Admissions Application Essay

According to true colors I am a green. The twenty words that best describes me are analytical, calm, cool, investigative, strength, creative, strategic thinker, knowledgeable, visionary, enthusiastic, independent thinker, future focus, objective, tough minded, meaningless dialogue, emotional displays, subjective thinking, social function, challenging and flexible.

As the end of my senior year is approaching, I find myself looking back on my last four years at Stearns, I was never a three-sport athletic or was considered a “stand out.” Thinking about it now, I regret not playing all three sports. The benefits from only playing one sport for four years is unbelievable. I have gained valuable memories, and friendships that will last a lifetime. I can’t imagine all the personal achievements I would had if I stayed as a three-sports athlete.

Discovering and choosing a college that best suits my needs was a rigorous yet thrilling task. The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising clearly came forth as the best choice for me to further my education in design. Being unable to visit the college campus, as I live in New York, I've done lots and lots of research about FIDM, and I realize the institute offers what I hope to gain from my college experience.

I came into high school softball not knowing what to expect. I have played since I was five years old, on the green t-ball team, on the ball field behind our Elementary School. When you play sports at a young age, you fail, but do not realize it. I met many of my friends today through sharing a love for the game of basketball and softball. When playing t-ball, you make the team with all your friends and play without thinking where this game can potentially take you. Playing with friends throughout the years, we have gone through failure together, losing a game or making

Since the time when I was little, my parents always encourage me to do the best, work hard, become educated and have a positive life style at a very young age. My earliest memories are that of reading interesting books because I love to read and do my science whiz experiments. However, I also had great interests in playing with Lego pieces and conducting fun chemistry games in my own tiny lab. It was a fun time for me; at least that’s how I recall it now. The only things I had to worry about were: what will I have for lunch today, which chemistry game or Lego pieces do I want to play with and my team winning the sports games I use to compete in.

I’ve always been interested in the field of medicine. When I was being born, I almost died, being saved only by the ingenuity of a Nurse Day for whom my middle name is dedicated to. Above all else, I want to have an impact on the quality of life for others, and I think the University of Pennsylvania is one of, if not the, best ways to do that. Its bioengineering department is consistently ranked to be the most rigorous in the field, and I can handle rigor.

I started to reflect back to when I first started pitching. My dad and I spent countless hours in the backyard practicing just trying to get better. I always stayed after team practices so that I could get a couple pitches in. There were times when I threw almost ten games in one weekend. Looking back, I started to question myself. Was it really all worth it? I couldn't imagine not being able to play softball anymore. I have played the game since I was five years old. How could I just quit all of a sudden? My dad and I had a great relationship because of the bond that we created during practices and games. Softball also brought me many great friendships. I met my best friend playing softball. It allowed me to stay physically fit without even felling like I was working out. It also made me mentally

All members of the OGMS baseball team are congratulated on their accomplishment, and the coaching staff looks forward to continuing the tradition of OGMS baseball. Along with being a member of the baseball team there are social and academic requirements expected of all players, parents, support personnel, and coaches. Some of these expectations are above minimum academic standards required to be eligible. As a player, parent (guardian), and coaching staff, we agree to fully support the team and school in this endeavor by agreeing to follow the rules below:

I currently have a 3.4 GPA and am enrolled in classes that continue to keep me challenged and engaged in the classroom just like on the softball field. During my sophomore year of High School I started in left field, batted 2nd in the line-up and finished the season with a .488 batting average with a .500 OBP. I hit 4 homeruns and had 21 RBI’s. Chaparral finished Continental League Champs. I had the highest batting average in the league, batting .643 and we placed 3rd in the 5A Colorado State Tournament. I play travel

If someone asked me where I am going to be in ten years, this would be my answer. I will have a great, high-paying job, and beautiful wife and family, and a nice sports car parked in front of my lovely house. When I look into the future, I see myself being successful and happy. Even though I always pictured myself this way, I never worried too much about how I would get there. I feel the Suffolk University can lay the groundwork for making these dreams into reality.

Choosing what college to go to is not the normal college process for a student-athlete. Playing softball has been my entire life and I had an option to play at either the University of Notre Dame or Hofstra University. The travel softball team I played for was a feeder team for the University of Notre Dame, which is when a team is trained the way the college coach teaches, thus many players from the travel team end up attending that college. The University of Notre Dame is obviously very well known and it could be special to go there, but too many people were going to Notre Dame on my travel team, so it was not as extraordinary to get a scholarship there. Hofstra University and the University of Notre Dame are very prestigious universities with excellent softball programs and academics, but was it foolish to choose a school based on being different and extraordinary? (I chose to go to Hofstra University, but was it to avoid looking like a fool or was I a fool for not choosing Notre Dame? )

I’m applying to this scholarship to help me pursue an education. My future goals are graduating college with a degree in physical education. I chose PE because I’m a very active person and I always enjoyed PE as a kid. I consider it one of my favorite subjects in school. My dream job is to become a college softball recruiter and coach. I hope to graduate college and work my way to the top of the coaching list. My reason for becoming a college coach is to help young girls live their dream by being a college athlete.

Good morning members of the University of Toronto admissions board. I would just like to begin by thanking you all for allowing me to stand here in front of you today as you listen to my application for a spot in your Bachelor of Kinesiology Program. After a long pursuit of trying to find the right program, I came across yours and once I read the program description I knew right away that this was the program for me. Not only do I think that this program is the perfect fit for me, I also believe that I am the most deserving candidate. But why you may ask? What separates me from the rest? Three reasons why I would make a deserving candidate for your Bachelor of Kinesiology Program include the following: I possess a superlative work ethic, I have a passion to learn about the human body, along with my remarkable interpersonal skills.

Growing up in the small town of Walnut Grove, I have been blessed with many opportunities. First off, our town has always been a strong faith based community and throughout my childhood and into my adolescence I learned that serving was my purpose. At the age of four, I began my love for softball, which turned out to be the most influential gift God could have blessed me with. This game allowed me to become the person I am today, for it enabled me to develop the work ethic I now have. Likewise, there’s a saying, “Softball will give back to you, what you are willing to put into it,” and this was something I didn’t quite understand until recently; however, I began to realize as it prospered relationships, whether with teachers, coaches,

Whether a student is excelling in the classroom or on the field, they have to go through the stressful process that is applying to college; I personally am going through this process and can testify that it is very stressful and full of many deadlines that come faster than one might think. But the NCAA requirements for an athlete to be eligible to play a sport at a Division One college are entirely too lenient. In an article written by Atlas, he includes the negative aspects of the leniency in the admission requirements for student athletes. He asserts that recruiting athletics solely based on their athletic ability “is unfair to students because the lower standards create and inequitable advantage” when applying to schools (Atlas, par. 7). I agree with Atlas in his argument, these Division One colleges not only have competitive sport programs but they often are very competitive academically; this makes the application process very competitive. Most students applying to these Division One colleges have very impressive resumes; these resumes include, high grade point averages, extracurricular activities, high standardized tests scores and countless hours of community service. Whereas these athlete recruits are reportedly “[entering] in the bottom 25% of their freshman class” (Saffici, par. 7) and “the average football and basketball player has an SAT score