Undergraduate / Columbia Science Honors Program | Math and Science Entrance Essay [5]

Note: The following is my entrance essay to CSHP. Please help me in revising and editing my document. The max number of words it can be is 250, and currently, it has 225. Please also provide feedback on what was good about it and what it needs work on. Thank you.

Deoxyribonucleic Acid?

As I listened to my father explain to his seven-year-old about genetics, his passion and career, and how life - as a whole - is truly a unique phenomenon, I stood in astonishment; it was as if my father's foreign language, science, spoke to me. Ever since then, I have allowed curiosity to become my sixth sense, questioning everything, from cancer to global warming; my father gave me the freedom to let my curiosity roam far past the stars, and he would always answer my thoughts and questions, no matter how ridiculous they were.

Out of all the things I have discussed with my father, I feel as though I am most drawn towards medicine. Whenever the topic comes up in a chapter that is being taught to me in class, I get very excited. Because of my interest in pursuing a career in the science department, I have taken many advanced placement classes in mathematics and science, and still, continue to do so. In the future, I envision myself of working as a doctor of medicine; the concept of being a superhero and being challenged to fight against nature's evils is just exhilarating. I want to make a difference in this world, and help others around me, and for this reason, I believe that attending the Columbia Science Honors Program is the best option for me.