Ap Essay Prompts

It all started in the 4th grade. That’s when I knew that being in the medical field is what I’ve always wanted to do. This day, my 4th grade teacher gave us an assignment while learning science. We were specifically learning about the heart and it’s 4 chambers. This subject, I remember, was so captivating and fascinating for me. I soaked in all the information I got from this class extremely easily. It was unlike any of the other classes that I have taken thus far. Math, literature and history were not subjects that I thought were very interesting for me but science was something that I especially excelled in. As the years went by I learned that I was especially had an interest in forensics. The ability to see the open body one-on-one in the fashion that forensics get to have contact with a body was more than interesting for me. So at the age of 12, I decided that forensics was what I was gonna put my mind to.

While shadowing physician assistants, I volunteered at The Mustard Seed Medical Missions, a nonprofit organization that provides medical care to those with financial hardships. My first day there I got to meet the staff who made it all happen – the two women who worked the front desk who answered phones and organized patient files, the nurse who manually took blood pressure and did a review of why the patient was attending, the phlebotomist who took blood in even the smallest of veins to run labs, the translator

National Association of Letter Carriers’ “HELP STAMP OUT HUNGER” Food Drive: Saturday, May 14, 2006

Money: If you only donate $2.03, it helps provide: -hot meals and care -safe and shelter -

Our nation is a first world country, yet poverty is still a universal dilemma faced in modern society. I would not have ever expected a human being to suffer from such horrific circumstances because even though I do not live in the wealthiest community, impoverished citizens are not as prevalent as they are in the city. I have watched films and television shows with poverty as the centralized theme, however, I did not take it seriously until I had the opportunity to witness it in its true form. Through my work with the Upward Bound program, I had the opportunity to volunteer at a homeless shelter known as the Hannah House during my weekend at the Wanda Hendricks-Bellamy Student Leadership Conference.

Poverty has many faces, it can be the sad face of a little girl that sits next to your child in class who doesn’t have enough money to buy lunch again, the woman with a haunted stare, standing next to you on the elevator who has an overdrawn bank account and the bank is threatening to foreclose, and it could even be the family of five that lives next door that doesn’t have enough money to put supper on the table again tonight. There is the pleading veteran dressed in dirty rags on the street holding a sign stating “will work for food”, the newlywed husband, working for minimum wage and doesn’t have enough money left from his paycheck to buy formula and diapers after paying the rent, and the sullen single mom who has just received her notice of eviction due to non-payment of rent. Poverty can happen anywhere at any time and to any person.

Throughout my numerous years in grade school, science had always been a subject that fascinated me. In my mind, I always knew that I wanted to pursue a career dealing with science, but I was unsure of which aspect that I wanted to pursue. However, during my senior year in high school I was allowed to select the science course that I took that year and due to my curiosity for the functions of the human body, anatomy was a no brainer. As I got deeper and deeper into the anatomy course, I became more and more fascinated and knew that I had found my passion; the human body and the functions of the numerous parts. It was in this course that I began to understand what was happening to some of my loved one's bodies as they tried to fight cancer, an idea which I was completely unfamiliar with at the time.

The medical field has sparked an interest in my love for science, pretty much since I began my academic career. The constant advancements and the touching stories of individuals that have undergone life changing circumstances, have inspired me to pursue a career as a nurse and then continue my education to later become a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon.

Fast forwarding these views of poverty, all of society experienced a collapse of economic stability. Jobs were no longer available, individuals were forced to migrate into slums and the socioeconomic classes all experienced poverty in what is seen as the worst case of poverty in America to date, The Great Depression. In this time, the picture of poverty was that of families living in filth, on streets and in run-down vehicles, women washing clothes in buckets, rodents and people looking for the same crumbs. It was a time where individuals of all walks of life experienced what society felt was defined as extreme poverty. Today, we tend to view our past history in awe and disbelief that individuals lived in such a destitute manner and this in turn influences how poverty is

Last school year I decided to take a course on Advanced Anatomy to receive science credits. Little did I know it would the best class ever. Anatomy has helped me confirm my interest in focusing on the medical field in college, specifically nursing. We learned about the majority of the body systems, with the skeletal system and the brain being my favorite. The outline of the body and the many tasks of the brain were my favorite things to learn and study. When it was time to dissect, I was hesitant, but I soon learned that I very much enjoyed looking at the body and where things were located. When the time came to choose classes for senior year, I realized that AP Psychology was available. Taking this course allowed me to further my interest

To me, poverty is not just lacking monetary means. To me, poverty is a place. It is a place where children arrive at school with empty stomachs. It is a place where aspirations are pushed to the curb with the weekly trash. It is a place where families are trapped in a vicious cycle. You cannot find this place at any single point on the map, but at many points all over the globe. Living in one of these communities opened my eyes to the needs and wants of humans more than ever before.

My academics have always been a strong point throughout my life, but the one subject I've always struggled in was Science. Despite this difficulty I faced towards Science I developed a strong love for the whole subject. For years I jumped between various types of sciences, trying to find what I loved. My first love was astrology, I dreamed of space and then stars. Then I became infatuated with Paleontology, even doing an internship at Dinosaur Ridge where I got first-hand experience of what paleontology would be like. But finally, in my high school biology class, I came across Anatomy and Physiology, and I've been entranced ever sense. I took my schools AP Biology class, and it was the hardest, most demanding class I've ever taken. But I loved the subject, learning about the amazing abilities of the human body, and passed the classes AP test with a 4.

My interest started in elementary school, because of the teachers who enhanced my passion for science. In elementary school, I never thought about turning my passion into an actual career; that didn’t happen until high school. Science always intrigued me, from the never-ending science fair projects to research projects. Georgetown University’s Masters’ program in Biotechnology/ BioScience will continue to enhance my passion for science, but will also enhance my other passion in health related professions. Throughout my life, I loved science and health, but more so, the satisfaction of putting someone’s well being before my own.

Medicine how I see it is not just the study of the most developed and organized system in the universe - beside the universe itself - which is the human body, it is also a noble quest of dedication and commitment to improve the lives of others, and satisfy the thirst for knowledge we all have, and that’s why I have decided to dedicate myself to studying medicine and having a remarkable career in it.

Biology has always been my favorite subject while in high school. I am interested in this subject because it gives information on the human body. It shows you how our body reacts and the