Your academic goals can include such topics as graduating with a particular major, getting accepted to a particular institution, obtaining a 4.0 GPA, serving in student government or eventually getting a graduate degree. When writing about school goals, show the reader how your academic aims will prepare you for your career ambitions. Explain how you plan to reach these objectives and what you have already done to accomplish them. Your analysis should include related experiences, skills and knowledge that lead you to set these goals.