College Admissions Essay: Striving For Perfection

Ever since I was a little kid, I have always been a highly motivated individual. Striving for perfection has never been a foreign concept to me. Unfortunately, being a perfectionist has created some issues within my academic career. With time being a restraint on multiple tests, I have left a plentiful amount of answers blank trying to make sure every detail is correct. Despite this, I have still maintained high A’s in every one of my classes. As big of a problem as this was in my first years of my high school career, I have been able to solve this predicament in my more difficult courses. I now use my time much more wisely and efficiently. As a perfectionist, I have made the most of this extra time by setting long-term career goals for myself. Before I started setting up career goals, I needed to find a career that I was passionate for. I spent a ton of time in this process because I wanted to make sure I chose a career field that was really intriguing to me. I didn’t want to be stuck in a job that I would absolutely dread for the rest of my life. Fortunately for me, there weren’t too many careers that I didn’t like. The hardest part was narrowing down my career options to just one. I explored several options online as well as through multiple job shadowing experiences. After a scrutinizing career examination process, I saw myself as a biomedical …show more content…
I would love to take care of children and work with their parents to keep them healthy. I feel like it would be extremely rewarding to monitor a child’s growth and development from birth to adulthood. As a youth soccer coach in my community, I have really enjoyed the time I have gotten to spend with all of the kids. I plan on finding a career where I can work with the youth because of this experience. It’s a great relief to know I could pursue multiple different career options involving youth with a degree in biomedical