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Aditi
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what do need to major for getting into liberal arts
I am a ninth grade student who has a C+ grades and I am very athletic and was a captain for hockey and net ball during 8 grade #major
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Jibril Kapadia
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Liberal arts really revolves around your inquisitiveness and willingness to learn new things. From your background, it sounds as if you are already a strong athlete. I can assume you have strong leadership traits and everything else that comes with being a captain of a sports team. Continue to develop these traits within your respective sport but also outside of the sports world. Use these traits to motivate you in the classroom and in life in general. This sort of mindset will help grow your inquisitiveness and drive you in life and in athletics.
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Hi Aditi,
In the US, Liberal Arts covers a broad category of potential careers. I supposed my question for you would be - what career appeals to you? You are a bit young yet to be locked into a career goal. Do not feel like you have to know exactly what you want to be. Think about what you like to do and what natural talent you already have. It sounds like you are a good athlete. How can you use that for future careers? The first thing that comes to mind is to continue to work on your leadership skills - public speaking, for example. Are there areas where you would like to be better? Maybe you love chemistry but it is not something that you naturally do well in. I loved Astronomy, but to get a good grade, I had to have extra help from peers and tutors to get decent grades.
As the field name implies, you should invest some time into an artistic field. At minimum, I would recommend being focused on writing, being a good communicator in the written form. Writing can be both about being exact in terms of grammar and yet creative and nuanced with your expression. it can be as easy as writing a journal entry every morning to taking creative writing classes. The act of writing helps you clarify your thoughts and the way of expressing them. Sharing your writing can help you get feedback on if you are expressing yourself the way you intend. I would not recommend sharing the journal entries per se, but share reports you write for school with people beyond your teachers for feedback.
Gloria
Review articles like this one to determine career aspirations: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/what-you-can-do-with-a-liberal-arts-degree
In the US, Liberal Arts covers a broad category of potential careers. I supposed my question for you would be - what career appeals to you? You are a bit young yet to be locked into a career goal. Do not feel like you have to know exactly what you want to be. Think about what you like to do and what natural talent you already have. It sounds like you are a good athlete. How can you use that for future careers? The first thing that comes to mind is to continue to work on your leadership skills - public speaking, for example. Are there areas where you would like to be better? Maybe you love chemistry but it is not something that you naturally do well in. I loved Astronomy, but to get a good grade, I had to have extra help from peers and tutors to get decent grades.
As the field name implies, you should invest some time into an artistic field. At minimum, I would recommend being focused on writing, being a good communicator in the written form. Writing can be both about being exact in terms of grammar and yet creative and nuanced with your expression. it can be as easy as writing a journal entry every morning to taking creative writing classes. The act of writing helps you clarify your thoughts and the way of expressing them. Sharing your writing can help you get feedback on if you are expressing yourself the way you intend. I would not recommend sharing the journal entries per se, but share reports you write for school with people beyond your teachers for feedback.
Gloria
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thank you so much for your time and I would surely try to act on it
Aditi
Eileen Kiernan
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Liberal arts is a wonderfully flexible choice that offer such a broad range of options for all interests. There are so many liberal arts colleges to suit all students and it's a great step up into any career because it teaches communication, critical thought, intellectual flexibility.
You will still be required to succeed at a core curriculum like Math, English, etc. so keep up with these important subjects and do your best. Beyond that, really focus on reading, writing, comprehension and overall communication -- with a strong ability in these key areas, you'll improve your ability to be successful in any subject (and in life overall).
You will still be required to succeed at a core curriculum like Math, English, etc. so keep up with these important subjects and do your best. Beyond that, really focus on reading, writing, comprehension and overall communication -- with a strong ability in these key areas, you'll improve your ability to be successful in any subject (and in life overall).
Elisabeth Silverstein
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Liberal arts is a very broad field of study and usually involves multiple majors. There are a number of schools out there that have different acceptance criteria. If you are worried about your grades, but want a liberal arts degree, I would suggest looking at schools with different acceptance criteria or that emphasize grades less. You can even start looking at schools now and see what activities, etc. you may want to partake in the next couple of years to present yourself as a great candidate for the school.