Austin College Admission Essay Sample

When I first came to Austin College, my goal was to earn great grades and get into medical school. Although I was involved in multiple of co-curricular activities in high school, my plan for Austin College was to do what was required to reach my future goal of becoming a family doctor.
Yet, the various organizations at Austin College sparked my interest, and slowly but surely I began to get involved. Although I have been overwhelmed at times, I quickly learned that being involved in the Sherman community and Austin College’s organizations have become a vital part of my college experience. My experience in these short 7 months have taught me the value of service and being involved. When I performed service events in the past, it was to gain service hours and build up a résumé. Now I serve because helping others give me a genuinely great feeling. My involvement in organizations has helped me to develop character traits such as, integrity, leadership, and service, and other traits that simply cannot be taught in a classroom. I know that these everlasting seeds of integrity, service, and leadership will continue to flourish well beyond college.
My goals outside of the classroom are to gain more leadership experience and continue to develop skills that will set me up for future success all while improving my character. By senior year, I plan to be a member of APO, hopefully with a leadership position, a Service Station chair, president of Black Expression, and a Student Assembly officer. My academic goals are to be on the Dean’s List and apply to TWU to pursue graduate studies for occupational therapy. Ultimately, I want to soak up the entire Austin College experience and know that I gave it my all, both in and outside of the