Biology Personal Statement

I enjoy visualizing my curiosity as something akin to a wild beast, roaming and eating as it pleases. Through the years, this creature has developed an appetite for the scientific study of biology. Several factors have attributed to my interest in the subject, the most dominant being my father's influence, my own experiences, and my interest in the challenging aspect biology bears. A certain force drawing me towards biology has always been present, and my upbringing has nurtured this innate hunger for knowledge about the processes that dictate the rare development of life.

Since childhood, I have practically lived in a hospital. After nine long years of medical school in India, my father emigrated to America with his degree, and continued his arduous work as a physician in this new and unfamiliar country. As a result, I spent many long afternoons under the watchful eye of

After many nervous phone calls to various hospitals, I finally found the volun-TEEN program at Carolina's Hospital System to dedicate myself to for most of the summer. On the first day of work, I strolled into the building, hospital badge proudly pinned to my uniform. As I approached my station, the curious, eager feeling in my heart dissipated as I gazed upon the giant stack of paperwork that was slammed down before me. This was not the glamorous Grey's Anatomy type of work that I'd expected, but as I endured the sticky pages and paper cuts, I found myself falling in love with the atmosphere and people within the hospital. As I spoke with the nurses and doctors about their experiences, I found that we shared certain characteristics that seemed vital to their chosen career. Not only did we experience the same natural affinity for the sciences, but we were also looking to constantly challenge