Biology Personal Statement

The University of Texas is truly the place where dreams are realized and failures can lead to successes. I especially learned this during my first two years here. It has been a challenge figuring out what major would best fit my interests and career goals; I have known my goal for a long time now, but the path I should take has been unclear, until now. Looking back, I have always had a knack for biology; it was one of the subjects I enjoyed learning about and the information was so intriguing and fascinating that I would retain it much better than history or English. Taking Introduction to Biology during my freshman year was when I finally realized that this subject was where I could excel. Biology is such a broad category of everything that exists then, now, and later, that it is very hard to just focus on biology as one whole entity; this is why I would love to have the opportunity to focus on

It is so amazing that every bit of the person we are, how we behave, what we know, and so much more derives from an organ that we still know so little about. With my education, I want to leave UT as the biggest biology and neurobiology nerd out there. I want to know that the education that I have received is one that will allow me to make great leaps in the field of biological research and do meaningful and groundbreaking work. I intend to pursue a Masters and a Ph.D. after finishing my undergraduate work, and having the prior knowledge of a biology major will definitely add on to my qualifications. Biology, in all honesty, is not just a major for me, or a few required core courses. It is something that I am passionate about. In regards to my career goals, I hope to conduct research on Alzheimer’s disease. During my senior year of high school, I volunteered at a memory care home; some patients were still lucid while others had been enduring the effects of AD for a long