I pick a word at the start of every new year and set it as my intention for the year. My intention for 2017 is resilience. This year‚ I took my intention a step further and rather than relying solely on my own thoughts and beliefs about resilience‚ I started to interview friends and family about how they see resilience in their own lives. As my understanding continues to take shape‚ I am reminded of moments of resilience in my own life. My interest in service learning has taken me from studying
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vital to the success that I will achieve in the future. I want to go to a university that will help build up my faith and encourage my walk with Christ; ACU definitely fits the criteria‚ instead of a school that will try to consistently break down my personal faith with a man’s philosophy‚ a secular university. The research I have done over Abilene Christian University has intrigued more than any other universities have. For example‚ I was researching ACU’s nursing program and I came across the stories
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ethics and how decisions I make may affect my outcomes. This exercise made me look at myself as if through someone else’s eyes by showing me my preferred ethical lens‚ blind spot‚ strengths and weaknesses‚ my values‚ and the resulting behaviors. My personal preferred lens is ‘Rights – Responsibility and Results Lens’. Stating I balance my reasoning skills and intuition to determine how to complete my duties while achieving the greatest good for each individual. Looking at myself in that light‚ I can
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In all areas of science and most areas of life‚ a fundamental and logical understanding has seemed to be the only form of understanding that I can fully accept. Mathematics embodies this‚ which is why I find the subject so stimulating and why I aim to study it at university. I have found maths to be an extremely elegant subject‚ particularly Calculus and Proof by Induction. I still find the fundamental concept of taking an infinitely small section of a parabola to allow the gradient to be constant
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for the subject grew as I read his books and watched documentaries‚ such as Planet Earth. I am particularly interested in the animal behaviour aspect of the course‚ along with biodiversity and taxonomy‚ which I have covered in A-level biology. A personal interest in conservation resulted in my joining WWF. I am also a member of one of the top zoos in the UK‚ Chester Zoo where I am a regular visitor. This is not only a leisure activity but has become a way to further develop my interest in zoology
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Since last year I donned a cap and gown of my alma mater’s colors and said goodbye to my undergraduate career. Although graduating was a joyous and momentous occasion‚ the first few words on the letter from the admissions office quickly humbled me. However‚ this setback reaffirmed my passion for people and my fascination with the human body‚ and I knew I had to fight harder. It was quite unusual but in my moment of discouragement I found solace in a silly movie quote. Rocky Balboa screamed at me
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Growing up as a Type One Diabetic‚ I was very familiar with doctors and medications. I was used to routine doctor visits and experienced first hand the different forms of treatment available. This personal experience strongly influenced my fascination with different medications and how they work. As a teenager I would read the patient information packets and try to understand the mechanisms involved. I’m certain that this contributed to my interest in healthcare and science and led me to become
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My grandfather has been my greatest source of inspiration‚ who rendered his services as a family physician till the age of 95. He used to recount the excitement of using Penicillin for the first time in India back in 1944 for a child afflicted with pneumonia which worked like a miracle. I incorporate this enthusiasm for medicine. I have been particularly fascinated with the subject of Immunology during my medical school as it seems to have a role in most of the medical problems that are encountered
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I want to enter the field of dietetics because I am allured by the parallel relationships between nutrition and disease. Dietetics encompasses a wide variety of scientific and holistic details that continues to keep me fascinated. To start‚ nutrition education was cultivated by my family along with the vast cultural and agricultural exposures growing up in Southern California. My parents had immense pride in teaching me about the synergistic relationships between nature‚ man and the processes
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Having someone in your life to help guide and push you toward your goals is a blessing‚ especially when that person Is someone you admire or look up to‚ someone you would call a mentor. I never really thought I would have a mentor‚ but I also never thought I would be able to reach my goal so early. I remember the day I met my mentor - I was terrified! I had applied for a trade school in the field of cosmetology. I was in the 10th grade and the program started Junior Year. Mrs.Montello which was the
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