G.O.A.L.S.
Global Awareness: To become a more global and knowledgable student, I plan to participate in a study abroad program in my 4 years of undergrad. The May-mester study-abroad seems like a great opportunity to spend a good amount of time in a mother country learning about their culture and way of life and I would enjoy possibly traveling to a Spanish-speaking country where I could use my Spanish skills while simultaneously learning more about their language, history and culture. I also plan to go on a mission trip through either Med-Life or Buck-I-Serve and travel to an underprivileged third-world country in South America and help the citizens of that country in any way I can.
Original Inquiry: To achieve my goal of Original Inquiry, I plan to get involved Undergraduate Research on campus. With my major being Biology, I hope to find a research opportunity dealing with human or biological sciences that I can apply to what I am learning in my classes. I hope to achieve Research Distinction with the work I did with my research and possibly present my findings at the Undergraduate Research Forum.
Academic Enrichment: To achieve Academic Enrichment, I plan to participate in the Honors Program all 4 years at Ohio State. I plan to take rigorous Honors courses to continue to challenge myself, and enroll in upper-level classes to prepare myself for med-school. I will continue to work towards a 4.0, even if it is nearly impossible. I am also minoring in Business to take other non-science classes and to better understand other areas of work that will help me in the future with medicine.
Leadership Development: I am currently involved in the Future Health Professions Learning Community, which encourages us to find clubs and leadership opportunities in medicine. I am also a member of Med-Life where I hope to one day hold a leadership position. I hope to one day become a teaching assistant for chemistry or biology, and to join other numerous clubs and extracurricular activities where I can have some impact in the community.
Service Engagement: I am currently training to become a volunteer at a free clinic in Columbus through the club Med-Life where I will help members of the community with their health needs. I am also participating in Buckeyethon and am raising money so that we can give to the people that need it. I am also hoping to become involved in Greek Life and become involved in a philanthropy that gives back to the community and serves those who need it.