Application Essay
In this essay I will share with you the reasons why I want to become an athletic trainer, the attributes I possess that would make me successful in the field of athletic training, and lastly I will discuss the career goals that I have if I become a certified athletic trainer. Based on this information I believe that it would be the best choice to pick me to enter this great athletic training program at UNI.
I want to be an athletic trainer because it is something that I have really found to be a great interest of mine ever since I started observing athletic trainers when I started in high school, and now have observed in clinical, field, and school settings. I have spent many hours observing certified athletic trainers practice what they do, and all of it really interests me and seems like something that I would want to do as a profession. One of the major reasons why I want to become an athletic trainer is because I want to become involved in the medical community. I could do this by becoming an athletic trainer and during my education and practice I could learn more about things such as anatomy, kinesiology, pharmacology, and the prevention and care of injuries. These are all things that I don’t know much about but what I do know about them intrigues me greatly. I believe that if I was to become an athletic trainer that I could learn more about these things in much greater detail. These are just some of the reasons that I want to become an athletic trainer. However, I believe that I also possess the attributes that would make me a good athletic trainer if I were to become certified.
I believe that I possess many attributes necessary to becoming successful in the field of athletic training, such as my ability to get along with other people. I really believe that I possess this trait based on what I have done in the past, and how I have had to work with others that I might not have agreed with completely but I could get along with them anyway. I also believe that one of the things that would make me a good athletic trainer would be my drive to get things done quickly, well, and on time. I have done this throughout the past in many ways as I have been very successful in all my endeavors such as school, work, and team sports I have participated in. Lastly, I believe that one of the major traits that I possess is my ability to be persistent in whatever challenge I take on. I have practiced this trait in many ways in the past such as when I ran and completed the 2008 Chicago Marathon, which took months of training, dedication, and physical and mental toughness. I believe that I could use these traits to become successful in the athletic training field, that I could go on to do great things, and be able to accomplish whatever goal that I put in front of myself.
One of the major goals that I have is to actually become an athletic trainer someday and to go on to graduate, to become certified, and to be successful in the athletic training field. However I want to have more than this, because if I was to become an athletic trainer it would give me the opportunity to be to be able to work with people and gain the perspectives, values, and beliefs that all sorts of different people have in relation to my own values and beliefs. This has really been one of my goals in life to be able to better understand people and to know why people do certain things or to act in ways different than my own and I believe I could accomplish this by becoming an athletic trainer.
From this information which I have presented to you I believe that I have made a good argument about why I want to be an athletic trainer, what the attributes are that would make me a good athletic trainer, and the career goals I would have if I were to become a certified athletic trainer. I really believe that if you give me a chance to become a part of the program that it would be a very good choice, and that I will be the one who you will look back upon and feel that it was a good decision to have brought me into the program.
I want to be an athletic trainer because it is something that I have really found to be a great interest of mine ever since I started observing athletic trainers when I started in high school, and now have observed in clinical, field, and school settings. I have spent many hours observing certified athletic trainers practice what they do, and all of it really interests me and seems like something that I would want to do as a profession. One of the major reasons why I want to become an athletic trainer is because I want to become involved in the medical community. I could do this by becoming an athletic trainer and during my education and practice I could learn more about things such as anatomy, kinesiology, pharmacology, and the prevention and care of injuries. These are all things that I don’t know much about but what I do know about them intrigues me greatly. I believe that if I was to become an athletic trainer that I could learn more about these things in much greater detail. These are just some of the reasons that I want to become an athletic trainer. However, I believe that I also possess the attributes that would make me a good athletic trainer if I were to become certified.
I believe that I possess many attributes necessary to becoming successful in the field of athletic training, such as my ability to get along with other people. I really believe that I possess this trait based on what I have done in the past, and how I have had to work with others that I might not have agreed with completely but I could get along with them anyway. I also believe that one of the things that would make me a good athletic trainer would be my drive to get things done quickly, well, and on time. I have done this throughout the past in many ways as I have been very successful in all my endeavors such as school, work, and team sports I have participated in. Lastly, I believe that one of the major traits that I possess is my ability to be persistent in whatever challenge I take on. I have practiced this trait in many ways in the past such as when I ran and completed the 2008 Chicago Marathon, which took months of training, dedication, and physical and mental toughness. I believe that I could use these traits to become successful in the athletic training field, that I could go on to do great things, and be able to accomplish whatever goal that I put in front of myself.
One of the major goals that I have is to actually become an athletic trainer someday and to go on to graduate, to become certified, and to be successful in the athletic training field. However I want to have more than this, because if I was to become an athletic trainer it would give me the opportunity to be to be able to work with people and gain the perspectives, values, and beliefs that all sorts of different people have in relation to my own values and beliefs. This has really been one of my goals in life to be able to better understand people and to know why people do certain things or to act in ways different than my own and I believe I could accomplish this by becoming an athletic trainer.
From this information which I have presented to you I believe that I have made a good argument about why I want to be an athletic trainer, what the attributes are that would make me a good athletic trainer, and the career goals I would have if I were to become a certified athletic trainer. I really believe that if you give me a chance to become a part of the program that it would be a very good choice, and that I will be the one who you will look back upon and feel that it was a good decision to have brought me into the program.
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