Orlando Galan Introductory Blog

Good evening class, my name is Orlando Galan and I am a 23 year old senior here at SDSU majoring in communication, with an expected graduation in May 2017. I decided to major in communication because I believe communication is the essential key for the success of any action or goal, weather it is for businesses or every day interactions. I believe the outcome of anything really is based on how communication is delivered. Before transferring to SDSU, I attended community college at Southwestern College. It took me a good 4 years of completing all the transfer requirements and figuring out what I wanted to major in, as it would be an important decision over the next few years in continuing my education. In my 3rd year of attending community college, I was really close to graduating, and was time for me to decide what universities I wanted to apply to based of what suits me better and my likings. However, all my life I have had the goal of attending SDSU, the "chillist" school that belongs to my home town of San Diego. For this reason, I got stubborn and decided to apply only to SDSU and no other university. I was confident in my acceptance, due to the fact that I successfully completed all the requirements SDSU was asking for and had an Associate’s Degree in communication. I even had a good GPA and a good academic record. Little did I know, I was denied admission and was heartbroken. Reason for denial was not due to incomplete requirements or bad grades, but because my communication major was one of the most impacted majors, therefore had no space for me, and only accepted students with well and above GPA's. At this point in my academic standpoint, I felt helpless and felt like giving up because it seemed like that was the end. After seeing a councilor about the issue, she recommended me to appeal because I had a great chance of acceptance due to their reconsideration after viewing my letter, so I did. For months, I was clueless about where my education was headed. I even graduated and walked and received my Associate’s Degree. I was waiting anxiously throughout the summer, waiting for an answer from SDSU. I really wanted to get accepted to SDSU because it has been a dream since I was a kid, and wanted to continue to make my family proud, since I am first generation college student. Until one night, I was playing video games at 3 o’clock in the morning, and received an email from SDSU stating and congratulating me for acceptance after reviewing my appeal letter. I was the happiest I ever been in a while at that time and I even woke my family at that time to give them the surprise. And after a long journey and some hard work, here I am pursuing my Bachelor’s degree at SDSU and should be graduating in Spring 2017. There might even be a chance that I will pursue a Master’s Degree. My current goal upon graduating, is to find a government job. I always wanted to try out the military to gain and receive the unique experience that workforce has to offer. I would be able to put my degree to use and gain officer rank. I also like the idea to pursue a career as a police officer, city highway patrol, border patrol or any government related job. The reason why I decided to talk about school a lot and the near future, is because this is the important stage in life that I am in now.

Now to talk about myself a little. I was born and raised here in San Diego, Lucky, right? I actually have a large family, but they are nowhere near. My immediate family is the only family I have nearby so I can say I am pretty close to them. I work downtown as a valet driver which is awesome, because I am a car enthusiast and having to see the newest designs and technology in resent cars really interests me. I also like this job because I like to interact with new people and create connections. On my time off, I like going to the gym (which I have been extremely lagging lately), go out with friends Downtown, Pacific Beach, La Jolla, Los Angeles and other fun places. Speaking of places, I started traveling this year. So far, I have gone to Miami and Las Vegas, and plan to go to Hawaii, Cabo and Japan in the near future. This is just a little bit about me, and if you would like to get to know me better, let’s talk. I am always down to make new friends. Wish you all good luck in this class and in your academic and future goals!