Biology Admission Essay

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Just four years ago, I would have been the last person to see myself going for a biology degree. As an incoming high school freshman, I had convinced myself I hated math, that I hated science, that I was cut out to become an artist, or an author, or basically anything that kept me away from the math and science world. Looking back, it’s amazing that at only fourteen years old, I had already decided that countless fields of study and careers were too difficult for me to achieve. But everything changed when the unthinkable happened; I fell in love with biology. Freshman biology changed the way I looked at school. Before, I had been so apathetic about school. I was performing okay, always passing, always getting by, but not actually achieving. Biology worked in a way that only first loves can, drawing up buckets of passion from what had been an empty well, making me feel and dream more than I could have imagined. And by loving biology, I began to love my education. I began to achieve. Math classes which I would have slept through became fascinating. I was digging deeper to the roots that sustained biology. Learning became a privilege. …show more content…

Science has given me passion for education in it’s purest form, the pursuit of knowledge. It has fueled my education and given me a reason to push hard in my classes, encouraged me to see the big picture, and has made me savor each piece of information I digest. Furthermore, I am not quick to forget those all around the world who have been denied an education. From a worldwide view, I am incredibly blessed to have received the education I already have, let alone the education I am hoping to achieve. It is a close and important belief of mine that I cannot let this opportunity go to waste, and that this blessing has been poured into me, in order for me to pour it back into the

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