JT

Where do I want to be in 10 years? In ten years I want to be out of college with my degrees to be a dentist and music. By then I would probably own my first house and maybe have a husband and a newborn.

Where do I want to be in five years? In five years, I probably will be working In a dental office and just be finishing my pre-dental school which I would think is UCF or FSU I have already went to FSU and got all my information needed.

Where do I want to be at the end of this school year? At the end of this school year I would like to have my ACT and SAT tests done and to have started applying for scholarships and colleges.

What have you done to prepare yourself to be where you want to be? I have been in IB classes which have really prepared me. I have been in honors classes and I like to keep a 4.0. As of now I have a 4.2 weighted grade point average.

What are your educational goals? I would like to pursue dentistry to become an orthodonist.

This academic year: my goal for the end of this year is to maintain my 4.0

Senior year: at the end of senior year I would like to have a 4.0 and be accepted in many colleges and have scholarships and financial aid.

Post secondary: All of the above

Have you done any research on colleges, technical schools, costs, requirements, etc? I have been to visit many schools and talked to many people to get my requirements in which so far I’m on the right track.

Is there anything that might prevent you from accomplishing your goals? (Money, grades, ability) No because i am focused and will not fail to let anything get in the wayh of what i know i am very much capable of doing.

What actions are you willing to take to accomplish your goals? I am willing to do whatever it takes. I would do it even if it means moving to the tip of Florida.

Who can help you? (Family, friends, teachers, guidance counselors) for me I can find help anywhere because I have so much support from everyone.

What are your career goals? What type of job do you want? I would like to be a dentist and minor in music

Have you researched this job? Shadowed anyone? Know anyone who is in this job? I have and still am researching this job and I have a close friend who does this job.

How much money do you think you can make at that job? How long do you think you will work before you can retire? 800,000- 40k a year!

What type of skills do you need for this job? What education does it require? 2-4 years of college and a bachelor’s degree while in a dental school.

What have you done for your school or community? Have you volunteered, donated blood, etc. for the community I have been doing volunteer work like beach clean ups volunteering at the guide dogs place, boys and girls club, just for girls, and palmetto youth center.

I. Academic: You will answer the following questions for each academic area: English, math, science, social studies, and electives. How many credits do you have in each area? What type of grades do you have? Have you taken any honors or AP classes? How would you rate your aptitude? (Are you good at that subject? For instance, you may be a good writer or enjoy reading, but you haven’t done well in English.) Is your academic record going to prevent you from the career that you have chosen? 3,3,3,4,4.5, all A’S, two years of IB and honors, I do well in all classes but enjoys math but thinks English is boring. II. Have you passed the FCAT? Have you taken the ACT or SAT? If you have not taken the ACT or SAT and plan to attend college, when do you plan to take it? Yes, and this year I plan on taking the SAT and ACT III. How much is your post-secondary education going to cost? Have you researched this at all? How are you going to pay for it? Are you on track to receive any scholarship or grant money? Almost everyone can receive financial help for post secondary training. You may qualify based upon financial need or grades; however, your parents must be willing to fill out the FAFSA (financial aid application based on tax returns), and they must be legal American citizens. Private scholarships are available that do not depend on citizenship. For instance, you can receive scholarships if you are the first in your family to attend IV. Tuition - $21,000 V. Fees - $4,000 VI. Books and Supplies - $1,400 VII. Room and Board - $11,700 VIII. Personal Expenses - $6,320 IX. Transportation - $2,030

enthusiasm for learning I enjoy learning many things, but the one thing that interests me the most is music I am in the southeast high school marching band, the advanced concert band, girl’s glee, women’s choir, the advanced audition required male and female group called Southeast Singers, and the advanced audition required girl’s choir called chanters and church choir. I try to expand my knowledge about music, I ask many questions from my directors and professionals around and try to better myself as much as I can, I try and go with really difficult music pieces and audition for solos and duets and sing each female voice part to challenge myself. It’s nice to be good but it’s better to be superior and without being challenged the best you could be is good. Even when you get to the point of being superior, you should never settle because you can always get better. After school, I am basically consumed by the life of a band student, which is a life like no other. Our schools marching band and advanced concert band I feel is life consuming because there are practices two months for like eight hours then there are everyday practices after school. In my opinion it’s great that it takes up so much time because it takes up the time that any student could possibly get into any trouble after school and that’s what many children these days need. I march the clarinet, the different instruments we play determine in my opinion is who you socialize with everyday and who is the closest to you in the band. For instance, the drum line or the dance team doesn’t generally hang as much with the clarinets as the flutes. The people in our marching band are a huge family we eat, hang, date and practice together and happen to have the best grades in Southeast High School because we study together. Then after the marching band season is over, we all go through the concert band time which is an inside band.Every Monday after school is chorus practice for the advanced girls and we learn from each other and the teacher. We like to make comments to try and better our chorus. Our music program at our school is really great. To practice our musicianship we practice sight reading music that we haven’t seen before and either playing it and singing it in chorus and band. Music is inspirational to me and keeps me focused and allows me to live each day in peace. I would like to continue to do music in whichever university I choose. It betters me and it’s something I just enjoy doing all the time. For many children who are always getting into in trouble I would recommend them taking up an instrument or some kind of love of music because it can really help you be the best person in life that you can be. In school I used to hang with people who had no real goals for the future who were always in trouble and didn’t really like me for me. I would tag along with them and try and be someone I wasn’t and would pretend I wasn’t smart and that I had average grades just so I could look cool. It took me having to watch my friends be pulled out of school and arrested for me to realize that isn’t who I am or the life for me and that it is okay for me to be smart and its okay to want to go to college and be somebody. (mentally challenged is on word)