Pursuing A Degree At George Mason University Personal Statement

Learning has never been easy for me ever since I was a child. In elementary school, I was labeled as the student who tried her best, but never hard enough. In middle school, I got a D in Algebra. I was relieved since it was still ‘passing’ and my grade truly reflected the amount I learned during the class compared to my classmates. In high school, I avoided taking honors and AP courses in the beginning since I could not catch up with the rest of the class. Now, as a proud student at George Mason University, I have been honored to receive the Costello Dean’s list award consistently since 2021, now a senior graduating in the Spring of 2025 while pursuing the BAM program to earn a Master’s degree in Human Resources and Human Capital. At the beginning

Leila Austin, the first professor I met at George Mason University. When I first joined the program in my freshman year, I had the honor of working with Dr. Austin, the first professor who truly took an interest in my work and my mental health as a student. I had the pleasure of learning from her, seeking out advice, and viewing her as one of the first teachers in my life who I felt as though truly helped me study and understand global and sustainable business practices while making learning enjoyable. As I continued on as a business analytics major, I realized I truly was not interested or motivated to properly learn the work going into being a business analytics major; I was motivated to pass. I did not realize this was a problem I had when I would leave work all the way up until the weekend my assignments were due until I took MGMT303 for the first time. While cramming for ACCT203 and motivating myself to ‘just get a C,’ I was excited to learn in my MGMT303 class and understand the basic concepts of management. I suddenly felt inspired once again to try harder and aim for a higher grade since I was retaining the lessons faster than I did in my ACCT203 and BUS210

Cindy Parker where I found my true passion in working in the Human Resources industry. Since then, I have found my own intrinsic motivation to pursue a master’s degree at George Mason University for the Fall of 2025 in Human Capital and Human Resources to achieve my dream of working for Chanel, Dior, and/or Louis Vitton. It has always been a dream of mine to incorporate fashion and business together, but to achieve this dream, I need to strive for excellence. My mother and father are my source of motivation because my father comes from a poor, tiny village in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and my mother comes from a poor family in Karachi, Pakistan. When my father’s mother died when he was a young boy, he immediately worked across the country to save up enough money to travel to America. With $100 in his pocket, my father traveled to New York and then Virginia where he walked to work every day in the blazing heat, ice cold winters, and dreadful storms. My mother moved to Canada when she was in high school and had the grades and attitude for MIT but could only afford community