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Here is my personal statement.... feedback would be greatly appreciated!!!
The field of dentistry was introduced to me by a classmate during our high school “junior exhibit.” This assignment was to pick our career of choice and present it to a panel of teachers. My classmate picked dental hygiene and I was immediately interested. I began an internship soon after and shadowed the dentist for a few days before the dental hygienist came in. After I saw the dentist do an extraction, I knew this job was my vocation. I told the dentist the next month that I was not interested in becoming a dental hygienist, but I wanted to be a dentist. I began to shadow the dentist and his specialists then after. The dentist I shadowed became my mentor and made sure I learned as much as possible by informing me on what he was using and what he was thinking at every step while he was practicing. I also learned a lot about the field of dentistry from the research I did for the honours program at my college. I worked under the mentorship of my biology professor, Dr. ____, while researching stem cell use in dentistry. This honors research project required time management skills because I had to do the reasearch on my own time during the school semester. The honours program and student ambassador program that I was a part of was a great way to prepare me for a career that required strong research, time management, and leadership skills. My special talents aside from having strong time management and leadership is that I am a very honest and trustworthy person. I have always cherished honesty and noble character, which is a trait I know will be very important in dentistry. I am committed to being an honest, considerate person, where helping others is my first priority. I have been able to grow in my honest and trustworthy character at Pepperdine as their mission of service, purpose, and leadership shapes the students into such.
This mantra is very important to me because many people have helped me get to where I am today in my education and I want to give back to others as they gave to me. I was able to stop working as a server after I received a renewable scholarship in 2014. My mom and father have never had enough income to help me financially, requiring me to work part time since I turned sixteen. This was a challenge because working can be distracting from school and time consuming, although I do believe it helped me become a strong willed person, with good work ethic, manners, and time management. Working while going to school and having parents who cannot help me financially make me a stronger applicant because I am fully committed to being the best dentist possible and I have a passion for this career that others do not and might never have. Overcoming obstacles are, to me, a way to improve yourself in some way. For example, overcoming the hardship of having a family low income has given me the strength and motivation to be able to help families with low income and to be able to provide for my family one day. I want to receive a higher education because my parents were unable to and because I know it will give me the skills to be a successful person who has the ability to help others through my perfected skills.
The field of dentistry was introduced to me by a classmate during our high school “junior exhibit.” This assignment was to pick our career of choice and present it to a panel of teachers. My classmate picked dental hygiene and I was immediately interested. I began an internship soon after and shadowed the dentist for a few days before the dental hygienist came in. After I saw the dentist do an extraction, I knew this job was my vocation. I told the dentist the next month that I was not interested in becoming a dental hygienist, but I wanted to be a dentist. I began to shadow the dentist and his specialists then after. The dentist I shadowed became my mentor and made sure I learned as much as possible by informing me on what he was using and what he was thinking at every step while he was practicing. I also learned a lot about the field of dentistry from the research I did for the honours program at my college. I worked under the mentorship of my biology professor, Dr. ____, while researching stem cell use in dentistry. This honors research project required time management skills because I had to do the reasearch on my own time during the school semester. The honours program and student ambassador program that I was a part of was a great way to prepare me for a career that required strong research, time management, and leadership skills. My special talents aside from having strong time management and leadership is that I am a very honest and trustworthy person. I have always cherished honesty and noble character, which is a trait I know will be very important in dentistry. I am committed to being an honest, considerate person, where helping others is my first priority. I have been able to grow in my honest and trustworthy character at Pepperdine as their mission of service, purpose, and leadership shapes the students into such.
This mantra is very important to me because many people have helped me get to where I am today in my education and I want to give back to others as they gave to me. I was able to stop working as a server after I received a renewable scholarship in 2014. My mom and father have never had enough income to help me financially, requiring me to work part time since I turned sixteen. This was a challenge because working can be distracting from school and time consuming, although I do believe it helped me become a strong willed person, with good work ethic, manners, and time management. Working while going to school and having parents who cannot help me financially make me a stronger applicant because I am fully committed to being the best dentist possible and I have a passion for this career that others do not and might never have. Overcoming obstacles are, to me, a way to improve yourself in some way. For example, overcoming the hardship of having a family low income has given me the strength and motivation to be able to help families with low income and to be able to provide for my family one day. I want to receive a higher education because my parents were unable to and because I know it will give me the skills to be a successful person who has the ability to help others through my perfected skills.
