My Hidden Agenda: A Few of My Philosophies

When I started the search for a 4 year college, I had the following criteria in mind: financial aid, location, prestige, and accreditation in my field of interest. There are several schools that I looked at in W.V. and the surrounding states, but I chose Wesleyan because they offered financial aid to +90% of their student population, it was only 45 miles from home, it came highly recommended, and it had the pre-law/political science program that I wanted.

As a result I paid for my four years at WVWC through scholarships, grants, work study, and minimal loans. I am able to take advantage of legal internships in my county while receiving credit at Wesleyan. I am able to be highly recommended to the law school of my choice because of the professors who taught me whom are well-known in outer political science circles.

Success is the outcome you desire produced by diligence, enthusiasm, and connections. For example, when I worked as an English as a Second Language Tutor, I defined success within the department as tutors working hard (with myself training and tutoring), enthusiasm for the students, and connections with other professors and campus scholarly outlets.

Political Science is the past and present day knowledge, examination, analysis and interpretation of all things happening in and related to the political realm. It serves well as my major to prepare me to enter into law school and eventually become a practicing attorney. An attorney must take facts with opinions, sort evidence, and interpret the law to find justice for her client. An attorney must know the happenings of all things in the political realm in order to interpret the law as the rest of the country (i.e. Supreme Court) does.

When I conducted a campus-wide survey on voting trends in Spring 2004, I analyzed the data using SSPS using the variables: age, sex, and political party to find out which groups would be more likely to vote for a woman president, more likely to vote for Bush and more likely to vote for Democratic contenders.