As a sophomore in college, my career goals are finally becoming clear. First, I plan to finish my undergrad here at Dordt College. I am majoring in Exercise Science with a double minor in Biomedical Sciences and Psychology. Second, I plan to get accepted into grad school for Physical Therapy and earning my Doctorate. Lastly, I also plan to get a possible certification of massage therapy and or personal training as a side job.
I am writing to inform you of my experiences from my first semester of my W-131 class. Coming into college I was very scared. I wasn’t so much scared of new things, because we experience new things every day. I feared failure, what I mean by that is I have a lot of people counting on me to graduate and to do good. At times is stressful because I think of scenarios of what will happen if I don’t graduate.
I plan to make new and develop long lasting relationships with my teammates and other students on campus. As a Spartan Dawg, I want to have a chance win a Heisman trophy and be able to help my team win a CFP National Championship game. Lastly, I would like to graduate with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business. I know that a degree will give me the confidence and the edge to have the flexibility I need to make my own decisions.
My plans of what I am going to do after high school are as follows: I wish to graduate with an honors diploma, enjoy a fun and active summer, and then once that is over, start school at Wright Sate. Whilst I’m at college, I plan on going after a double major: one in Engineering and the other in Acting. Following college, I plan on going out into the engineering field and to begin to profit. As that happens I plan on trying to accumulate some fame as an actor so that eventually the funds supplied by the acting career surpass those of the engineering, though the engineering would always be a good safeguard for my financial life. To prepare for this I am taking as many advanced science and math classes as I possibly can.
Everything is not as Bad as it Actually is I believe to always consider every possible outcome of life and not make judgements too easily. This all started about a month ago, it was the middle of summer, school was just about to start and I was very nervous about starting high school, along with being excited for learning new things, although I was mostly scared about getting a bad grade. As the days approached, many of my friends and I discussed of how we were all scared for our first week, scared of homework, tests, essays, and all sorts of frightening things.
In high school I was a huge go-getter. Apple Valley High School drove in our heads “get involved, get involved, get involved” and I took that to heart. My freshman year I did everything. I was in student council, basketball, lacrosse, band, speech, math team, flute ensemble, pep band, FCA, etc. I continued most of those activities throughout the rest of high school.
My college search began when I entered the eighth grade and did not begin to wrap up until the beginning of my senior year. As soon as the concept of attending a university for four years began to become a reality, I became borderline obsessed with finding the “perfect” school - a haven of sorts, where I imagined myself being instantly welcomed by an openminded, intellectual, and conscious student body. The university of my dreams was prestigious, internationally renowned, and committed to helping others both on a local and a global scale. Most importantly, I hoped to find a school where I could imagine myself not only flourishing as a student, but also as a person. Santa Clara University is one of the only institutions I have come across that
Future goals specific to your major: Often as I set goals I am reminded of various quotes or passages that I have heard. As I have began more seriously setting goals for my future studies and career, a quote from Bob Proctor came to mind. He stated, “set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating, that it excites you and scares you at the same time.” I feel this quote expresses my feelings as I go forward pursuing my personal goals in the field of physical therapy. Over the last year as I researched physical therapy programs both nationally and internationally, I realized how much I would enjoy being able to teach physical therapy.
Every day for the past eighteen years I have woken up and gone through the same obstacles repeatedly. It never changed until I started college, which is filled with new adventures and learning new things every day. Some people may think that I have not changed much since starting college. Although they cannot see it, I have seen the change in myself. Before college, I was focused on myself and what others thought of me; however, since I started college I have been more focused on my family and not worried about other’s opinions of me.
I believe the greatest challenge I will face as I transition to college will be overcoming the first year back in school and entering a field that I have no academic experience in. I did not have the best grades in high school and have not had much experience in applying myself in a class room since then. One of the reasons I joined the military was to give myself the time to figure out what I wanted to do and make a plan for myself. Now that I know the general direction of where I am heading, the biggest obstacle I will face going from military to college will be getting back into an academic mind set after being in the military for 4 years. Specifically, I believe that the most difficult aspect of this obstacle is that I have no college
My outlook on life changed after college. I realized I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives in any way possible. I travelled to Tanzania and saw a different reality. It all started at the Nyarugusu refugee camps in Tanzania. I visited the camps during Easter and Christmas of 2015-2016 to have fellowship with them.
When I started high school I felt like I did not belong here. High school was very different from my middle school. Some of my teachers tried to tell me how high school was going to be like for all of us in the moment I believed them but the only advice I valued was my older brothers. “No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.”
‘Who am I?’ , ‘What do I want to do in my life’ are questions asked to me many times throughout my life- by my parents, my teachers and my friends. Every time they ask this kind of questions, I always give them, the exact same response or something along the lines of- ‘I don’t know’. One thing I realized after losing 2 of my best friends is that I am someone that needs companionships and It was the 5th grade where I fell in love with football.
The quote," Dont call it a dream, call it a plan" - unknown (wordquote.com). This insperational statment discribes in order to chase your dreams you have to figure out step by step what you need to acheive that goal, also know as hard work and dedication. throughout my life, I 've been inspired by many people, I have been throught several significant events that have inpacked me in some way, and bcause of these two things, I have a dream of what i want to be in the future. There are two people that have inpacted my life in some way and those two people are my parents. Each of my parents have inpacted me but in different ways; for insteance, my mom has always inspired me.
One of my goals is to graduate with honors. When completing my Bachelor’s Degree one of my goals would be to attend the Great Plains Convention. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree I would at that point pursue a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology at Emporia State University. After receiving a Master’s Degree I would wish to open my own private practice and practice therapy for families.
