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Baking Personal Statement

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Since the age of 6, I have explored various techniques of baking. This has sparked my interest in science because I am consistently baffled by how I can take a few raw ingredients and when combined with heat, transform them into a multitude of edible masterpieces. To me, baking is to chemistry as science is to medicine. The more I tried to perfect the product, the more I had to understand the ingredients which led to my appreciation of chemistry and how it is relevant in our lives and our bodies.
Being a proud Roman Catholic has spurred me on to understand myself, as a human being, and it helped me realize that medical school will be the combination of this learning and appreciation of the marvels of our human body. Thus, it became a clear choice for me to study biology in college to get me prepared for medical school. Coupled with this fascination, was the realization that I have the capacity and desire to help the young and the old, which is evident through the volunteering services I have been taking part in as an active member of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), a ministry on campus. I participated in a retreat with the Sisters of Life, attended a FOCUS Student Leadership Summit (SLS18) in …show more content…

Having lived in Singapore for sixteen years, I was never exposed to the idea of an individual having gluten intolerance, or not being able to consume dairy or soy products. It was only after emigrating to the United States in the summer of 2013, and learning that my eight-year-old cousin had been missing out on desserts because his diet strictly restricted the consumption of gluten, dairy, and soy products, that I found the desire to cater my baking towards the health needs of family and friends to suit their respective dietary needs. Through the process of doing so, I began to realize that my call was not just to nourish the body, but to heal as

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