Biochemistry Personal Statement

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When I start my graduate program at Prairie View in the fall of 2014 I was very excited. My first course as a graduate student was Biochemistry, a course that I was having difficulty with. When I was an undergraduate student, biochemistry was not a requirement to graduate therefore I never took the course. When coming to PV Biochemistry is a requirement for a Master in Chemistry. Since I didn’t have the undergraduate course of biochemistry I was struggling with this class more than my fellow classmate. In the springs I have taken 3 graduate courses and a research with Dr. Amaraselara. Dr. Amaraselara have given me an IP on research because majority of the semester I did literature research on my topic, which I didn’t have any research to represent …show more content…

The reason why I have a failing grade in this course was back in March I found out that my sister (Van Nguyen) whom I’m extremely closed with has an accident at work. She was transferring chemical from one bottle to another, and one of the bottle have splash into both of her eyes. She was rushed to my emergency room, and the doctor said that she have chemical burns to both of her eyes. She was temporarily blinds for a couple months. During this stressful time I was driving back and forth to Ohio to visit my sister and taking care of her baby. Also, in April my fiancé have lost his job, I was struggling financially and had to work more hours to compensate for his income. Due to this two unforeseen circumstances I believed it’s the reason why my grade for Organic chemistry was affected. Due to traveling back and forth from Ohio and having to work more than 60 hours a week I didn’t have enough time in the days to studies for all 3 courses. I was able to maintain a decent grade in Biology and Quantitative Chemical Analysis course but not in Advance …show more content…

Li for help on the information. When the spring of 2016 when this class is offer I’ll take it again and make a B or better to replace my current grade. When I have questions while taking this course I’ll make sure to come and ask Dr. Li and get all the helps I can with him and my fellow classmate. For Advance Organic I have spoken to Dr. Amaraselara and he’s going to give me organic books and practice exams from undergraduate course so I can work on my synthesis process. I’ll retake the course to get a B or better. My mom has just recently moved to Houston to help me with the household, and taking care of my nephew. My fiancé is looking for a job right now and by the fall semester hopefully that he’ll obtain a job, it will help me financially. With him being back to work I don’t have to work 60 hours a week to compensate for him being out of work. With both my mom staying here in Houston and my fiancé working I’ll have the times to focus on my academic and being successfully in my classes. I hope the committed take my situation in consideration and readmitted me back to the

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