The advice that was given to me about writing my personal statement is that whatever I wrote‚ it must be a statement that came directly from the heart. I’ve found that in order to do this‚ I must actually write about my heart. When I was born‚ doctors discovered that I had a ventricular septal defect. The defect needed to be repaired‚ or I would have been wheelchair-bound and not lived past my fifth birthday. The experience of my heart surgery was not only life-altering for me‚ but for my parents
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Fifteen years after graduating from medical school‚ I see myself as a virtuous neurosurgeon in a teaching hospital. I am certain that teaching the art of medicine is a meaningful‚ noble act that will be a pleasure to do. Even when I envisage it today‚ the notion of playing a role in the future of health care and specifically neurosurgery is a concept that thrills me. Ever since I have studied the nervous system in my freshman year psychology class‚ I have been amazed by it. I was intrigued to such
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I have chosen this particular program in the interest of expanding my creative medium on digital aspects of communications technology. I have had the opportunities to hear sharings from current RTA students‚ professors‚ and representatives about what the RTA program has to offer. This particular course has sparked my interest due to the sheer passion of creating something new to entertain people of all ages. The fact that students from different programs have the opportunity to collaborate at the
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I never seriously considered a career in technical writing until the SAP Technical Writer job posting illustrated how well my interests and strengths aligned with the demands of the job. Although I am technically a business student‚ I have two years of experience as a newspaper Arts editor‚ spent my first co-op term designing and writing internal communications for Scotiabank’s Global Transactional Banking department‚ and spent my second co-op term prospecting customers and developing marketing material
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At the Fashion Institute of Technology‚ I plan to accomplish numerous things‚ such as learning how to create paintings with different materials and innumerable delightful techniques. I relish using acrylic paints and watercolors. Many different materials are used in the fine arts curriculum. I believe that FIT will teach me not to give up and not to quit during a difficult task. The Fashion Institute of Technology can also help me realize my goal‚ which is to become a great artist. The curriculum
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I came to ATA because I’m in the Connect program and to take the fire rescue course here at the ATA. I choose fire rescue because I like to help people out in situations that they are facing in their life. Also‚ at the ATA‚ we do a lot of hands-on and verbal materials in the fire rescue course and pass all of the certifications to become a firefighter. My other goal is to go to Horry Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) for my Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). In a few years after I get my EMT
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From a young age I have always been very academically involved in and out of school. In second grade I began to participate in the gifted program for math and english. As part of the gifted program‚ I would not only complete my normal school work‚ but also create and present projects‚ such as powerpoints about my own interests or speeches based on topics assigned to us by our gifted coordinator. In second grade I began an advanced math program. Before I entered high school‚ not only had I already
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I first met osteopathy on a late night during a college presentation. I was introduced to a new philosophy on medical education and care directed toward the whole patient. This presentation implanted a seed of interest‚ which continued to grow rapidly throughout my college years. The planted seed continued to grow as I sought to shadow osteopathic physicians. I compiled references from friends‚ and later drove to a neighboring state to learn more about principles that seemed to align with my own
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As a high school senior I sat in my room trying to decide my future in a day among dozens of college pamphlets. Somewhere at the bottom of all of those brochures was one for Motlow State Community College. Not only was it at the bottom of my pile‚ but it was completely outside of my radar at the time. Now‚ so many months later‚ I am sitting in a room on the Motlow campus typing this. I never once imagined myself here. Nevertheless‚ attending this school and joining the honors program was one of the
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It might sound too naïve and optimistic‚ but my life goal is to contribute to the world peace through mindfulness. I thought about how I could make the biggest impact‚ and I got to a conclusion that I want to become a professor in psychology. That is why I want to be a a part of Dr. Brown’s Mindfulness Lab and pursue Ph.D program. You might wonder about my age‚ and here is the answer. I started my life in US as a cultural exchange student from Korea‚ which pushed a year back due to visa issue.
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