Biology Personal Statement

Beginning next year, I plan on double majoring in Environmental Science and Biology, and I want a career in Conservation and/or Biodiversity. YCC is an ideal opportunity because it enables me to involve myself in activities oriented towards my career. Because I am dually enrolled in my high school and Western Kentucky University, I have benefitted from many opportunities to discover my passions and pursue Biology. I am currently involved in Undergraduate Biology Research and have completed several biology courses ranging from Anatomy and Physiology to Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity in Costa Rica. Because of my favorable academic circumstances, I have had many opportunities in the field of biology, but I have obtained fewer experiences in Environmental issues. However, I am still passionate about the environment, and especially lifestyle changes that would reduce detriments to the Earth.

My academic career is based on the sciences, especially chemistry and biology. Throughout my childhood, I have been greatly exposed to the sciences. My mother was a nurse practitioner in a rural clinic, which was connected to our house. Consequently, the clinic became my playground and the stethoscopes became my toys. Therefore, I was always interested in how the body worked and what affected our health.

​Ever since I was a child, I have loved science. I learned at a young age to always keep asking questions and to never settle with just simply not knowing something. The thought of how everything works on a molecular level never ceases to fascinate me. I have other interests spanning multiple fields, but none can compare to my love of science. I quite enjoy being in the labs and getting to do experiments to uncover answers that were otherwise unknown to me. It is that curiosity and interest that keeps my fascination towards the realm of science strong.

I am interested in environmental studies as a potential major and want to learn more about this field in a professional setting. Through my Human Evolution, Environmental Science, and AP Biology courses, I have become familiar with ecology and evolution. While the Community-Based Ecology in the Galápagos project looks at these fields from a philosophical standpoint, it will provide me with practical experience and invaluable insights as I decide my major and future career path

Biomed Academy at my high school will be the most contributing factor to attain my goal. This academy has changed my perspective about medicine career. I have gained tons of knowledge from BioMed academy in these high school years. This will help me to attain my goal, because the knowledge gained from this academy will help me to be a successful medical professional. The principle of Health Science, Health Science, CNA, psychology, Biology, and anatomy and physiology are classes that prepared me to be an eligible Pre-Med applicant. I have learned from the basic structures of the body to the complex structure of the body, and from classroom to hands-on experience at the rehabilitation center. These years in BioMed Academy will help me to attain

The way the human body has perfectly adapted to survive in this world is beyond miraculous, it is made up of many diverse systems which work together to keep us alive and healthy without us being physically aware of what processes are taking place inside us. Moreover survival and the combat of illnesses present in the human body is solely reliant on the biomedical sciences, which has fuelled my desire to expand my knowledge of life on a wider, biological level and to pursue a career in biomedical science.

My first substantial step toward making a career out of my interests was by volunteering at the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration. When I was a sophomore at Tolland High School in Connecticut, I applied for the position as a docent because I wanted to learn more and with the standardized curriculum of high school I wasn’t able to do that in school alone. At the Aquarium I was responsible for providing an educational and inspiring environment for interactions between guests and animals. As a docent I gave presentations about almost every animal located in the aquarium, my favorite being the shark touch tank, and a few regarding the Titanic and its discovery by NOAA’s own

Although nature is truly a fundamental part of this earth, for most people it simply goes unnoticed. Growing up so close to wildlife has allowed me to see and experience this world in a unique perspective. Where others see a forest or a lake, I see a diverse ecosystem teaming with life. Even when looking at individual plants, details are apparent to me that others fail to notice.

Many people have had a moment where they encounter something extraordinary that will change a part of them forever. A moment where you are engaged in nothing else but finding your passion and making a career out of it. From that instant on you inspired to start the journey of education in order to accomplish your goals. For me, this moment was when I was accepted into the High School Lake Ecology (HSLE) summer program at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL. HSLE was a three week program where me and twenty-three other high school students, who were selected from 400 other applicants, would study for a week at the Shedd, create a research project of our own, and then travel to the Apostle Islands, WI, to collect our own data while kayaking from

What drew me to Biology is the human anatomy, especially how scientific advancements over the years have allowed the human body to overcome biological obstacles such as diseases and viruses, which once could have eradicated the human race. However due to the brilliance of individuals and scientific advancement we are able to survive and become stronger as a race. The decision to study biomedical sciences is a result of my desire for Science especially Chemistry and Biology. The topics within these subjects such as mitosis and the cardiovascular system, looking at how the heart is specially adapted and never fatigues due to the cardiac muscle.

Wonderment, curiosity, and prying for knowledge; these are feelings that every child experiences at one point or another. For my childhood self, it was biology that fueled those innate feelings of fascination. Biology has always been a topic of interest to me, from when I was a little kid to this day, biology consistently amazed and continues to amaze me. Ever since I was a just a kid, I knew I wanted to go into the field of science. I looked up to science greats like Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Charles Darwin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Isaac Newton.

I’m interested in a career in the medical field and health care services, but I am undecided whether I want to practice medicine or go into medical research. With this program, I explore the research side of the medical field. Since I was young, I have been fascinated by the seemingly endless possibilities in genetics and stem cells, but more specifically, their application to the human body. Studying the countless diseases and birth defects, genetic therapies and manipulation of stem cells reveals the endless potential to improve health care. From treating predisposition to diseases and cancer to growing new organs, the fields of genetics and stem cells is growing quickly, and I want to join and help advance them.

I have always been interested in the world around me, and how everything works, and as a child my most frequent question was "why?" Growing up watching my grandmother succumb to illnesses related to the neurological disorder Ataxia led me once again to ask the question why? As I researched the condition my interest in biomedical sciences piqued. I find the combination of practical experimentation and theoretical consideration particularly interesting, predominantly in molecular biochemistry, as it is far more challenging to investigate that which cannot be seen with the naked eye. What I found stimulating was aspects of cellular biology and biochemistry covered in studying biology and chemistry, and how the body works as an intricate and efficient system. What was exceptionally fascinating was what happens when things go wrong.

With a strong interest in medicine, I continued my study at the University of California, Davis with a biology major and emphasized my classes in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior science. I wanted to have some knowledge about health care system so I began an internship in the health clinic. I wanted to get a better understanding of the drugs and its effects on human body so I started working as a Clinical Research Coordinator. Through my research experience my vocabulary of human diseases, medicals tests; imaging techniques and diagnostic procedures was extensively polished. The research work gave me an ultimate experience in discovery process and appreciation for the biomedical

Background Despite having studied a range of scientific topics, I have developed a strong interest in biology over the course of my studies to date, particularly ecology and evolutionary biology. This interest began as a result of engrossing palaeontology modules I participated in during the last two years of my undergraduate degree, which covered the history of life from its earliest forms over half a billion years ago right up to the modern era. This study of the change of life over vast scales of time proved fascinating. In addition, the zoology module I was taking at the same time covered the biological aspects of evolution (as opposed to the palaeontology module's geological focus), which strengthened my interest. Although I specialised in earth science during my undergraduate, I took some years out to consider my future plans, which led to my return to university to pursue a Master’s degree in evolutionary biology.