Stanford supplement essay prompt: Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect on an idea of experience that has been important to your intellectual development.
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I remember the day clearly. My teacher, Mrs. Wiens, stood at the front of the classroom, waiting for all of her students to quiet down. I was sitting in seventh grade science class, surrounded by chatting pre-teens who were apparently oblivious to my teacher's attempts to get the class's attention. In other words, it was just another day in middle school. That is, for everyone else in my class. That was the day we began learning about cells.
Before that day, I had a fundamental understanding of what cells were. But once Mrs. Wiens began to teach the class about how these miraculous tiny bodies worked, my understanding completely changed. That, in fact, was the precise day I began thinking about becoming a doctor. The human body had always been of interest to me, but now that I had learned the driving force of the body and all of its functions, I was absolutely enthralled.
From that point on, my fascination with the human body grew into a passion. The more I learned, the more I wanted to learn. Since then, I have signed up for as many science classes as I possibly could. I have studied and researched and persevered through even the most difficult courses, all with the main intention of getting the most out of my education so I could make my dream of becoming a doctor a reality.
Learning about cells was only the beginning. But, without that idea, my interest in medicine may never have been discovered. Once high school began, I fully immersed myself in my work, and downright refused to give up, even when I felt discouraged. If I hadn't come across my passion for science, I would not be the same person, intellectually and academically. For everyone else, that science lesson that introduced the idea of cells was just another lesson. For me, it was the start to a future full of hard work, dedication, and most of all, promise.
surrounded by chatty pre-teens who were apparently
In other words, it was just another day in middle school, at least for everyone else in my class. For me it was different, as it was the day we began learning about cells.
