UNV-103 Week 7 Extended Journal: Planning for Success

UNV-103 Week 7 Extended Journal: Planning for Success

University Success – Ensuring Your Success

Grand Canyon University

Throughout this course you have written several journals in response to a variety of different writing prompts relating to each topic. Your final journal entry will be an extended journal entry in which you will chronicle various events in your life leading from enrolling at GCU, through program completion, and career success.

Required Materials

Writing Journal Entries Tutorial

Microsoft Word

Instructions

Respond to the following prompts in paragraph form (one paragraph per prompt). Use specific examples to support and enhance each response.

1. Who are you personally? Where are you from? How have your background and family values shaped who you are today? What are some of your greatest strengths and weaknesses?

2. What are your past academic experiences? Describe your schooling experience prior to GCU. What did you like most? What did you dislike? Who was your favorite teacher and why? How, when and why did you decide to enroll at GCU? What is the biggest or best thing you expect to gain from attending GCU?

3. Where are you academically? What are some of your academic goals? Personal goals? What will you do now to ensure you will be able to reach those goals? When do you expect to complete your program of study? What type of job do you expect to have upon graduation? Why did you choose that profession? What salary expectations do you have? How will your life change as a result of graduating from GCU?

4. What does your future hold? Who are people within your planned profession that you think you can learn from? What qualities do they have that you admire? How did they achieve success in your chosen field? Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years? The next 20 years? How will your life contribute positively to the lives of others? How will you be of service? How do you define success? How will you know in the future if you have achieved success?

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin. Please review for originality prior to final submission.

Format Requirements

Your response must be between 500-750 words.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.