grade I became heavily involved in my schools STEM program who specialized in Medical Skills and partook in HOSA state competitions. All my life I had shown an intense liking for helping others therefore medicine seemed as my calling and once joining STEM my interests in the medical field grew deeper and deeper as well as my passion for leadership. So when the chance to compete in the HOSA competition came about I jumped at the chance to win an award for my school. I teamed up with 3 other girls and
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work in the dental field. For that reason‚ it was a surprise for me that Dental field was not the unique career which corresponds with my interest and personality type. Even though Dental Hygiene was not in my top ten strong occupations‚ it fit in the first two of five top interest areas according to the Strong Interest Inventory. While doing my research‚ I understand the difference between an associate degree and a bachelor degree. For instance‚ I did not know that to become a dental hygienist in
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Growing up‚ two things in my household were certain: mathematics and baseball. Being the son of a mathematics and statistics professor‚ the subjects themselves were never in short supply; however‚ it was not the immediate exposure of statistics that instilled my love for the science; it was baseball. Every summer‚ my dad was the coach for the legion baseball team‚ and when I myself was not playing‚ I helped keep the book for my dad’s team. Baseball is one of those sports that is incredibly statistics
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UC Personal Statement Growing up as a child I never really had worries. The only worry I had was who would beat me to the monkey bars during recess. I had what I like to call the most boisterous childhood I could ever ask for. No problems seemed to head my direction. Obviously‚ I was a child what could possibly go wrong? Young kids don’t actually start understanding certain things until they are about 11 or 12 years of age‚ but me I knew the exact words that came out of the lady I would call my
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Pell Grant. Learning has been a lifelong passion of mine‚ thanks to the adult influences in my life‚ but my path has been a rocky one. I needed special intervention in school. I was unorganized‚ struggled with graphic learning (maps‚ math‚ Social Studies)‚ and worked extra hours to attain the skills I needed to survive in school. None of the influential adults in my life attended college‚ but a set of encyclopedias taught me that they valued education tremendously. My mother used these encyclopedias
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When I was little‚ a pen and paintbrush was always in my hand. I loved to doodle anywhere I could; on walls‚ floors‚ and countertops. I couldn’t say my ABC’s or count to 10‚ but with a box of markers my imagination was endless. In grade school‚ my teachers couldn’t keep me from drawing simple flowers and hearts all over my papers. Until I was finally in a subject that put my skills and talents to use: science. I love science because it is everywhere‚ constantly changing‚ and allows me to be ambitious
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and have a good understanding on a cellular level of organisms (plants and animals). I am a negotiator and prefer to work in teams‚ paying close attention to everyone’s opinion and making decisions accordingly. I have studied all three sciences at school level and because Biology was the subject I was very much interested in is what has compelled me to pursue a career in a Biology related field. At level 3 I am studying an Access to HE Diploma in which I am studying all the main sciences like Biology
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students to see if I would qualify; I did. For the next three I saw no difference between myself and the other students. My report card might have said that I was GT but I certainly never felt like it. However‚ this completely changed when I entered high school. During my sophomore year I noticed that my schedule had something call SRD (Scientific Research and Design). I was not very enthusiastic at all
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Modern society faces the problem of the repression of individuality in favor of a collective identity. However‚ at the University of Chicago‚ students are dedicated to creating and maintaining a prosperous environment built upon diversity and individual passion. At UChicago‚ I would be able to explore my passion for physics alongside various other aspects of my individual identity. It is this ability and the freedom to explore my own identity and intellectual pursuits that draw me closer and closer
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iOLLIVER JACKSON UCAS ID: 1112205288 INTERVIEW DATE: 27/11/2013 ALTERNATIVE PERSONAL STATEMENT – BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES The human body is fascinating. It is astounding the way in which we are beginning to understand how our own complex infrastructure works‚ including the composition and function of each individual cell and molecule. The variety of specialities within Biomedical Sciences‚ such as genetics and neuroscience‚ is one of the main reasons I chose this degree. The human body is an intelligent
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