As a child in middle school, I started thrusting myself in my academic career. I joined Science Olympiad, in which students compete in different sciences. I competed in events such as astronomy or anatomy and from this point on the passion for science grew. When I entered high school, I continued my career with Science Olympiad, but decided I needed to broaden my perspective. There had to be more than science olympiad, a whole new field that would let me practice and see science working at one of it's best. Before I entered my junior year in high school my mind was orientated towards a single goal and that was to become a doctor and then specialize to become a neurosurgeon. Yes, I liked studying about the human anatomy, but what this single
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
Once there was a girl who is no different than you that was struggling with something inside her. This evil force is called depression. Depression is an illness runs in her family, which made it easier for her to develop it. At school it was like she was someone else. Suicide was a concern of her family. School was the most exceedingly terrible bad dream, not by virtue of she could not have cared less for it, but rather it was the people that encompassed her. At school one day all of this changed, because of her angel Mrs. Ogle. That girl was me.
When my first grade teacher asked me what I wanted to be in the future I told her, “I want to be a doctor.” My answer stayed exactly the same when my eleventh grade English teacher asked the question. Ever since I was little science has always captured my interest. I was fascinated by the way our body worked and how everything had an explanation behind it.
Goals give you something to measure yourself against and give you direction. Currently, my main goal is to graduate from East Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree of science in engineering with a concentration in biomedical engineering. My anticipated time to graduation is five years with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Beyond getting my bachelor’s degree at East Carolina University, I would like to go to medical school and become a doctor focusing on prosthetics. In order to make my goals a reality, I will have to work diligently to remain on track throughout my schooling. Additional goals that I have set for myself are to complete homework assignments by the time they are due, reading assigned material before it is discussed in class, doing well in each of my courses this semester, successfully participating in extracurricular activities, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, getting a position as an engineer, and becoming a leader within both the engineering community and the general community. A world-class engineering student woul...
The passion and strong interest l have for Science, especially Biology, has always driven me
Given those examples science has pushed me towards the health careers. I love the idea of being able to learn about how to save a human and/or an animal. During my junior year of high school I took physiology and an elective called first responder which is a health job. That's when i began to notice that physiology was helping me understand my first responder class.
Growing up I always loved animals and science, and wanted to become a veterinarian. That soon changed once I entered senior year high school and realized that chemistry and physics was not my strong suit and that I did not want to put in the arduous work to study. My grades were average and my mom said, “your grade point average is not good enough to compete against students who want to be a veterinarian.” By saying this, she figured it would motivate me to do better, but it did not. I ended up doing research in other fields that I would be interested in., or that I had a hobby in. I came across wanting to get my degree in Communications because there was a lot of writing involved and I loved to write and it was so broad you can go into any career field.
My chosen career field is Secondary Education with an emphasis in science. I first became interested in the science field at a young age, but it wasn’t until I had our current science teacher that I really found a passion for the subject. Being exposed to many different science classes throughout high school, I enjoyed expanding my knowledge in the field. I believe teaching in the science field will allow me to do the same for younger generations that my teacher did for me. Culture, art, science, philosophy, and technology are all advancing at a rapid pace and I want to equip young minds with knowledge of them to create a better future for themselves, and develop characteristics to make a difference in our world. Pursuing this career field will allow me to make an immeasurable impact in society.
One of my personal goals is to graduate from both high school and college. I wanna graduate and get my diploma and degree. If I graduate both schools it will help me get a good job and be able to afford the house I want and get my own car and pay my own bills. Another goal is to gain access to a good college if I get into a good college,I can make more money and get a really good job that probably pays a lot. My career is to become a neurologist or a police officer. I would wanna become a neurologist because I really adore babies. If I graduate high school it would make me believe that I can do better in college. It would make me believe that anything is possible like getting my diploma as if it was a piece of
“Look at the terrorist”. Muslims kids growing up always have it difficult in America than, say Christians. All throughout middle school, people called me a terrorist. From Kindergarten, I wanted to fit in with all the seemingly “perfect kids” in school. Before, perfection for me meant being popular along with doing whatever you wanted without worrying about the consequences. Eating gelatin at school, letting my hair fall freely, and listening to music. It’s like my first ever school memory described myself feeling left out. No matter what I did, I felt ostracized by the rest of my classmates. Every day in Elementary school, I’d be doomed, I dealt with bullying and people judging my religion. In Middle School I felt consonant, I needed to adjust
My dad taught me that it is possible to make a career out of anything I am passionate about. He loves to juggle, and has integrated this into his lesson plans. For me, I love working with little kids because of their innocence and youthfulness. I also love math and science. These passions have brought themselves together in my dream to work in pediatrics.
Ever since I was young, I knew that I wanted to make change in the world. When I was younger, I didn't how I was going to do this. As I got through my sophomore year of high school, I realized that I was good at math and had lots of interest in science but got bored in social studies classes. I took physics and pre-calculus. I excelled greatly in these areas. I loved the rigor that they entailed but also I found them to be very interesting. After a few jobs shadows and lots of research I knew that being an engineer was the best way that I could make change in the world. During my junior year I took a computer aided drafting class and worked with robots. After doing that, I have never thought about being anything but an engineer, I have always wanted to make change in the world, and as an engineer I will be given that opportunity. Ever since that class, I have been working with robots and CAD systems. I like playing with robots and making them do different things. This is something I am looking forward to doing on a greater scale as an engineer. Throughout my senior year, I have taken Advanced Placement computer science and calculus (along with many other AP classes). I like being pushed as a student because as an engineer I will be pushed with many difficult problems and knowing how to deal with that is something I will need to know how to do.
While attending undergrad, my major changed numerous times pulling me in different avenues, however that desire that burned in me never wavered. I began my undergraduate studies as a Biology student. At the time I wanted to be a pediatrician. The more classes I took the more I knew this career field was not fulfilling. I then changed my major to early childhood education with the hopes of fulfillment, because of my love for children.
In high school, contrary to a typical pre-medical student, I believed my future lied in the field of economics or actuarial science. However, by focusing on these two fields, I was separating myself from what I really loved: the natural sciences. Growing up, I always gravitated towards biology and chemistry in school, but I never thought an interest in these fields could translate into a career I would enjoy. Sure, becoming a researcher was an option, but I wanted a career that went beyond research, a career that applied scientific knowledge into real-world situations.
In may of 2013 I went to my first official college fair. It was called the colleges that changes life fair. A man a few years ago wrote a book on about 300 schools that were known for changing the lives of students. This fair was on the top floor of the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City. I walked around each one of the close to 200 schools tables looking for my major Criminology. Not one table had Criminology till finally close to one of the last tables I saw the red table cloth and the funky name Lynchburg College. I walk up to the man asking him questions about the school and fell in love at first hearing. The next day I went back to school I was a junior at the time and told my college counselor all the amazing things about Lynchburg College and how that was the school i would be attending in the Fall of 2014. She told me i need to relax that, it was good I knew where I was going but I had to apply and wait to see the facial aid, see the school, get accepted and all the responsible stuff that applying to colleges entails. I responded “you wait Ms. Ally I am Dominican they need me there.”