Prompt: Considering your lifetime goals, discuss how your current and future academic and extra-curricular activities might help you achieve your goals.
Out of all my extracurricular activities I can honestly say that the only one that will ever really aid me in reaching my life goals is cheerleading. Everything that I know in my life has been cheerleading; I've been doing for as long as I can remember. It isn't all about the make-up, the popularity or the little skimpy outfits nevertheless, there's way more to it, what goes on behind closed doors remains a completely different that is unknown to those unfamiliar to cheerleading. The long hours of practice, countless injuries, endless criticism, never-ending back pain, limitless sacrifices and the everlasting desire to be nothing but the best. Cheerleading has taught me how to push myself, the outcome is a result of the amount of effort you put in, and that nothing in that's worthwhile in life is easy.
As cliché as it may seem, I have learned to completely push myself to the limit. During my third year on the Varsity team my coach decided to pull me out of the competitive team since my skills were not up to par. Devastated by the fact that I had competed every year since I started and not that year, I vowed that I was going to show her wrong, show her the mistake she made. I put in numerous hours into working on my skills, I would work until my knees, ankles, back and wrists couldn't handle it anymore. In just a matter of weeks I showed her up and I was back on the competitive team. Therefore, if I hadn't pushed myself I wouldn't have competed just like if I don't push myself in life I'll never get to where I need.
I, would usually obtain things handed to me on a silver platter, never actually believed that the outcome of the effects is a result of how much effort is put in. I was getting ready for my last year of trying out; since it was my last year I had the opportunity to try-out for captain so I took the chance. The other candidates were working five, probably ten times tougher than I was, thinking I had it in the bag; I didn't put so much effort into it. I ended up not getting the position and the girl devoting herself, to being captain, got the spot. Not everything in life is handed to us, progressing into Veterinarian school is absolutely not going to be given on a silver platter.
Greatness requires hard work; nothing worthwhile in life is easy. Competing at nationals has opened my eyes to the fact that the word "easy" is merely fiction. My team and I have given blood, sweat and tears year after year to be the best of the best and each year we prove that we are the best. The word "quitting" isn't in my vocabulary; I push through no matter what. Whether it's my future profession as a veterinarian, or simply being a wonderful mother and wife in the future, I understand it won't be easy, but one day I'll be one of the greatest.
Every day I ask myself, how bad do I truly want it, how far can I push myself, when there's nothing left to give can I give more? Someday when I finally reach my goals I'll be telling myself that I have no regrets, I have no excuses, and I have no what if's and that I have nothing else to give because I gave it my complete all to be where I desire to be.
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Kassandra, you have spent too much time discussing your past as a cheerleader that you totally forgot to mention any future activities that can help you achieve your goal. The essay prompt is asking you to create a continuity connection between your past activities, and your future activities that might help you in achieving your end goal, which is completing veterinary school. You already know that vet school is just as challenging as med school. So you should find a way to connect the challenges of being a cheerleader with your expectations of how hard vet school will be and discuss how being a cheerleader gave you the experience to handle say , pressure filled situations where a lot is riding on your every movement and split second decisions.
After that, you should think of what your future extra curricular plans will be in college. Imagine what it will be like to say continue being a cheerleader while juggling the requirements of school. What lessons do you think you will learn from that kind of time management? How will it help you become a better student? Such scenarios are answer the type of prompt you were given. See if you can develop a new essay along those lines. We will be here to help you set it up :-)
