¶ … activities since high school. Include jobs held, extra curricular activities, service, and volunteer activities, honors, and awards, any military or other service to the country and any significant periods during which you were neither employed nor enrolled in school. Also, explain in detail any two of the activities that were most meaningful to you. If you were to meet me in my ordinary, grounded daily life, you would probably have no idea that in my not-so- copious spare time I am learning to fly a single engine airplane. Eventually, I hope to obtain my private pilot license. Yet although I have spent more than my fair share of time in the air, most of my life's work and my life's passions have remained securely grounded, focused upon helping others and communicating with others in the medical profession.

After graduating from high school, I began...

Koch. Although no longer in his employ, I am proud to call him a friend and mentor. While working for Dr. Koch, I also was a full time student at Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College (SWVCC). Being a student is demanding of course, but I discovered that Veterinary medicine and the practice of medicine in general is even more demanding. It is demanding emotionally as well as intellectually. Veterinary medicine in particular requires a silent form of communication with the needs of the animal patients, as well as constant verbal communication with the patient's owners. Often I found that the owners were more nervous and emotionally fragile as their pets!
After graduating with two associates of science in Physics/Chemistry and Biology, I set off on my own new goal of pursuing a BA.…