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Perry Outreach Personal Statement

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I am interested in participating in the Perry Outreach Program to further explore my interests in medicine and engineering. I have always been interested in pursuing a career in medicine. When I was in middle school, I was interested in neurosurgery, and in high school I became interested in cardiovascular surgery. To further explore these interests, I went to MUSC to shadow Dr. Nicole Cain last summer to see if a job in medicine was the right fit for my career interests. Dr. Cain let me observe her and other cardiologists at MUSC for a week. I learned all about the basics of her job, the surgeries they were performing, and the resident students even began testing me on the things they had taught me throughout the week. That week was probably …show more content…

After taking two years of calculus and traveling to Tanzania with globalbike to deliver bikes to women in rural villages, I have realized how much I love math and how much I would love to utilize my math and science skills to aid third world countries. I have recently been struggling to find a job/major that incorporates aspects of both engineering and medicine on a global level. Until I discovered the Perry Initiative I did not think this was possible. A Job in orthopedics appears to fit my interests perfectly. I would like to attend the Perry Outreach Program to learn more about orthopedics and the influence it has on society; the hands on activities this program provides would be exceptionally beneficial in presenting me with an overview of orthopedics and bio-mechanical engineering. I believe that there is no better way to learn about my interests than participating in hands-on experiments, which is exactly what the Perry Outreach Program provides. Even though this program is only one day, it would provide me with the same opportunity I was given this summer—further assisting me in finding the career path that best fits my many

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