Short Term Goals Research Paper

1. Describe your short-term (3-5 year) and long-term (8-10 year) goals and how you plan to accomplish them. How does participation in the Weber Honors College relate to these goals? Finally, what does it mean to be successful in life and how is your definition of success similar or different from your parents?

1. My goal for the next three to five years is to graduate from San Diego State within four to five years with no less than a 3.5 GPA. I want to graduate within four to five years because I want to get out as much as I can from my college experience but I also have a strong sense of what I want to do after college which also gives me a sense of urgency. As for the GPA, I am going for the best grades like most other people, but I think not allowing myself to fall below a
The focus on the GPA is for two main reasons. The first is because I want to be an example to other kids in my community. I can’t tell students to strive for excellence if I have a 3.0 GPA. The second reason is because I know that a high GPA, combined with other things, opens doors. One of those doors might be the chance to continue my education. One of my long-term goals is to get into graduate school. I want to get my master’s degree in education with a concentration on Education Policy and Program Evaluation. Another long-term goal is to start or become part of a movement towards equity through access to higher education for all people. The Honors College will help me reach my goals because of the support that is offered. I want to surround myself with high-achieving and high-performing students that want to engage in conversations that other students might be too afraid to have. There is a fire inside of me that burns for justice and I need to be surrounded by critical thinkers to keep it alive. My mother immigrated to the United States from Mexico where she would do strenuous labor for very