FLORIDA STATE

Leadership is a characteristic of Florida State University (FSU) that interests me the most. Leadership appeals most to me because leadership is very important in everything you do, whether it’s at work, at school, on the football field, or even at church. Leadership is very important. It takes a well rounded institution to base its organization upon having leadership. I say this because it is not easy to be a leader, and not everyone can do it. It comes with great responsibility, accountability, setting standards, and also perseverance. When an institution says its program is based off of leadership, that lets me know that they also have character and integrity, which is very important to have at a school.

FSU’s leadership in academics as well as sports interests me also. With my major being medical science, I already know I’ll have what I need to be successful before I even set foot on campus because FSU has some of the best research facilities dealing with medicine and injury care prevention. With a university basing itself off of leadership, that tells me that I am safe and taken care of at that school and they will look after me. If a school has a bad habit of messing up student scheduling and having bad professors, then this is a sign of bad leadership, and I probably will not feel safe and secure there.

With me also being a student-athlete I also want to make sure that I have coaches that can be great role models to me and set high standards in everything I do, so I can be the best that I can be. I’ve heard many good things about FSU’s football coaching staff. Their football team is nationally ranked and the coaches are great as far as having character and being leaders on and off the field, thus paving the way for their players to follow.

Going to a university where they treat their student-athletes with good respect means a lot to me. Student first is everything. Football is a great avenue, but I know that football will not last forever, but I do know that a great education can never be taken away from you and with a university having great leadership, I know I can put my trust in them and know that I will be successful and get the best education. I also greatly consider FSU because by the school having great leadership characteristics, then that means some of the schools leadership capabilities will fall on me. This is so because a person is only affected by their surroundings. If you go to an area where there is very bad schooling, education, and teaching, that probably means that the students there won’t be that successful because they have not been challenged and pushed as far as education goes, and we all know, the real world is full of challenges. In life, it’s all about the “best” man winning, and with FSU, I feel as though I could become that “best” man.