Topic: Florida State University is more than just a world-class academic institution preparing you for a future career. We are a caring community of well-rounded individuals who embrace leadership, learning, service, and global awareness. With this in mind, which of these characteristics appeal most to you and why?
Hailing from a caring, well-rounded environment similar to Florida State University, I have been able to reap the benefits of characteristics such as leadership, learning, service, and global awareness throughout my high school career. These elements that make up an educational community are vital, in my opinion, to creating a balanced student who is both well-informed of the past and well-prepared for what lies ahead. Though all of these characteristics are essential to creating a constructive learning environment, leadership is the most important quality at FSU to me.
Leadership is a quality that is indispensable to learning, service, and global awareness. With out it, no real success is possible whether you are a leader of a country or a football team. Individuals seem to forget that leadership is not limited to political figures, but it extends to a wide variety of genres. You do not have to be the President of The United States to be a leader; you can be a teacher at the front of a classroom, or a service coordinator at the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure. That is the beauty of leadership and its appeal to me.
Throughout my life at Palmer Trinity School, I have had a great deal of experience with the quality of leadership. Blessed with the opportunity to lead my class for three years, I have gained an intimate understanding of what it means to be a leader and what it actually entails. Apart from the great responsibility and maturity that leadership instilled in me, I have developed a great awareness of "the whole." Rather than base my decisions on what would benefit me the most, I have trained myself to re-route my thought process and attempt to understand what would benefit my entire class even if the results are not in my favor. This selflessness that leadership engenders is something that cannot be gained from learning, or global awareness.
I have always believed that leaders are fearless, self-assured people who give rise to progress and attempt to change things for the better. At Florida State University, I intend to take full advantage of every position of leadership that is available to me. Although throughout my four years I will do a great deal of learning, community service, and become a more globally aware person, I want to continue to be in a position where I can consider myself an involved member of a community that is greater than myself.
Hailing from a caring, well-rounded environment similar to Florida State University, I have been able to reap the benefits of characteristics such as leadership, learning, service, and global awareness throughout my high school career. These elements that make up an educational community are vital, in my opinion, to creating a balanced student who is both well-informed of the past and well-prepared for what lies ahead. Though all of these characteristics are essential to creating a constructive learning environment, leadership is the most important quality at FSU to me.
Leadership is a quality that is indispensable to learning, service, and global awareness. With out it, no real success is possible whether you are a leader of a country or a football team. Individuals seem to forget that leadership is not limited to political figures, but it extends to a wide variety of genres. You do not have to be the President of The United States to be a leader; you can be a teacher at the front of a classroom, or a service coordinator at the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure. That is the beauty of leadership and its appeal to me.
Throughout my life at Palmer Trinity School, I have had a great deal of experience with the quality of leadership. Blessed with the opportunity to lead my class for three years, I have gained an intimate understanding of what it means to be a leader and what it actually entails. Apart from the great responsibility and maturity that leadership instilled in me, I have developed a great awareness of "the whole." Rather than base my decisions on what would benefit me the most, I have trained myself to re-route my thought process and attempt to understand what would benefit my entire class even if the results are not in my favor. This selflessness that leadership engenders is something that cannot be gained from learning, or global awareness.
I have always believed that leaders are fearless, self-assured people who give rise to progress and attempt to change things for the better. At Florida State University, I intend to take full advantage of every position of leadership that is available to me. Although throughout my four years I will do a great deal of learning, community service, and become a more globally aware person, I want to continue to be in a position where I can consider myself an involved member of a community that is greater than myself.