When I was a kid, I wanted to be everything. You named it, I wanted to be it: doctor, astronaut, teacher, scientist, and everything in between. I did not want to miss out on anything. I wanted every experience I could get my hands on. As I have grown older, my career path has focused, but my curiosity and compulsion for new experiences has remained the same.
My grandfather suffered an embolism which left him completely paralyzed on the right side of his body when I was two years old. Over the years, I saw him attend physical therapy, using braces on his legs, using canes and walkers, and eventually having no strength to hold himself up. Although I wish that my grandfather would never have lived through that, his condition had a large effect …show more content…
I had not yet been introduced to my current career plan and was at a loss for words every time someone asked the dreaded question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My childhood curiosity turned into anxious indecision. I went from wanting to be absolutely everything to nothing at all. Every career I had explored had its pros, but the cons always outweighed them. No career seemed to satisfy what I really wanted to do with my life. I was not sure what it was I wanted, but I knew I had not found it yet.
I was introduced to biomedical engineering by my older cousin, who will soon graduate with a bachelor’s degree in the field. When he told me about his career, I knew it was something I would be interested in doing myself. This field is focused on advancing and making new discoveries that are all focused on the common goal of bringing the medical field forward every day.
The idea of learning and doing something new every day and solving problems fascinates me. From creating artificial organs and prostheses, to fixing medical and surgical equipment, biomedical engineers make the world of medicine easier and more efficient. These engineers help people and solve new problems every day. I believe I can accomplish this at Texas A&M University’s engineering
My grandfather suffered an embolism which left him completely paralyzed on the right side of his body when I was two years old. Over the years, I saw him attend physical therapy, using braces on his legs, using canes and walkers, and eventually having no strength to hold himself up. Although I wish that my grandfather would never have lived through that, his condition had a large effect …show more content…
I had not yet been introduced to my current career plan and was at a loss for words every time someone asked the dreaded question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My childhood curiosity turned into anxious indecision. I went from wanting to be absolutely everything to nothing at all. Every career I had explored had its pros, but the cons always outweighed them. No career seemed to satisfy what I really wanted to do with my life. I was not sure what it was I wanted, but I knew I had not found it yet.
I was introduced to biomedical engineering by my older cousin, who will soon graduate with a bachelor’s degree in the field. When he told me about his career, I knew it was something I would be interested in doing myself. This field is focused on advancing and making new discoveries that are all focused on the common goal of bringing the medical field forward every day.
The idea of learning and doing something new every day and solving problems fascinates me. From creating artificial organs and prostheses, to fixing medical and surgical equipment, biomedical engineers make the world of medicine easier and more efficient. These engineers help people and solve new problems every day. I believe I can accomplish this at Texas A&M University’s engineering