Description of the video:
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- Back when I was a first-year student,
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navigating the collegiate experience
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was a bit hard for me.
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I'm a first generation college student,
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so when I first got here
there was a lot of pressure
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to succeed being that I'm the first one,
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but also that pressure as a standard admit
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to gain admission into the
Kelley School of Business.
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During my first year,
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I found that a lot of the courses
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were challenging and rigorous.
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However, I utilized a
lot of my resources here,
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specifically going to my office
hours with my professors,
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so it sort of helped me
through that process.
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Brittani Wilson in the Office
of Diversity Initiatives
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worked constantly to encourage me,
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and she served not only as my advisor,
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but as my mentor all
throughout my undergraduate
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and even my graduate
career here in Kelley.
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Currently, I'm in the Masters of Science
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and Information Systems program
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where I'm concentrating in
enterprise risk management.
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What motivates me now is the fact
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that I've lived up to so many
challenges at this point,
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so I'm constantly looking
and redefining my goals
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every single day.
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I'm feeling like this is
directly going to transfer
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to my career following graduation,
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which is serving as a consultant
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with Accenture in the Atlanta office.
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You'll encounter a number of challenges
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going through your journey of
gaining admission into Kelley,
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but the primary thing
that you should remember
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is you shouldn't count yourself out.
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When I finally gained admission
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and I entered Hodge Hall
during my sophomore year
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as a Kelley student,
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that had given me that confidence to say,
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I am doing business.
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I will graduate with this degree,
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and I'm going to be a business woman.
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