Given the choice between spending an evening with friends and taking extra time for his schoolwork Andy Klise admits he would probably 41 to the latter. It"s not that he doesn"t like to have fun; it"s just that his desire to excel 42 drives his decision-making process.
A graduate of Wooster High School and now a senior biology major at the College of Wooster, Klise acknowledges 43 he may someday have 44 thoughts about his decision to limit the time he has spent 45 , but for now, he is 46 with the choices he has made. "If things had not 47 out as well as they have, I would have had some regrets," says Klise, who was a Phi Beta Kappa inductee as a junior." 48 spending the extra time studying has been well worth the 49 I realized early on that to be successful, I had to make certain 50 ."
51 the origin of his intense motivation, Klise notes that it has been part of his makeup for 52 he can remember. "I"ve always been goal 53 ," he says. "This internal 54 has caused me to give my all in pretty much everything I do." Klise 55 Wooster"s nationally recognized Independent Study (I.S.) program with preparing him for his next 56 in life: a research position with the National Institute of Health (NIH). "I am hoping that my I.S. experience will help me 57 a research position with NIH," says Klise. "The yearlong program gives students a chance to work with some of the nation"s 58 scientists while making the 59 from undergraduate to graduate studies or a(n) 60 in the medical field."