Diversity in student populations and campus communities

Diverse Student Body

Diversity is a very important and significant issue for many academic institutions today. Gone are the days when only 18-year-olds straight from high school inhabited university campuses. Today, there are many different kinds of people attending universities all over the world, and I would make strong contributions to this diversity. I am 37 years old, and until recently, I worked as the owner of my own construction company. While I enjoyed this work and learned a great deal, a came to the life-changing decision that I wanted to attend medical school. I have rearranged my life for this, and it has not been easy, but it has been rewarding in many ways, and I am certain that everything I have gone through to this point and will go through in the future will be well worth it when I achieve my dream.

Since I have life experience, I can be very valuable to other students that might be younger and can benefit from the life lessons that I have already learned. Many of these lessons are not found in a classroom, but out in the world where I have already been for several years. Since I am a business owner, much of what I need to know about hard work, scheduling, and interacting with people are things that I have already learned and can therefore pass on to others. This will also help me in the goal that I wish to attain, because I am aware that medical school is very rigorous, and the process of becoming a doctor is not an easy one, nor one to be taken lightly. While I may be a bit older than many individuals that have the same career goals, I feel as though this is not a drawback. The things that I have already learned in my life will be a help to me in many ways, and the compassion that I have learned when working with others will help me as my schooling and career progresses, because I will be able to relate to much of what others are going through. The diversity that I will bring to the university will help others at that same institution, and I will in turn be helped by learning with and from others that are different from me.