Graduate Level Studies Admission Essay Sample

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Pursuing a graduate level education has not always been a part of my educational career path; however, once reaching the end of my undergraduate career I began to push myself towards the idea of continuing onto higher education. Once, I had gradated I did not know which direction in the sciences I wanted to pursue, although I did know I wanted to do research. I began to do research in many aspects of the scientific research world, weather it be directly jumping into the working world in a government labs/other labs or continuing onto graduate level studies. Form this research I learned that delving into the working work would eventually require me to obtain a graduate level education; or even require it, in many cases, to obtain the position …show more content…

This program at Drexel attracted me because even at a master’s level, students are encouraged to work on a thesis in an area of research they are interested in. Thesis work in my undergraduate studies is what fascinated and compelled me to the world of scientific research. The specific area of research I am interested in investigating is cardiac tissue that has been damaged by cardiac arrest or heart attacks, and what possible techniques can be developed to rejuvenate or prevent damage to these cells. As I mentioned before, undergraduate thesis work not only amplified my passion for scientific research, I also gained many valuable lab skills and grew as a person. I learned to be more patient, as lab work requires a great deal of that, and I also learned that failure evident. The failures that I experienced while working on my thesis pushed me to work even harder to get favorable results, but I also learned that without failures in scientific research new outcomes are not possible. These deficiencies in my research also made me become a more persistent and open-minded person, as I had to come up with new ways to continue on and be open to ideas that others had to offer. I believe that obtained a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from Drexel University will assist me in my

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