Personal Narrative: My First Year Writing Requirements

As a transfer student going on the pre-med route, making sure that I’m on track to complete both my degree requirements and the prerequisites for medical school remains a constant challenge. My major in neuroscience is already course intensive and combined with my premed requirements, it becomes very hard to find space in my schedule to take classes in areas I would like to explore. Furthermore, since I’ll be going into my junior year without having yet completed my first year writing requirement, the need for summer classes is made ever more prevalent. Having said that, I would really like to take this summer to not only complete my first year writing requirement but also invest my time in one of the more difficult pre-medical courses such as biochemistry. In doing so, I will be able to allocate more of my effort into focusing on the educational process. Not to mention,
My dad recently lost his job and with my mom paying for the college tuition of both me and my sister, financial resources in my family are spread thin. Being the first generation in my family to attend college also means that I have to shoot for the moon and beyond. It’s about justifying that my parent’s sacrifices were worth it, that the countless hours spent in a searing kitchen, that the shifts that dragged into the wee hours of the morning and that the choice to spend their hard earned money on my education were all for something better. As such, since I can’t work full time, I would really like to ease the financial burden that college education is taking on them. A scholarship from LSA will allow me to further not only my educational dreams, but the aspirations that my parents have for me. By taking these summer classes under a scholarship, I can not only put my parents at ease, but also dedicate the time to really hunker down and focus on getting better grades for medical