Working in a neuroscience research lab has enabled me to work entirely with my hands and observing with my eyes to coordinate brain extractions from animals. Visually trying to identify regions in brain tissue. Mounting and sectioning brain slices was a key part of my experimentation and relied heavily on my accuracy. I have also taken a supplemental sculpture course to increase my motor skills and perceptual ability. In addition, I currently type 89 words per minute and can operate a computer without the use of a mouse. I enjoy calligraphy and can print or script under font size of 5.
Is this okay for manual dexterity?
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No offense, but I don't see how operating a computer without the use of a mouse is particularly relevant, that's just my opinion though. You also have some grammatical errors in there. Otherwise, I think it's great! 👍
whats with students stating that they display man. dext. by writing "x" font size? i learned to write on a line in preschool and can color in between the lines... i really don't see the relevance or the satisfaction of writing small
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many people find it hard to write small and neat it displays accuracy and precision at least i think so and operating a computer without a mouse is quite difficult if you can just use ur fingers on the keyboard try doing it and let me know how long until u get frustrated not trying to be mean or nethen but seriously try it......at this point might as well throw them everything you got and not all lab work requires precision if im just moving around soultions in test tubes is different as opposed to brain extractions using dental tools where even one touch will kill a neuron and waste an entire animal as well as mounting is a b**** too
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You should mention your mastery of polysyndetonic syntax in your AADSAS application. That is almost very Cormac McCarthy-esque
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If I were an admission committee reading this first sentence, all I would learn about you from this sentence is that you like to exaggerate your skills.
For instance, typing this post right now is enabling me to use nothing but my hands and eyes to properly coordinate my point of view to you. Also, I am able to do this without using a mouse.
You're better off saying "prepared neuroscience extractions from animals". The adcoms have a 6th sense for parsing out BS. Be honest with your abilities. If someone has a low GPA, that person doesn't write a high GPA. Likewise, if you don't have much manual dexterity, then you don't make stuff up. Please, be authentic in how you portray your skills, it'll make the interview much easier.
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lol. u sure ur using "dental tools" for brain extractions? i'd comment on that, but that's a whole 'nother story. for brain extractions i usually use some scissors, a pair of tweezers and a butterfly needle to inject paraformaldehyde through the heart to "fix" the tissue. not sure what kind of animal you're working with, but one touch will most certainly not waste an entire animal. dont give me that **** about sectioning brain slices. you put the brain in front of a razor, flip a switch, turn a knob and repeat. ooh. aah. visually trying to find parts of the brain? my god son, ever heard of a brain map? you should ask your PI for one. you take a picture of your section (perhaps after a little staining?) and then compare it to your piece of paper. viola. and mounting? please. any highschool kid can do that, who are you really kidding. i think the protocol that involved the most manual dexterity in my neuro lab was when i had to fish out DNA using a pipette tip while doing DNA extraction from a rat tail.
all in all, get over yourself. you may think you're special because you got to cut open a rat and play doctor with its brain, but adcoms will see right though your bs. and 89 wpm? that's not something i'd brag about.
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Seems like youre in the ballpark but still lacking a focus...and as others have mentioned, there seems to be syntax errors throughout.
Fine then, if you are so confident in your skills...Then WHY are you asking for our justification???
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Just as a matter of comparison:
I have been working with extracted teeth I have collected from assisting on surgical extractions on periodontal patients. I have performed composite and amalgam restorations, root canals and placed temporary crowns on natural teeth mounted in lap stone. I perform well on study models preparing and placing temporaries. I am a whiz with a lab handpiece and the model trimmer, and I have chairside experience as an assitant with real patients and standing in for a dentist on typodonts with real and artificial teeth.
I have also worked as a clock repairman manipulating delicate electronics with fine precision instruments.
I'd say the teeth and the clock repair are the strong ones for me, but I can also talk tools and brick work, sanding and routing, finish work, upholstery, painting, and ceramics. I've done some carving, sewing and collage work cutting portions of photographs into precise shapes with an exacto knife.
...this is a long list, I know. But I've thought a lot about this, and if you really dig into your life and past experiences you'd be surprised what you can honestly say about yourself. Also get your hands dirty with dental instruments. You can do everything a dentist can as long as it's not on a living human being (nor animals I suppose...yuk!)
Be creative. Show them that you'll come to school ready to succeed.
They want to know: "Can you form a cavity prep without getting into the pulp chamber?"
"Can you make a temporary that is not going to extend above the occlusal surface and cause the tooth to fall out?"
etc.
Prove it to them.
I have been working with extracted teeth I have collected from assisting on surgical extractions on periodontal patients. I have performed composite and amalgam restorations, root canals and placed temporary crowns on natural teeth mounted in lap stone. I perform well on study models preparing and placing temporaries. I am a whiz with a lab handpiece and the model trimmer, and I have chairside experience as an assitant with real patients and standing in for a dentist on typodonts with real and artificial teeth.
I have also worked as a clock repairman manipulating delicate electronics with fine precision instruments.
I'd say the teeth and the clock repair are the strong ones for me, but I can also talk tools and brick work, sanding and routing, finish work, upholstery, painting, and ceramics. I've done some carving, sewing and collage work cutting portions of photographs into precise shapes with an exacto knife.
...this is a long list, I know. But I've thought a lot about this, and if you really dig into your life and past experiences you'd be surprised what you can honestly say about yourself. Also get your hands dirty with dental instruments. You can do everything a dentist can as long as it's not on a living human being (nor animals I suppose...yuk!)
Be creative. Show them that you'll come to school ready to succeed.
They want to know: "Can you form a cavity prep without getting into the pulp chamber?"
"Can you make a temporary that is not going to extend above the occlusal surface and cause the tooth to fall out?"
etc.
Prove it to them.
thanks for the constructive reply groove as for everyone else damn you guys are rude and obnoxious get a life im sure adcoms will see right thru ur hate hate hate........stop wasting everyones time with ur selfish games man get a life u might have to be cut throat in the class but not on an online forum.....
