Essays on Graduation

Graduation is an exciting time for my life, specially a university’s graduation. When I think of family, relatives and friends gathering together to celebrate a gratifying event, I feel I accomplished my goal. Graduation from university gives me a valuable outlook. So, you just graduated...

Final Commencement Speech Hello everyone! My name is David Jones and I would first and foremost like to congratulate the class of 2016 on a fantastic four years and for finally graduating high school and also to thank all of you for allowing me to...

When the baby boomers joined college back in the 1960s and 1970s, most of them paid very little tuition fee in public institutions (Salam, 2012). In addition, they also received very generous grants from the federal and state government and were able to pay for...

As the face of the American nation continues to change, American colleges and universities must have an action plan that will ensure students are being prepared for the world they will encounter after graduation. The combination of national diversity, the influx of immigrants, and the...

In 2005, Steve Jobs gave a commencement address at Stanford University’s graduation. I was not at Stanford’s graduation that year, but I was asked to watch this speech last year in English and write my response to it. That was the first time that I...

It is a known fact that memories are sometimes all that we have. When one is old, and you have spent your entire life, you like to reminiscent about your life. One such memory is of one’s farewell party. Everyone knows that even the university...

Prom. The very word brings giggles and butterflies to millions of high school students. It seems to be a source of hope or a light at the end of the tunnel, many endlessly fantasize how and with whom they will spend this magical night with....

Prom is like the Met Gala of highschool, it is your exit from highschool and it is customary to look damn good on your way out. I remember when I was a sophomore, a girl in my grade was going to prom with her cousin...

As our long, strange break was extended week after week, the truth began to settle in: I was never going back to college. Not as a college student anyway. That part of my life had ended, and I have never had a chance to say...

The pursuit of knowledge has always been the central force behind my endeavors. I am young, dynamic male born and raised in Pakistan. Since an early age, my family instilled in me the value of service to fellow beings. Came naturally because my family was...

“Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.” – Helen Keller Why I majored in Business? Reason one is to move above and beyond at my current job. Second is to unlock the entrepreneur inside and leave my mark...

The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change” – Heraclitus. As old and cliché as this may sound, our world continues to validate this as we see the dynamics in people, organizations and technology. As a child, my dream was to become a medical doctor....

I have lived many years and seen my daughter do many things, and I have never been prouder of Erika than I am today. Congratulations graduating class of 2015! I welcome you, friends and family, to honor Erika’s achievement with me. From the first time...

“Wishful thinking is not sound public policy”, says Danish author, Bjorn Lomborg. One needs to make the right choices at the right time by exploring all available strategies, through sustainable analytical methods, to understand and respond to the dynamic challenges that emerge in today’s society,...

Good Morning, ladies and gentlemen, board of trustees, administrators, teachers, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins¦and seniors. Everybody, take a deep breath, if you please¦.As you inhale the aggregate odor of your senior class for the last time, I™m sure there are many burning...

I am a senior undergraduate Civil Engineering student at the American University of Beirut [AUB] expecting to graduate in June 2018 and willing to undertake graduate studies [MSc] in Management, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne [EPFL]. The thriving pace of developments...

Failure is the key to success that I faced when I could not able to make my way into my dreamed medical college. I applied next year and was in the top 15 students in the merit list. I was the first one among my...

In my side of the world, it is very common for parents to groom their children towards careers like Medicine, Law, and Engineering as they see these careers as a getaway card from poverty. Those were the lines I towed while growing up, my Mom...

Education in the future There are serious objections whether or not the federal government’s efforts to raise graduations rates are working. Throughout the years federal government have been trying to raise graduation rates. Some may ask whether or not they’re doing a great job and...

Whether students opt for an EMBA or an MBA depends primarily on the phase of their life that they are presently in. While there are actually no rules to this, EMBA applicants tend to be older and seek to enrich their existing knowledge with tangible,...

I am an adaptable and self-drive student with a committed approach to training and academic goals. As an astute music engineer professional, who has worked on various community musical projects, I can be resourceful in a variety of demanding situations. I possess a reliable and...

I am sensitive to numbers and curious about mathematical logic behind a phenomenon since childhood. Thus I chose my undergraduate major in Computer Science. I took a number of theoretical mathematical courses while I am always interested in their practical application. I graduated with a...