College Essay Draft 1

1. Discuss your personal goals and dreams and how your ___(university you are applying
to) experience would contribute to making them a reality.
2. Discuss some issues of personal, local, national, or international concern and its
importance to you.

One of my biggest goals is to enter the medical field and provide help for others. Ever

since I was little I had this curiosity for the human body. I was fascinated by the simplistic things

that would occur such as a cut healing. I would always wonder how and why things like this

happened. I referred to it being magic and years later I still think the way the human body works

is something magical. I was quite odd as a child, I could be playful but was often quiet and

observant. I always felt like I saw the world differently as if I was looking at it through my own

scope. People that know me today would say the same. Whenever talking about something

normal my brain takes over and thinks about it in a complex way and once it’s started there’s no

stopping it. I am quick to pull out my phone and do research until I find the answers I am looking

for. Besides having a fascination for medicine and the human body, I have been known to be

caring for others. Seeing someone helpless drives me to be at their assistance in any way

possible. When there is nothing I can do it often brings me down. This was the case when my

grandma had been diagnosed with cancer. She was sick and I was exasperated that I wasn’t able

to do anything. We were told there was no cure and we could only hope for the best. She died a

few years later. Having this happen only pushed me further into the goal of being in the medical

field, hoping one day I could solve cancer and Alzheimer’s. Going to GCU would help me

achieve these goals due to its programs. The program in particular would be the Bachelor in

biology with Pre-Med degree. This program will allow me to further my understanding of the
human anatomy and heath care facility. Taking a class like this will prepare me for my MCAT

test so that I am able to advance to my career goal. Attending GCU would sharpen my

communication and professionalism skills as well as give me a good insight into scientific

studies. While attending GCU I hope to get a perspective on the health care of specifically

Arizona since I will most likely be staying in Arizona for work. This enables me to get familiar

with the competitiveness of the medical field while being able to prepare for it. Not only will I be

learning at GCU but I will hopefully be making important connections. Connections that can

lead me to letters of recommendation to help me when applying to medical schools

A personal and international concern that has importance for me would be the unsolved

issues of the Native American community being ignored. Native Americans have been

wrongfully dragged throughout history. With being forced out of their own land, killed, and held

as slaves, the Native American population has never been the same. There are still many modern

day issues for Native Americans that are going unheard and unchanged. It may come to surprise

you that Native American votes are being suppressed. Most Natives live on reservations due to

having almost all their land taken, and are miles away from voting polls. Even when mailing in

applications for voting cards they are rejected due to not having traditional street names.

Reservations usually use landmarks and crossroads for addresses resulting in Natives being

‘denied a ballot since the address on their IDs did not match the addresses assigned by the

counties for the voter registration database.’ This isn’t the only problem where Natives are

receiving any justice. Thousands of indigenous women have gone missing and the numbers are

only continuing to rise. Many reports of these missing women have gone ignored and bodies
have been found days or even weeks later. 35% of these missing women are under 21 and 27%

are under 18. This brings importance to me because the situation is being swept under the rug.

Many people do not hear about the missing women and the indigenous people are left with their

voices unheard. Families report that they had no investigations happen when they reported

missing loved ones and that the authorities did not seem to care. With all the movements going

on in today's society this is one of them that has not been brought to the attention it deserves.

Most of the missing women are in Canada but there are a number of cases in the United States as

well.