You briefly met with a college recruiter last week, and you reviewed a number of questions to ask about colleges. This must have gotten you thinking about your future, so tell us about it: Without any strict requirements, write about your expectations, goals, fears, concerns, questions that you have concerning your future in college. Additionally, now that you know that recruiters want to hear about you and your intellectual interests and pursuits, how do you think being an aware Academic Leader will give you an advantage when applying to the college of your choice? 

Last week, during a class of Academic Leadership, we had the thankful opportunity to meet an actual college recruiter who came directly from the United States and gave us a fifty-minute speech on the school she works for, Baldwin-Wallace University in Ohio. As it must have occured to many of my peers, her discussion did get me thinking about my own academic future.

I've never actually decided where I wanted to go study after my graduation. All that I have understood about my future is that if I cannot become a football player, I at least want to stay in that area but as a journalist. I'd love that job as it unifies two of my passions: soccer and writing. I also think I'd have a great advantage if I do get to follow this dream career, as I am a polyglot, speaking English, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese all satisfactorily. Unfortunately, the only problem of this is that I'd have to choose a language in which to specialize in, and that isn't always an easy task. Recently, though, I have been  thinking about writing in Spanish, as it is my favorite language to write in, and one of the most fluent I can write in. All this would mean an eventual shift to Spain. I sincerely would like this, even though all the negative remarks my peers give me about how "you have to go to the States or England". To that I say NO. I'll go where ever I feel will make me succeed in life, and I believe a university in Spain will do, as all I want to do is write about sports. My only fears about this would where to stay. In Europe, there aren't many schools that offer dorms, so that would be a complication. For now, though, I don't want to think about these matters so much, because in four years it can all change, I can change.

I think being an Academic Leader is something important when applying to a college. This can also depend, though. It can be difficult to demonstrate your skills as an Academic Leader in simply one sit-down interview with a recruiter. Even though with this complication, it is still important to become an Academic Leader for several reasons; for example, you will be ready to guide yourself and peers to success. An academic leader is able to organize his life as a college student to make it productive and successful.