Introduction Essay

Anywhere from 5:30 to 6:30 I wake up. Bright teal floods my vision as the walls of my room begins to come into focus. Upon reaching consciousness, a song consumes my thoughts as it sets the pace for my day, sparking multiple trails of thought which quickly become a knot of the endless concerns and excitements of my world. I am Kelsey. To sum me up in one word is a pretty hard feat to accomplish, but your best bet would be “random”. There are simply not enough hours in the day to contain all the many things that I want to do. At the given moment, it would seem easier to list the things I don’t do. I love music and am very involved in music. Golf is, by far, one of my favorite sports. Engineering has always been interesting to me, so I’m majoring in Biomedical Engineering. I also am a senior in high school at the moment going through the Fast Start Program.
Music is a very powerful thing. It can completely make your day. Music has always amazed me and made me want to recreate it. I am in band and chorus and have played the flute competitively for 8 years, even making IMEA District this last fall. Recently, I performed in a local church performance of Godspell and sang “Light of the World”. I also am one of the vocalists in Driven, a Christian rock band. As soon as I saw the band perform last year, I knew that it was probably one of the best groups of incredibly talented people that I’d met. I had to be a part of it, therefore I auditioned.
Golf is not just for grandparents. The summer before I started 8th grade, I took golf lessons and met my best friend. I have been golfing ever since, being on the golf team at my high school Freshman through Junior year. (A crowded schedule and too much distance from the school left me unable to join the team this year.)
When I grow up, I want to be a Biomedical engineer. As part of this engineering field, I will not only take classes specially for Biomedical engineers, but also all the technical classes for all the other engineering majors and add medical classes to it. All that work eventually leads to the ability to design anything from prosthetics to pacemakers. For the last few years, I’ve really been considering engineering as my uncle is a mechanical engineer. That decided it. I wanted to be an engineer. Then I went to Engineering Camp at the Milwaukee School of Engineering where I learned a bit more about each major and discovered Biomedical Engineering.
As a student in the Fast Start Program, I am a senior in high school going to ICC full-time in order to receive high school and college credit and to advance my education to prepare myself for Engineering school. So far, I love it. College is just generally an exciting thing! Being able to leave Midland for good doesn’t hurt, either. It’s not a bad school, it’s just really small (66 in my year), so things get old really fast, at least socially. Either way, engineering school altogether is the plan.
In an average day, eventually these will work themselves in somehow. Even though I’m no longer on my high school golf team, I still love it and try to keep up with it. Music has always and will always be a passion of mine, so that’s not leaving anytime soon, either. Engineering’s going to take a while to get going with, but I’ve already started and can’t wait to get farther. Fast Start is the way that I managed to be here, and I’m proud to be a part of it. Nonetheless, I’m excited to be a part of this class and am ready to get going with it!