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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Friedrich Nietzsche

NADIA SCHUMAN PH.D.

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Major: Psychology Minor : Biological Sciences

RUTGERS

SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

CLASS OF 2014

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring

peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind.

Buddha

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I. my oratory skills.

II. my ability to think, speak, act, and dressprofessionally.

III. my networking and social skills.As well as

I. my knowledge of my field of study.

II. my knowledge of related fields of study.III. my mathematic abilities.

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by

study.

Red Auerbach

THIS SUMMER, I HOPE

TO IMPROVE

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I. grow beyond my hotheadedness.

II. become less judgmental.

III.increase my sense of self-worth.IV.develop relationships that last

beyond the summer!

Without continual growth and progress, such words as

improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Benjamin Franklin

PERSONALLY I WOULD

LIKE TO

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enter the graduate school of my choice in the Fall of 2014!

So far I am considering:

Rutgers University

The University of Maryland, Baltimore

Princeton University

achieve a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience!

spend my lifetime engaged in my favorite pastime, LEARNING,

while I work as a professor, develop effective treatments for

addictive behaviors, and also write novels and non-fiction.

As to the righteous, they will be in gardens and in happiness- enjoying the

bliss which their Lord hath bestowed on them To them will be said: Eat

and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your good deeds.

The Holy Qurn: Srah 52: 17-19

I AM BLESSED SO IN MY

FUTURE I WILL

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Remember the commitment to

my advisor and the trust heplaced in me when he agreed

to give me his time.

Make this research an integral

part of my life. When research

has the priority of the gym Iwill make sure I never miss a

scheduled day!

Think of the money, trust, and

faith that has been placed inme by the McNair staff.

Remember that my success or

failure in the program will

contribute to its reputation and

funding. Regularly reflect upon the

benefits the program has for

me!

To meet my research

objectives I will

To fulfi l l my McNair

responsibilities I will

MEETING MY OBJECTIVES

WILL NOT BE EASY

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part

of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.-Dag Hammarskjold

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place the utmost emphasis on my

academic success, keeping it

behind only my son and my God.

work diligently and with

dedication.

Leave no room for failurethereliterally isnt any in my plan!

remain humble enough to learn

from others.

never forget where I came fromand that with a little laziness I canalways go back.

allow the Lord to guide my path.

remember that there is no raceand there is no finish line; successis a lifelong continuum, and whileI live, I will never have arrived!

To meet my plans for

graduat ion I wi l l

To meet my plans for success I

wi l l

AND THERES MORE

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in,and it will come naturally. -David Frost

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And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so,

but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know thatsuffering produces perseverance, perseverance character;

and character hope. And hope does not disappoint us,

because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the

Holy Spirit whom he has given us.The Holy Bible

Romans 05: 02-05

FINAL WORDS