Ever since my childhood‚ I have exhibited an innate desire to help others. I was the type of kid who loved to help and give to others. I would help anybody who asked for it. Whenever we had food drives at school I was eager to participate‚ and help feed the homeless. I found that helping others is very rewarding experience. Even though I grew up in an impoverished neighborhood‚ I realized there were people who were less fortunate than I was. Consequently‚ I often thought about different ways I could
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I would like to work with Dr. Fulks‚ because of the research he has done with regards to gerontology and Alzheimer’s disease. This interests me because now that I am taking an introductory course‚ I see that gerontology would be something I see myself pursuing when I graduate from Barton. I would like to do research with Gerontology because older people interest me and I feel that I will be able to help care for and connect with them. In addition to my passion for helping older individuals‚ my grandfather
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I want to be a member of the Heritage Grove Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society because I believe that I display good leadership skills‚ citizenship‚ character and service to my community. I believe that my leadership skills are exceptional for a person my age. In classroom activities‚ I enjoy being in charge of projects and assignments. Many of my teachers throughout the years have told me that I have great leadership skills. In my soccer team‚ I was voted by my peers to be co-captain and
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Bioengineered tissue‚ brain-powered prosthetic limbs‚ three-dimensional printed body parts: what used to be considered science fiction has now become our genuine reality. Mae Jemison describes science fiction as something that “helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores‚ using science as the backdrop‚ as the gamechanger.” With continuous advancements in medical technology‚ ideas that were strictly fantasy are blending into actuality. Personally‚ I have
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Summer Sanders once said‚ “To be a champion‚ I think you have to see the big picture. It’s not about winning and losing; it’s about every day hard work and about striving to meet challenges. It’s about embracing the pain that you’ll experience and not be afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.” It has taken a lot of work to maintain a high-Grade Point Average (G.P.A). I was always told to be humble‚ work hard‚ and to be willing to give back to my community
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Scenario #4 Albert Einstein once said: “I do not believe in immortality of the individual‚ and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it”. This is one way to understand the definition of ethics. Naturally when a person is asked about the meaning of this word‚ the answers are always related to the term morality‚ which is practically true. In fact‚ ethics is a concept that a person uses in order to determine what is right or wrong; however‚ it differs
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“Whap!” A spiraling red dodge ball crashes into my face and suddenly I am awake. The outcries from the eighth-grade girls around me pull me back into the packed room full of 200 middle schoolers. As I look around I realize there is no place I would rather spend my Friday mornings than volunteering with somewhat smelly middle schoolers as a Campus Life leader. Here‚ I discovered my passion for working with middle school students. They helped me discover that I wanted to change my major from Elementary
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But what I really struggled with was the health conditions I was putting myself into. For ten days‚ I was working on my feet‚ serving food‚ cleaning‚ feeding‚ and then when I wasn’t doing all of that‚ I was walking around‚ exploring New York City! Now‚ while that does not sound bad or painful at
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My interest in neuroscience was sparked during my junior year in high school when I attended a series of talks on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with my father who has suffered from MS my entire life. These talks furthered my understanding of my father’s personal struggle with MS and provided my first in depth insight into neuroscience. Combining my firsthand understanding of the financial and emotional burden of debilitating neurological diseases with my newfound love for research lead me to the realization
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I have a strong interest in business management as I was influenced by my family’s business from a very young age. The motivation of choosing this course is that I know my families do not have any business education background and they did it without any stress. Because of the consequence‚ I would like to take this challenge course and be the third generation to take part of my family’s business. This challenging area has always fascinated me to study hard and to graduate from college in order to
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