Out of all the G.O.A.L.S. of the Honors and Scholars Program, I think Academic Enrichment and Service Engagement are the most applicable to my personal goals. The Honors and Scholars online page defines Academic Achievement as students pursuing academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom. It also says that students will be able to contextualize their formal education with respect to career and life options. Academics have always been important to me from the very beginning of when I started school. I have always done well in school every since elementary school. Once I got to high school I started taking honors and AP courses. This has helped me in being able to do well in courses in college. In deciding a major I chose a more difficult one because I like the challenge hard classes bring. I think Academic Achievement will also be very crucial in furthering my success and involvement. Academic Achievement will help me in in the context of my future professional career because good grades will help me in getting a job that I like. The Honors and Scholars online page defines Service Engagement as students committing to service to the community. I was really big into service through out high school participating in volunteering at the local animal shelter and a local elementary school. I was also part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. I have extended my service into college being on the Relay For Life committee, tutoring kids at a local elementary school in Columbus, as well as being part of the 4 Paws for Ability club. I was a part of Relay For Life all throughout high school while being a team captain for two of those years and I didn’t want to stop participating in such a great event so I applied to be on the committee at college. This has also given me leadership skills. I help kids with math and science at a local elementary school as part as a requirement of my scholars program. The Honors and Scholars online page also says that students will connect their service experiences to their specific major or area of interest whenever possible. Tutoring the elementary kids is a good example of me connecting service with my major since they both pertain to science. Eventually in my future I would like to do research pertaining to my major that also gives back to the community. I haven’t figured out quite yet what it’ll be, but I still have time to figure it out. The 4 Paws for Ability club does not pertain to my major, but it is something that I am very passionate about. I have always been a big animal lover so I joined this club to be able to interact with dogs, but I have learned that it’s so much more than just the dogs. 4 Paws for Ability fosters soon to be service dogs to get them acclimated to different sights and sounds so that when they become a service dog they are not surprised by anything. I love the feeling of giving back to the community. I think both the community and I gain from it. I hope to keep pursuing community service throughout my life.