College Admissions Essay: How Volunteer Work Changed My Life

A few months ago, I had a very candid conversation with my dad. He sat me down and we talked about my future, my plans for college and beyond and how he can help me achieve those goals. My plan for the time being was to get my generals done here at LSC and hopefully by then know what I want to do for a career so I can choose a college and a degree that suites me. After that my father expected a very familiar tale. The one where you get a job you love, a family you love more, to retire early and travel often. But I don’t think that’s me I mean sure all of that sounds fine and dandy but I’ve always wanted something more in life, I’ve always wanted to make some sort of meaningful impact on the world and leave an impression. I’ve come to conclude that I’m not going to be famous, I can’t act, …show more content…
I think the ones that everyone always talks about are hard work and determination. Those ones are the obvious ones, but I believe it doesn’t just require hard work, but it also requires smart work, doing things that will help further me in whatever field it is I eventually decide to go into and not just wasting my time doing work that won’t help further myself. Also, I believe starting to help people now through volunteer work is an important aspect. I first got into volunteer work through boy scouts when I was a member of the scouts and I still volunteer occasionally but nearly to the extent that I did during my scouting days. This on top of giving you a good feeling, and looking good on a resume helps you make connections in our community that otherwise would not be there. Lastly, I am going to need a fair amount of luck to achieve this very lucid and ever changing end goal. I’m going to need to get lucky with finding the right college after LSC, meeting the right people and eventually finding the right job. With this being out of my control it will be the one I focus the least on, but still a very important part of the