to effectively solve real world problems with viable solutions. These tools will prepare me to move vertically and manage larger scale assignments. After four to six years in this leadership role, I will have broader project knowledge with strong critical thinking, organizational, and analytical skills that will open the door for me to obtain a more senior management position. From there, I will continue to grow as a leader where I will be in charge of creating the vision for the business that I am in. The execution skills that I built from my pre-MSPM experience combined with the post-MSPM strategy skills that I culminated from years of experience will be the recipe for my success. I will bring a strong set of business skills to the company that I am leading. I believe that acquiring the MSPM will solidify my credentials, complement my experience, and put me in the most optimal track to succeed in project