Hey Everyone! I just wanted to let you know that this is my
first Biweekly and that I hope you guys can help me improve this Personal
Statement. I am really bad at writing, especially essays, so don’t expect much.
If you can cut some stuff from this, I would be really grateful. Just copy and
paste the parts you want me to cut, and put it in my comments. Thanks!
Describe the world you come from – for example, your family, community
or school – and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
My parents got divorced when I was
young. When I moved to Alameda in 4th grade, I lost all of my
friends in Oakland. I started to rely on my family for support. The person that
has always encouraged me and became my role model was my aunt. She was always
there when I needed help. I was at my grandparents’ house more than my own
because my mom was always working. My dad
was never around back then, so I turned to my aunt because my grandparents can only speak Chinese and my aunt was
always there. She would help me with my homework sometimes, take me out to see
a movie, and she always had junk food at her house.
When
I reached middle school, she was always busy with her own kids, but still
helped me whenever she could. What made a big impact on my dreams and
aspirations was my first day volunteering at Asian Health Services in
Chinatown. She is a head nurse there and asked me if I wanted to go and
volunteer there since I needed 20 community service hours to graduate middle
school. It was the summer before 8th grade. At first I was shy, but
as the days past, I began to feel comfortable there. I loved working there
because when I finish with a job, I get a sense of accomplishment. I love the
feeling of being able to help someone. It makes you feel good about yourself. Even
though some days I only shredded paper, it still made me happy knowing I was
able to help. I volunteered there for the whole summer and earned 170 hours of
community service. And since then, I volunteered there every single day that I
could.
My
second summer, the summer before high school, I started working in their
Medical Records. I pulled charts, made new charts, and even got to deliver them
to the different units of the clinic. During that summer, I decided I wanted to
one day work in Medical Records too. But as I spent more time delivering charts
in the clinic, I also watched the doctors and nurses who helped patients every
day with a smile on their face. And that’s when I realized I wanted to be a
nurse. Since that day, my aunt has been my role model because she was smart,
helpful, kind, and she always had a smile on her face.
My
aunt inspired me to follow my dream of being a nurse. Just this last summer, I
was able to shadow nurses as they take doctor’s orders and examined a patient.
I watched them communicate with the patient and asked them questions to better
figure out what was wrong. I watched a nurse do a pregnancy test. I also got to
shadow my aunt as she was training an ex-tern. She was teaching her how to test
for glucose, hemoglobin, and hemoglobin A1C. That summer was the best. I loved
every minute of it.
My
aunt has inspired and helped me my whole life. She was there for me when I
needed her, and she is the reason why I discovered my dream of being a nurse.
She also encouraged me to take Physiology this year. At first I was scared of
seeing a cadaver, but she assured me that I will be okay, and I believed her. I
hope that one day I can be a nurse and help people.
Thanks for reading this and I hope you comment! Please come back later this week for my weekly posts! Until then, see ya!
