STEM Magnet Program: Personal Statement

Before high school, I was never really interested in science classes. The only reason why I took biology in freshmen year was because it was a prerequisite. It turned out to become the most pivotal course I took throughout my four years of high school.

I remain highly motivated that one day I will be able to help save another person’s life or to ameliorate their suffering in one way at the least. Enriching and bettering the world with quality health care has become one of my ultimate goals. I aspire to induce positive changes to the way healthcare is administered and it is my mission to serve the minorities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It is my desire to help people recover that drives myself to become a public health professional with a specialty in health policy and management, particularly minorities in low socioeconomic areas with inadequate health care. I for one remain adamant that these qualities will be of ample help throughout my formation as a public health professional. Furthermost, what drives me is my love for people and my desire to effect positive changes to the way healthcare is

I became interested in the STEM camp because I believe this camp will benefit me an enormous deal in the future. Attending the camp will support my future academic goals. In college, I intend to specialize in science, math, and technology. The STEM camp will help develop my educational interests and provide a glimpse into what I can expect from studying the areas of math, science and technology and engineering. I know that my future career will involve knowledge in these subjects and I want to do everything possible to allow myself to be exposed to whatever educational opportunities that can help me develop these skills. I would also like to have an experience at UTRGV because it is one of my possible college choices at this

My moments as an Olmsted Science club member have created noteworthy experiences with my peers and mentors. In sophomore year of highschool, I was unsure as to how to venture out in my interests outside of class hours. After hearing an announcement on the school’s intercom, regarding students who are interested in the entering the STEM field, I knew that I must join. When I entered the club, I saw the science club instructor, Mrs.Pryor-Moncrieff, and several students that I was already friendly with. This was the start of a close knit community that I will continue to be in until my highschool graduation.

Throughout my high school career I have been impacted greatly by the science courses I have taken. It was during my freshmen biology class that I discovered what I wanted truly wanted to study in college. I enjoyed every aspect of the course and developed an interest of pursuing further knowledge. I discovered my strengths and enjoyed challenging myself by continuing to take advanced science courses.

Learning is by far the most valuable tool today. Knowledge is the stepping stone that allows people to excel beyond their previous circumstances and aim for greatness. As President of my school’s Science National Honor Society, I helped start a local outreach to an elementary school called Innovation Charter two years ago; this year, we received a grant from the American Chemical Society to fund our project, allowing us to impact the school even more than last year. Innovation Charter is full of students with low socioeconomic statuses, so our goal is to bring quality education to children who aren’t afforded those benefits. While at the school, we perform a myriad of fun and interactive science experiments and explain the scientific principle

Biology is the study of life and life is happening everywhere, all around us. I constantly find myself awestruck by the world I live in. The way different components all cohesively come together to function as a single object or being fascinates me, and this is what draws me to the human body. The human body is a complex wonder that even the most intelligent scientists do not fully comprehend so I will major in biology, so I can become a doctor and work with it every day.

In high school, I took several high level STEM classes that have not only prepared me for college, but have encouraged me to pursue a STEM career in the future. This includes Advanced Placement (A.P.) Calculus, A.P. Physics, A.P. Statistics, A.P. Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Biology. Although these classes were initially very challenging, as the course progressed my interests for these subjects grew and slowly my confidence as well. For me I enjoyed my biology and physics class the most. From learning about the parts of the cell in humans to learning how STEM cells could potentially replace tissue and regrow limbs, I was amazed at how scientists from around the world were able to make all these scientific discoveries and the possibilities

Becoming a member of the Engineering Magnet Program at Cedar Creek High School has been one of my major academic goals I would like to achieve for my high school years. The evidence of my interest in the Engineering Magnet Program is shown through my love for numbers, which has permitted me to achieve excellent grades in math; it has been easy and fun for me to understand the material we have been learning, and I simply enjoy math.

Going into college I knew I wanted to major in science since I have always loved it but I was unsure which type of science I liked best. I started off my freshman year in general chemistry 142 and wasn't very passionate about it but when I started biology 180 in the spring that year, I fell in love. The section of biology 180 that I found most interesting was when we learned about genetics and, of course, Mendel's peas. While my grade in biology 200 may not be the best, it was the class in the series that interested me most and if you love something then you should go after it, even if it is not an easy path, right? Learning about DNA and genes and their affect on our bodies fascinated me, especially learning about CAS9 and CRISPR. After studying more about cells and doing fun labs like the PCR lab, I decided that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life, study cells and DNA. I’m very excited to take more cellular and molecular biology classes as well as genome classes.

My career interest is to work in conjunction with non-profit organizations to research the etiology of diseases, distribution, and preventive measures, and to increase public awareness through health education. My ultimate goal is to team up with health professionals and policy makers to help eliminate health disparities in the world. Based on the knowledge and experience I intend to gain, I am very optimistic that I will be able to make rational proposals and write grants that will improve health policies and interventions.

My year of service with AmeriCorps highlighted how large scale, systematic issues can leave a community in a cycle of oppression. I believe addressing these problems at the top can have an enormous impact. Therefore, my main interests fall in the category of macro social work and focusing on community development, programing and policy reform. I would love to pursue a career focusing on social problems that impact women and girls. While pursuing my Masters of Social Work, I would like to study the links between economic stability, reproductive health and education, the policies that influence these links and the impact they have on women.

At the end of the last day of camp, when all the other students were packing up, Emma walked up to me and said “If you asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up before on the first day of class, I would have said a bazillion things, but now I know I want to do science.” I had inspired just one girl to go into the sciences, despite gender stereotypes. From then on, I have worked within my community to inspire girls to peruse their intellectual passions despite gender stereotypes through tutoring students and helping them to explore their

In September, 2012, I chose Biology as my undergraduate major in the University of Oregon, for which I had cherished a long-standing yearning. So far, the three and a half years college life turned out to be fruitful. In this prestigious institution, I have laid a foundation of knowledge on my major. For instance, I

I was born into the sciences. My entire life I have been exposed to the inter-workings of biology and that has not changed even to this day. When I was younger, I fondly remember being sent out with my friends to help collect various insects with my mother when she was attending Fort Hays for her master’s degree. I have met a lot of really fantastic professors at Fort Hays that make you feel like you are in a place that really wants you to learn and achieve great things. From the research where you can work closely with the professors to the classroom where the professors facilitate a real dialogue to help students truly understand the material.