My first intoduction into the world of science happened when I was ten years old. Like many of my peers, middle school was a new experience for me, and up until then, the only subjects I had been exposed to were English and arithmetic. Being that science was new, I was eager to learn about it. This eagerness led to my first science-related “obsession”.
It came when my science teacher introduced my class to the solar system. Every day I would ask question after question during our discussion times. When we had finished covering the solar system, my obsession with science knowledge did not stop there. My small interest in the solar system caused me to become absorbed into the black hole that I would find myself immersed in for years to come.
Since middle school, my interest in science has become an infatuation. Up until recent years, I had never considered having a career in a science related field. My realization came during my first year of high school when I took Biology. Learning about how DNA determines a person’s physical -- sometimes personal -- characteristics inspired me to pursue a career in the biomedical sciences.
Now, I wish to embark on an educational journey to my dream college,
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Financial support from my family and the small amount that the government offers will not be a great help in funding my college education. Because of this, my financial needs are very high. All of my life I have strived to achieve my goals through hard work and determination. While in high school, I have taken advanced honors courses that include Anatomy, Chemistry, Physics, and Calculus. Over the course of the past four years, I have worked exorbitantly to maintain a 4.0 GPA and to obtain an above average ACT score. In those four years, I have lost two family members due to a spinal cord stroke and due to liver failure. These losses have contributed to my newfound strengths and extraordinary work
I would continually ponder over questions on the mechanics of nature and human beings. Science has always been a main focus of mine. I distinctly remember when my parents bought our first computer when I was six years old. On the computer I would always be watching videos or reading on science topics. I would always be conducting my own science experiments. The reaction from mixing baking soda with vinegar to form a volcano would always amaze me as a child. Growing up I would continually and consistently add to my knowledge of science through the tough courses I would take in school. I am able to look back into the memories of my younger self and understand why baking soda and vinegar, when mixed, form an eruption. I show a heavy interest in science because of how it applies to the real world and how nearly every question about the universe we live in could be answered b science
We spend years of our high school career imagining the college life, the dorms, and the college university experience. We spend months of our senior year deciding where it is exactly that we want to spend the next 4 years furthering our education. It is finally time to apply for financial assistance, only to find out that you do not qualify for financial aid. How will your family afford $8,000-$15,000 dollars a semester of college? How will you get the college experience and the hands on training that you have always dreamt of? Being a part of the U.S middle class, as are many other students, we unfortunately fall into the category of being “Too poor for college, and too rich for financial aid”.
Unfortunately, my family and I fall into an area of the middle class that prohibits us from receiving need-based aid. Although I have graciously been awarded the Elizabeth Ann Seton Scholarship, without some additional form of aid, a Seton Hill education may be prohibitively expensive. My fourth year’s tuition alone would cost $37,520 with my current scholarship, and I would still have to pay for living expenses. Once my undergraduate and fifth years’ expenses are included, I will be over $150,000 in debt when I graduate. As a student who has worked exceedingly hard in the classroom and as a leader for four years, this amount of financial burden feels like a punishment. If I do not receive the Seton Scholar Award, I am not confident that I can attend Seton Hill and make the impacts I have described in this
To elaborate, I am from a lower middle class family; consequently, my family has never been able to save up for my college education. Money has always been an issue with my parents, as my mother is deaf, which has complicated her ability to get a suitable job, and my
College is becoming more expensive and students are working over time to make ends meet. Brigit M. just graduated with a 4.0 GPA from a public college in southern New Jersey. She was a full time student, she worked off campus as a waitress, and she worked 8 to 12 hours a week on campus as a economics and writing tutor. Brigit had a scholarship but it did not cover other expenses such as books, transportation, and health care costs. She had a employer who worked with her school schedule but it was hard for her to come home from work at 11:00 p.m. and still have to write a paper that was due the next morning.
Now if I were to get my Bachelors Degree it would take me about four years and the tuition would be more expensive but i would have to go to a different college. All degrees and colleges have different classes but if I go here then I would be taking Biology, Psychology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Comp I and II, Government, and American History after 1877 plus many more (Nelson, Sherryl. Personal interview. 1 Dec, 2017). My career is considered a bachelor of science (B.S.) (“Colorado Technical University”). That means I will be working with the Sciences depending on my
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In “The Canon” written by Natalie Angier, a variety of interesting stories are used to prove that science isn’t something that can be learned, but, instead, is a mindset. Angier confirms this statement by using examples from everyday life to show how people behave scientifically, whether they know it or not (491). She also points out that by simplifying concepts, such as the solar system, to help children understand science, it skews their view of science more than aiding in their knowledge (497). This goes to show that by making simple hypotheses’ and conclusions on a day-to-day basis, we can be more productive than learning half-truths from a textbook.
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