College Admissions Essay: My Interest In Biomedical Engineering

I could sense that she had news other than a closing statement of “your daughter is fine and it’ll pass” kind of thing. She looked at me with a blank facial expression that could only convey discouraging news. “You have general anxiety disorder” she said in a sympathetic nature. The pity she felt she had to give me for this diagnosis had my emotions reeling. Mental illness customarily infers that you’ve lost it in the head, right? As she went on to talk to my mom about medication I zoned off into my own thoughts of society stereotyping me to be a mental case and doomed to an asylum sooner or later.

Unlike other medical students, I never had one particular defining moment that changed my life but from a very young age I had set myself to becoming a doctor, but not just any doctor, a surgeon. Therefore, instead of just one determining event, many events helped propel my dream, with medical school being the beginning of much more I hope to achieve.

Growing up I seen my mom, aunts, uncles and grandfather struggle with the death of my grandmother. Everyday there was a new struggle whether it was getting up to go to work or eat. My grandmother died of breast cancer at the age of fifty two, it devastated my family. The question asked “Is why do I want to go into the medical field?” I want to go into the medical field because I want to be able to make a difference in this world. I want to do research to cure chronic diseases, I want to be able to tell a family that everything will be alright, and I want to be able to save a family the devastation that my family felt.

Next year, I plan to major in Computer Engineering and begin a career helping make the world a better place through innovative technology. I realized my talents for math and sciences during freshman year of high school, and remember the exact moment I knew engineering was meant for me. While exploring the engineering shop at my vocational technical high school, the teacher showed my class a video of MIT students designing prosthetic limbs for amputees. It was then that I realized I could use my love of math and science to really help people.

After taking AP Chemistry, I knew that I wanted to study chemistry in college. I also have been a very inquisitive person my whole life, wondering why things are and how things worked. My inquisitive nature and love of chemistry is why chemical engineering appeals to me. I am drawn to Biomedical engineering due to its application of both chemistry and biology to solve medical problems. Doing a complete 360, I am interested in art history, because not only do I find art fascinating, but I also find it mesmerizing how artists visually represent and were inspired by the world around them.

medical field. Biology, my science of choice, always piqued my curiosity time after time. I was enamored with the

find my niche. I went from wanting to be a doctor to a nurse and eventually landed on an

In conclusion, people should never give up and take the easy path. Even though a lot of

The defining moment where one realizes their unique service to this world is a great feat. When one finds that purpose, they should fulfill it. In 2007, a moment that has left an indelible stain in my mind, my father who was once a tall strong man, was then lying helplessly, while his eyes rolled backwards. It was a terrifying moment which would later become a defining moment. A seizure which later revealed an atypical grade 4 astrocytoma, peaked my previous interest in oncology.

My junior year I took Honors Human Anatomy which quickly became an interest that called me to change my career from nursing to physical therapy in less than a month. The human body’s ability to adapt, heal, and change intrigued me from day one of the class. My passionate teacher created a learning environment that facilitated me to question the job that I would pursue for my whole life. I had the opportunity to dissect a cat in this class. Students were able to look at muscle and major structures, Having this changed perspective of life caused me to reevaluate my outlook on human life. I do not think that the intended purpose of the class was to prompt life altering material, however this was the effect on me. I also got injured that year while

Medicine is an ever-changing and improving field of study that consists of a variety of specialized parts and various aspects. There are always diseases, conditions, and health-related problems around the world. Despite the improvements in medicine, treatment, and hygiene, people are still losing their lives to diseases. The complexity of the human body fascinates me because I think it is an amazing factory consisting of different components from large body systems to every individual microscopic cell that all work together. They all have functions, and it is unbelievable how they all come together to encompass each and every individual. Much like cells, tissues, and organs of the body, every individual has an active role in society.

The last few years of high school made it obvious to me that engineering was the field I should go into. Physics and math were my two favorite subjects, and I excelled in them. Aside from that, I learned many leadership and time management

walked up the stairs, to the large podium. Bright lights blinded me, anxiety took over, I was shaking.

I am interested in pursuing a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering because I find its unique mix of engineering and biological sciences very intriguing. It is a thriving field with great potential for research and also an increasing number of applications in today's world of medicine and technology. Technology that was available a decade or two ago was not nearly as advanced as it is today. With the newest developments in the field of Biomedical Engineering, so many more lives can be improved and saved. Who would not want to be a part of that?

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