Born and raised in central Ohio,I am a country girl through and through.I am currently studying to become a physical therapist a career path that marks a greater achievement for me.(1)_______________________.I made it pass the first cut the first year I applied,but was turned down for admission.I was crushed because for years I have been determined to become a physical therapist.I received the advice from friends and relatives about changing my major and finding another course for my life.I just couldn’t do it.I knew I could not be as happy in another profession.So I stilled myself, began to work seriously for another year and reapplied.Happily I received notice of my admission.Later I found out that less than 15% of the applicants had been offered positions that year.(2)_______________________.My father told me that if I wantedit badly enough,I would get in. Well, daddy, I wanted it, so there.After graduation, I would like to travel to another country,possibly a Latin-American country and work in a children’s hospital for a year or two.So many of children there are physically handicapped,but most hospitals don’t have the funding to hire a trained staff to care for them properly.I would like to change that somehow.
At Ohio State University, admission into the physical therapist program is intensely competitive.
Now in the first two years of professional training, I could not be happier with my decision not to give up my dream.