My
name is Andrew Vito. I’m currently a senior at the University of Maryland, Robert
H. Smith School of Business double majoring in management and marketing. Throughout
my time at the business school, I have come to realize that I’m not your
typical business student. I have never read the Wall Street Journal and have no
future plans to do so. I do not wear a suit and tie to class every day to mimic
my favorite CEO and finally I could care less about the stock market. I have
never met a business student who buys silver, collects coins, and is a
designated gun collector in the state of Maryland. To add to my differences,
I’m a left-handed person who has red hair. This in fact is a rarity as I make
up less than one percent of the world’s total population. The old saying that
goes “your one in a million” proves true for me. Finally the biggest separation
between me and others is the fact that I drag race. Throughout my teenage
years, I competitively raced cars up and down the East Coast that exceeded
speeds of 150 mph; however do to work and school, I no longer race.
I
haven’t always lived in Maryland my entire life. For eighteen years I grew up
in Northern Virginia and while I transitioned from my junior to senior year in
high school my parents decided to fulfill their dream of living on the water.
At the time, Deale, Maryland seemed like a quiet fishing town that encompassed
the Chesapeake Bay. Little did we know that those who lived in the town were
quite different from most people we had ever encountered. I have never in my
life known more people who drink heavily, chain smoke, and were addicted to
tattoos until I moved to Deale. I have never known a town with less than five
thousand people to require the extreme need for three well-stocked liquor
stores until I moved to Deale. Finally, I have never met so many people
motivated to work a minimum wage job and never excel in life until I moved to
Deale. Having said this, the residents of Deale are the nicest and most
generous of all, always lending a hand and being a good friend despite their
alcohol and moderate gambling addictions.
Being
a senior, I am constantly asked the question what are your plans after
graduation. I find this to be a difficult question to answer because I honestly
do not know. I find it foolish for someone to cater all their energy and time
for a future job, when given our current unemployment rate, that dream job you’re expecting may no longer exist. The
underlying reason as to why I chose to become a business major was the fact
that it is a broad degree. When there are currently no jobs, it only seems
logical to have a degree that offers a wide-array of employment opportunities.
Andrew Vito
