Pre-Med Personal Statement

I am drawn to family medicine by this same appreciation for humanism that is evident to me among practitioners in this field. I am similarly motivated and excited by the intellectual challenges, scope, and meaningfulness offered by a career in family medicine. I strive to join a residency program that will provide rigorous clinical training among a diverse patient population while offering extensive resident responsibility for patient care. I believe that a family medicine residency program will inspire me to excel and arm me with the tools I need to achieve my future goals. Upon completion of residency, I aim to devote myself to serving the underserved while dedicating time to conducting research and participating in community and medical

I come from a small rural town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. My hometown is split down the middle by a set of railroad tracks. On the north side, one can find pristine neighborhoods, newer schools, most doctors’ offices, and the only hospital in town. The south side of the town stands as a stark contrast. On the south side, you no longer find the wealthy neighborhoods but rather dilapidated and condemned homes and housing projects. One seems to find abandoned buildings on every corner, many inhabited by those that have lost their homes. Limited help is coming for those who need it, mostly through churches and volunteer programs targeting the underserved. Many doctors, dentists, and nurses are giving their time and resources to help

The physics about a baseball seemed like a very interesting topic to me because I have been playing baseball ever since I was about 4 years old. Since I played for a very long time and watched a decent amount of the game on the television I already had a general idea of the physics of a baseball. Although, I had a good idea of the physics behind the game of baseball I had never done an example using the the actual the equations. It was very cool to actually know the mathematics on how a pitcher threw a baseball. The mathematics on a curveball were a little harder for me because I wasn’t familiar with the equations I had to look up so I tried to find some way to solve the problem with the equations we had learned over the course of the semester.

Just as the piano was my way to get my need for music out, the teacher I found was my resource to release this fire from my heart. My sophomore year I had found several basic equations and worked on them relentlessly into the night until I could work no more. After I had made several discoveries, I was stuck so I went to the AP Physics teacher Mr.Reif who was very impressed with my work considering I had no Physics experience at all. Eventually I had to limit my thoughts to just mathematics problems but I have such a burning desire for more. He saw my raw desire for more and invited me to join AP Physics even though I had not taken the introductory class. he had also encouraged that I be the president of the Astronomy club which initially I was reluctant but I saw it as a good way to further my interest in space If I had the ability to stay in AP Physics all day I would. I’m found in a world of such ecstasy when learning about topics I do not know of or subjects with new material such as Physics is. I often fall asleep at night thinking of neutron degeneracy pressure, Schwarzschild radii, and Kerr

For as long as I can remember math and science classes fascinated me to no end. Once I started wielding science as a tool to understand life, a whole new world opened up. There is nothing more satisfying

Paolini brilliantly incorporated science, especially Physics, into his world. In fact, all magic is based on it. Any action done by magical means requires as much energy as if done by mundane means. The first rule of magic. Sounds like the law of conservation of energy. It taught me at least one thing: there are no easy ways or shortcuts in life. Determination and persistence are the key components of any success. Inheritance cycle ignited my interest in Physics and Sustainable

My coach’s crude interpretation was not wrong, but a rather simplistic approach. As a result it led me to believe that physics was just a science based on something along the lines of the result of two blocks smashing into each other and trying to figure how far they bounce off each other. It wasn’t until PH201 that I realized that physics is, in my opinion, a supernatural science. I say this because PH201 is the first class that I have taken that I can say bridged the gap between me simply learning objective science material, to not only understanding the material and regurgitating it on a WPR, but also seeing how it applies to my future career as an officer. Physics should be included in West Point’s curriculum for the real life applications and lessons that cadets learn which are vitally crucial to the cadet’s success as officers and the reputation of the

I also have a large interest in physical side. I discovered an interest in the subject physics at college immediately. I would always go home and do more research about what was covered in class. The course itself in the key in architecture when looking at the properties of materials such as metal wires for bridges, the tensile strain, and stress must be taken into consideration otherwise, the bridge may not be able to support the load of cars. There are many areas that are relevant for architecture but the Quantum theory was very, learning that particles can behave as waves and vice versa was astonishing. The fact that the quantum laws differed from our laws was very intriguing and inspired me to further read the topic and listen to great physicists explain their discoveries and

It all started in freshman year, when i was really excited to take one specific class. It was the class of physical science part a and b. My brother had told me about how he had loved physical sciences and how it was the stepping stone to all of the rest of the sciences. He had told me to pay close attention in class so that later i could have the knowledge to know what the teacher was talking about in classes such as physics and chemistry.  I was ecstatic to be able to start learning and the class was everything that i had hoped it would be.

Yet, I remained firmly (some might say stubbornly) planted in Physics 2. Even my mother, who's always encouraged me to aim to be the best, suggested that I admit defeat and drop to Physics 1. My school counselor told me that I would appear exceptional to colleges with an A that I could easily attain in the easier class. I had plenty of time to drop

In middle school, when I wasn't given any physics textbooks, physics became an abstract subject for me. But with my optimism to comprehend more, I went to the bookstore weekly and spent my Saturday's together

It was as a sophomore I decided to enroll in AP Physics. It would be my first physics class, my first AP class, and my third class taught by Ms.Watroba. AP Physics 1 is a demanding class, covering a wide range of concepts previously unknown to me. In that way, science has always been a challenging class for me. From Environmental Science, to Biology, these classes look at parts of the world from a new perspective. Environmental Science took parts of our planet and looked at the processes behind them, explaining everything from erosion to the water cycle. Biology took life, and zoomed in: cells, bacteria, the microscopic world. And now Physics, where we look at the unseen forces governing our world: friction, gravity, etc. Science class has

Just about everything you do from moving to eating to listening to music involves physics. Now that I have really explored them I think it is hard to go about our day and not do something that involves physics. Some of the things I will talk about are getting out of bed, the eye and how eye glasses help a person see better, speakers, the Frisbee, sailing, and the pulleys I use to get my jeep unstuck in the mud when I ride in the woods.

Often times when I take courses in math or natural sciences, questions occurred to my mind. Why am I taking these courses in pure sciences, even though they do not seem to have close connections to the real world? Indeed, I really enjoy taking courses in quantum mechanics, group theory, chaos in dynamical systems, etc., because I am enamored with, while painfully, the scientific complications I encounter in these courses. Meanwhile, these courses greatly help me foster my abilities to think, to analyze, to reason. However, from time to time I have a sense of loss, despite the excitement of solving the problems, or the fulfillment in acquiring new knowledge. I did not feel relieved until I learned, almost accidentally, about operations research.

    What I have learned about physics is that this subject is the study of the physical properties that surround us. Physics is how things move and what makes them move. For example, measurements such as velocity and acceleration and how they are used in physics is a major piece of the class. Also, physicists study the forces of gravity, electrical currents, and other numerous forces that hold everything together. Physics is also the study of very large things and very small things. Scientists study the stars, planets, and all other galaxies made up of matter. They also study the smaller pieces of matter such as atoms and electrons. During this year, I have learned the study of sound, light, and waves. We also studied the energy, heat, and radioactivity amongst objects. Physics not only helps us understand how objects move, but also how they change form, go from hot to cold, and what they are made of. One example of what we learned this year is the motion of an object. Motion can be portrayed as using displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, time, and speed. We had focused on the lesson of Newton's first law: an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an outside force.