KCU Personal Statement

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I was born 7 weeks premature, this has lead to some health consequences in my life. My right lung never finished growing and this lead me to be susceptible to severe pneumonia when I was 14 years old. I was hospitalized at Children's Mercy Hospital and incredibly vulnerable. Due to the expert treatment of the highly trained hospital staff that I received, I have now fully recovered. Since then, I do everything I can to stay healthy and keep my body and lungs strong. I have changed my outlook on life, realizing that every second is a blessing and feeling like it is my duty to give my time to the world. That is why I began volunteering at Homeless Centers in Kansas City such as, the World Outreach Foundation and Seton Center. I focused in the medical departments of these centers but I felt like I could never give wholey of myself. I did not have the knowledge. But just blocks away from these centers is KCU, that is why I aspire to attend KCU, it is an institution that provided hope in my mind that I could give …show more content…

He advocated heavily for osteopathic medicine. I have always recognized that the body is a whole and the various systems must function in unison to be effective. On top of this, Dr. VanGrasse, an employee of KCU, told me how much she enjoyed her time there and how she believed it had a substantially better environment and education than other comparable medical schools. In my time at Kettering, I worked closely with an Emergency Medicine doctor, Connor Mckinney D.O. who had attended Rocky Vista Medical School. He, along with many others, have heavily advocated for the Osteopathic education. I have seen how his education has improved his personal relation and specific care for patients. I want this knowledge for myself to be the best doctor I can

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