Mansif13
Feb 20, 2016
Undergraduate / TAMU Statement of Purpose Essay, Biochemisty Major. Not sure if prompt is answered correctly. [10]
This is my revised essay.
I have been sure of what I want my career to be for quite some time now. I want to become a veterinarian but when I graduated high school I was not sure of what I wanted to major in but, I did know that I did not want to major in animal science because I wanted to do something different that was both relevant to veterinary but also had more paths to go if by any chance I decided to go a different way career wise. Luckily, when I graduated high school I also got a job at a local veterinary clinic and that really helped me decide what it was that I wanted to major in. Thanks to my job I decided to major in biochemistry.
I decided to go with biochemistry because I was so curious of everything that went on in the lab at the clinic. I would sometimes look at things that were under the microscope when the technicians would actually find something. In other cases, I would hear the veterinarians tell the technicians to send off the blood or whatever was needing to get tested. I found out that they would get sent off to a lab that had more equipment than a regular veterinary clinic. I then researched to find out what kind of people worked in these labs and I read that biochemist were some of the professionals that worked in these labs. Another aspect of working at a veterinary clinic that really caught my attention was when the veterinarians would prescribe medicine for their patients. This because there is so much medicine out there, I would ask myself how they knew what exactly to give their patients. Biochemistry has a lot to do with the creation of medicine and drugs so, I would like to learn more about the processes that are gone through to reach the final out come. Once I began to look into biochemistry I realized how many doors can be opened as far as careers go. From both veterinary medicine and human medicine to working in a lab.
After high school I decided to attend a community college because I didn't think I was ready to go off to a university that was far from home. I wanted to stick around and do two years. Going into the first semester, I didn't know what to expect. I was very surprised at how different it was, it was very fast paced and the instructors didn't baby people like they did in high school. I struggled a bit because my note taking skill were pretty bad and my studying skills were even worse. I tried numerous methods for taking notes while in lecture. I tried taking notes on my computer, printing out the PowerPoints until finally I just decided to go about the old fashioned way with a good ole pen and pencil. Trying to find a good studying strategy was difficult because I didn't really study in high school. I found out that it is easier for me to study in a group versus studying alone and that's the method I have stuck with until now. Everything I have been doing has actually worked out for me and I plan to keep those methods as move start my next academic chapter in my life.
I am not surprised that there are many people that want to attend Texas A&M University. It is a school that is very well known for the quality of education that is given there. The Aggie culture is so unique because it is very full of tradition. I feel like it's the perfect fit for me and I would be honored to be able to call myself an Aggie.
This is my revised essay.
I have been sure of what I want my career to be for quite some time now. I want to become a veterinarian but when I graduated high school I was not sure of what I wanted to major in but, I did know that I did not want to major in animal science because I wanted to do something different that was both relevant to veterinary but also had more paths to go if by any chance I decided to go a different way career wise. Luckily, when I graduated high school I also got a job at a local veterinary clinic and that really helped me decide what it was that I wanted to major in. Thanks to my job I decided to major in biochemistry.
I decided to go with biochemistry because I was so curious of everything that went on in the lab at the clinic. I would sometimes look at things that were under the microscope when the technicians would actually find something. In other cases, I would hear the veterinarians tell the technicians to send off the blood or whatever was needing to get tested. I found out that they would get sent off to a lab that had more equipment than a regular veterinary clinic. I then researched to find out what kind of people worked in these labs and I read that biochemist were some of the professionals that worked in these labs. Another aspect of working at a veterinary clinic that really caught my attention was when the veterinarians would prescribe medicine for their patients. This because there is so much medicine out there, I would ask myself how they knew what exactly to give their patients. Biochemistry has a lot to do with the creation of medicine and drugs so, I would like to learn more about the processes that are gone through to reach the final out come. Once I began to look into biochemistry I realized how many doors can be opened as far as careers go. From both veterinary medicine and human medicine to working in a lab.
After high school I decided to attend a community college because I didn't think I was ready to go off to a university that was far from home. I wanted to stick around and do two years. Going into the first semester, I didn't know what to expect. I was very surprised at how different it was, it was very fast paced and the instructors didn't baby people like they did in high school. I struggled a bit because my note taking skill were pretty bad and my studying skills were even worse. I tried numerous methods for taking notes while in lecture. I tried taking notes on my computer, printing out the PowerPoints until finally I just decided to go about the old fashioned way with a good ole pen and pencil. Trying to find a good studying strategy was difficult because I didn't really study in high school. I found out that it is easier for me to study in a group versus studying alone and that's the method I have stuck with until now. Everything I have been doing has actually worked out for me and I plan to keep those methods as move start my next academic chapter in my life.
I am not surprised that there are many people that want to attend Texas A&M University. It is a school that is very well known for the quality of education that is given there. The Aggie culture is so unique because it is very full of tradition. I feel like it's the perfect fit for me and I would be honored to be able to call myself an Aggie.
