Honors Science Personal Statement

I consider science as my playground where I question nature’s rules and break them to witness phenomena. The possibilities that science can offer and what scientists can conduct keeps my curiosity active in learning how I can be part of the science community. When I was informed that my mother was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, I struggled to support her emotionally and felt unknowledgeable about the disease and her treatment. To understand my mother’s treatment and how she healed, I challenged myself to excel in every AP science course my high school offered to learn the foundation of science. Throughout my science courses, I drowned many times because the concepts were demanding. However, my passion for science and my mother’s condition kept me striving on. After various science classes, I felt passion was not enough and wanted to expand my abilities in a health environment. This led me to volunteer at an

Science has always intrigued me. Therefore, being able to join the science honor society and explore its activities brings me euphoric joy. Joining the society would allow me acquire more knowledge about science. It would also provide me a platform where I can share my ideas on various topics in science. For my undergraduate degree, I plan on majoring in neuroscience as a stepping stone to medical school. I am curious about the brain and all its hidden potential that has yet to be explored by man. I am also interested in stem cells and their uses, and I would like to go into in-depth research about them for the science honor society project.

With these two subjects, I am able to gain a comprehensive view to the world that is not available in other subjects.

Before my undergraduate freshman year, I have been searching for a field that I would be passionate about. In the summer, I would participate in an event that can enhance my skills. Notably, the program called Joaquin-Bustoz Math-Science Honors Program (JBMSHP) increased my love for math and science. The students spend eight hours per day learning a math course. Using the mathematical contents, my teammate and I built up a research topic to work for the eight week of the program. Every day, many students stayed up until 2PM to complete over 75 math problems. If the homework was lower than an 80%, we would go to a night tutoring. The program was intense and nerve-wrecking. In the beginning, I was doubting myself if I could ever continue it until

Describe an interest or passion. How did you become interested in this area? What motivates your passion?

Science has always been my passion. It started before Science Center of Iowa preschool and flourished throughout high school, where I took advantage of every advanced science course and enrichment opportunity. When I began college, I fervently pursued the biological sciences. I was fascinated with disease mechanisms and the functions of the human body. I began working at the Iowa State University Clinical Veterinary Pathology Laboratory where I delved deeper

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.

In high school, I always looked forward to science class—Biology and Anatomy and Physiology the most. Life, creatures, and the science behind it fascinated me (and still does to this day). I was with classmates that did not have the greatest interests in science like I did, but it made me more motivated.

From my point of view, nobody can really be successful in anything without a positive attitude towards learning. I consider myself passionate about science because of my curiosity about new concepts, particularly in biology. For instance, last semester during the genetics unit, I really enjoyed working

The Honors College at Lone Star presents itself as an immense opportunity for me to truly exhibit the potential which I strive to exude. It provides not only convenience to my family and I, but reassurance that I can receive an honorary level of education just a few miles from home. As I traverse through high school, I always hold a subconscious idea of the future I wish to lead and the effort which it demands, but I never became discouraged by the years of education which I must accomplish. In fact, this factor only accelerates my ambition to excel in what several appear to be abandoning as of late: medicine.

The subject I am most intrigued to study is chemistry. Even before going into AP Chem my Junior year, I was intrigued with the subject. From going mad scientist with baking soda and vinegar to subscribing to chemistry YouTube channels. I guess this course tapped into my subconscious desire to know the unknown. Chemistry has taught me that there is so much more to our complex world, understanding that even the most straightforward of things can be elaborate. In this science I find my motivation to push the boundaries of my education.

My hobby is playing football , I learn the ability to work in a team for achieving a goal . Nevertheless , I encountered some difficulties in science , but I enjoy learning about chemistry and biology because once

I have always been interested in science and the way things work. My interest in the medical field started by the time I was in kindergarten. However, I was interested in being a veterinarian at that point in my life. I loved and still do love animals, but changed to wanting to be a human nurse when I was in middle school. I would always go to appointments with my grandparents and parents when I was younger. Watching blood work being taken and the way a doctor would contort an MRI always sparked an interest in me.

Since I was little, I had love for science. It is the subject that interest me because there’s too many interesting topics. Science make us wonder how things work and how the world was made. In science there 's too many hypotheses that can be made into proved theories. Now that I’m in college, it has only reassured to me that I do love science. I’m taking my Biology courses and they are so intriguing to me. One of my classes that I’m really enjoying right now is Biological evolution.

Mathematics and Sciences truly enchanted me because they governed everything around me. Participation in school competitions and other voluntary activates like Quizzes, games and cultural activities always demanded an innovative perspective in me. During those years, working of The Television I see, The Telephone I speak, The Music system I listen to fascinated me. It was in my high school that I could reason out that it is because of Electronics that makes these things possible that sealed my interest for higher