Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc., once said, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” I grew up in a one-story farmhouse on 80 acres fifteen minutes from town. My family has raised Hereford cattle since before I can remember. When I was only eleven years old I took out a loan through FSA, also known as Farm Service Agency. The FSA program offered through Kansas 4-H helped kids get a start in agriculture. My loan proceeds purchased eight head of Hereford cattle …show more content…
I really enjoyed my classes, and my course work was more fun than drudgery. However, anything worthwhile usually does requires a lot of hard work. Since I had changed my major, I realized my GPA needed a major boost if I were to attend law school. I recognized the need to excel in all my classes, and doing so was not an easy task. It took a lot of extra work and focus on my part, however, I did succeed and my grades improved tremendously after my sophomore year in college. I also faced the matter of playing catch-up with my pre-law peers, since they had been on the pre-law academic path since their freshman year in college. Going into my junior year, I had no idea what an LSAT was, let alone what it took to study for it. And I had no idea about what it took to apply to law school. However, I worked closely with my pre-law adviser as well as some of my other professors to help prepare myself as well as possible for the journey that lays ahead of me. Balancing the pressure of excelling in my schoolwork while still focusing on studying for the LSAT has been extremely difficult. But now, I’m applying for law school. Going to law school is something that I have my heart set on for the past two years. I have an LSAT score that I am proud of, and I have worked extremely hard in my junior and senior years to raise my