Year in Review

[ “Year in Review”  is where you should reflect on the past year and show how you have evolved as a person and as a student.  You may want to focus on your growth in a particular area (as a leader, scholar, researcher, etc.) or you may want to talk about your overall experience over the past year.  For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

G.O.A.L.S.

[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.

  • Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc.
  • Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
  • Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
  • Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
  • Service Engagement: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]

Career

[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career.  Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated.  For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

Artifacts

 

This plaque that I received during my senior year of high school is from the Western Hills Community Service Club. It came with a $1,000 award stating that I was their “Student of the Month” based on academic merit and community involvement. For this first post, I thought this tangible representation of past accomplishments would be worthwhile to reflect on.

This award was important to me because for the first time I realized I didn’t have to just come up with ideas for how to win a particular scholarship, but rather, I could just let my experiences speak for themselves. All of the work I put into the Why Not? Service Group that I led in high school was a journey and reward in itself, but this plaque reminds me about how when I put my mind to something that I want, I do what it takes to get it. I learned that having a clear goal in mind and a will to complete that goal transcends any possible competition I might have, because in the end, the journey towards getting there is lays the foundation for who I’ll be in the future.

About Me

Hi! I’m Aidan Corey, and I am a first-year student in the Fisher College of Business. I am planning on double majoring in either finance and marketing or finance and economics. I’m excited to be a part of the Business Scholars Program here at Ohio State, and I’m looking forward to connecting with everyone involved.

I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and went to Elder High School the past four years. While there, I played basketball and football and established a service group that has now been passed down to Elder’s Class of 2021. Elder was a competitive academic environment, but everyone was there to support each other. When I visited and looked into Ohio State, I felt the same way, which made my college choice that much easier. Ohio State has been everything I could ask for in a college up to this point: from the social realm, to the advancement of my education, and even to the allowance of football again!! It’s been a blast, and I’m excited to see what the foundation OSU is laying down for me–and better yet, that I’m laying for myself–is going to do for me in the future. I don’t particularly find many subjects boring so highlighting my academic interests is ironically a task sometimes, but I would say psychology, calculus, and any business-related fields have definitely been challenging yet rewarding for me. Calculus BC was rigorous at times during my senior year of high school, but I’ve definitely noticed certain problem-solving skills that I’ve honed since then.

I feel like my long-term goals are more clear to me than my short-term goals. Obviously, I have academic goals like earning straight A’s and earning internships throughout college, but I’m unsure what I want to do right out of college, career-wise. In the long-run, I want to work with a professional sports team. Preferably with an NFL or NBA organization, I aspire to thrive in any highly significant business position with the team, whether that be as the manager of team personnel, chief financial officer, or marketing director.