How to Spent His Extra Time
Given the choice between spending an evening with friends and taking extra time for his schoolwork, Andy Klise admits he would probably 1 for the latter. It’s not that he doesn’t like to have fun; it’s just that his desire to excel 2 drives his decision-making process.
A 2001 graduate of Wooster High School and now a senior biology major at The College of Wooster, Klise acknowledges that he may someday have 3 thoughts about his decision to limit the time he has spent 4 , but for now, he is comfortable with the choices he has made. "If things had not 5 out as well as they have, I would have had some regrets," says Klise, who was a Phi Beta Kappa inductee as a junior. " But spending the extra time studying has been well worth the 6 . I realized early on that to be successful, I had to make certain 7 ."
8 the origin of his intense motivation, Klise notes that it has been part of his makeup for as long as he can remember. "I’ve always been goal 9 ," he says. " This internal drive has caused me to give my all 10 pretty much everything I do."
Klise 11 Wooster’s nationally recognized Independent Study (IS) program with preparing him for his next 12 in life: a research position with the National Institute of Health (NIH). "I am hoping that my IS experience will help me 13 a research position with NIH," says Klise. "The yearlong program gives students a chance to work with some of the nation’s 14 scientists while making the 15 from undergraduate to graduate studies or a career in the medical field."