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I have no idea on what to put into my dental school admission essay.
I am a 37 year old active duty army officer with two kids. I am raising my six year old nephew, who is developmentally delayed and receives special education services and my 7 month old son has Downs Syndrome. I take care of my 70 year old mother who lives with me and am putting my husband through college who is now a full-time student. I'm also currently pregnant and have managed to knock out roughly 35 credits of prerequisites in 15 calendar months and have roughly a 3.3 science GPA (Overall is about 3.45)
My pre-medical adviser told me that it was very important for me to write a good admissions essay in my circumstance because it would highlight to an admissions committee that I am able to balance full-time work, school and a family while making somewhat decent grades. That adviser has since moved on and the school hasn't replaced him. I feel really lost trying to figure out what to write in this essay without him to guide me in the right direction.
I don't have the loftiest reasons for attending dental school. Basically after 10 years of pushing paper I have realized that I have worked really hard at a job that makes me miserable. I am tired of dealing with senior officers that have no experience in my field telling me how to do my work. I am fed up with the pettiness, drama, and organizational politics that is all too common in headquarters units in the military, especially with contractors and GS civilians. I have done a lot of soul searching before I decided on a career field that I thought would make me happy. I think that I would enjoy dentistry and that I would be good at it, but more so it is a financially more secure career and I want to make sure that I can take care of my family above all else. Basically boiled down: I want a job that I enjoy, that is not very stressful, and is a profession where I can make a good living. I do care about helping people, but that honestly isn't my main motivation at this point. I love my kids and I would literally do anything to take care of them.
I am not sure how to craft an essay that is going to go over well with an admissions essay and I do not have the several hundred dollars to hire a fancy writing service to help me out. Any advice on how to get started and what direction to go?
I am a 37 year old active duty army officer with two kids. I am raising my six year old nephew, who is developmentally delayed and receives special education services and my 7 month old son has Downs Syndrome. I take care of my 70 year old mother who lives with me and am putting my husband through college who is now a full-time student. I'm also currently pregnant and have managed to knock out roughly 35 credits of prerequisites in 15 calendar months and have roughly a 3.3 science GPA (Overall is about 3.45)
My pre-medical adviser told me that it was very important for me to write a good admissions essay in my circumstance because it would highlight to an admissions committee that I am able to balance full-time work, school and a family while making somewhat decent grades. That adviser has since moved on and the school hasn't replaced him. I feel really lost trying to figure out what to write in this essay without him to guide me in the right direction.
I don't have the loftiest reasons for attending dental school. Basically after 10 years of pushing paper I have realized that I have worked really hard at a job that makes me miserable. I am tired of dealing with senior officers that have no experience in my field telling me how to do my work. I am fed up with the pettiness, drama, and organizational politics that is all too common in headquarters units in the military, especially with contractors and GS civilians. I have done a lot of soul searching before I decided on a career field that I thought would make me happy. I think that I would enjoy dentistry and that I would be good at it, but more so it is a financially more secure career and I want to make sure that I can take care of my family above all else. Basically boiled down: I want a job that I enjoy, that is not very stressful, and is a profession where I can make a good living. I do care about helping people, but that honestly isn't my main motivation at this point. I love my kids and I would literally do anything to take care of them.
I am not sure how to craft an essay that is going to go over well with an admissions essay and I do not have the several hundred dollars to hire a fancy writing service to help me out. Any advice on how to get started and what direction to go?