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Personal Essay: Pursuing A Career In College

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Ever since I was younger, I knew that I wanted a successful future. I remember when I was nine, I would go online and look at colleges. As I got older, the colleges I wanted to attend constantly changed. This was due to the fact that I was not yet sure what I wanted to be. When I was younger I wanted to have a career in art. Hence I wanted to go to the Art Institute of New York. As I got older, my wants changed until I finally realized what I wanted to have a career in. Now that I no longer want to have a career in art, I would like to have a career in sports. I’ve decided that when I am older I want to be a professional basketball player in the WNBA. However my dream is to be the first female to play in the NBA. After I made this decision, I thought about what I needed to do to accomplish my career goal, and work to make my dream come true. I researched colleges to find out which ones had skillful basketball teams and would help take me to the WNBA. Now I want to go to colleges such as The University of Connecticut (UConn), Duke University, …show more content…

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