I started Freshman year with the vision that I would be able to get through my Freshman year alive - I was wary of the "bigger kids" and the fact that I had never stepped foot in high school.  Still, even in Freshman year I had a vision to get into my dream school (even if I didn't know what exactly that school was.)  I had a vision of success.

 

My vision for the rest of the year looks a lot like my vision during Freshman year.  I really want to get through it - frankly, I'm trying my best not to succomb to terminal senioritis.  Still, my ultimate vision is the same: to graduate high school, be successful at Northwestern, and go to medical school.

 

In four years, I want to have done well on the MCAT and be seeing my acceptance letters to medical school.  My vision, as far as I know, won't look too different from what it is today.

 

Dr. Ross's message for me was that I need to not just wait to "rev it up" until college; rather, it's important to get my vision straight during the last semester of college.  As I said before, it's getting hard to care about school, so this message really resonated with me.  I'm doing my best to "rev it up" and I hope I'll keep it up!  

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My artifact for this tab is Dr. Ross's speech.