Exciting story to draw in audience and transition as to why this sparked my interest in becoming a PA. Imagine waking up one morning and looking into the mirror only to see an unrecognizable, aged face. You are in a foreign house with strangers surrounding you. They insist that this is your home, and that they are your family. You have an entire history of memories, but today you cannot remember the day or even the year. This is how my great-grandmother described her journey with Alzheimer 's during a fleeting period of lucidness. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2050, there will be over 16 million people with Alzheimer’s disease – a disease that could possibly be prevented by a healthy diet and regular exercise.
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As a first generation college student, I navigated the college system on my own, both financially and academically. I did so by trying to balance multiple part-time jobs with a heavy academic load and a healthy social life. One of my major setbacks came nine days before my winter finals sophomore year when my four roommates and I lost our house and our belongings in a fire. It was the middle of a very snowy December in Minnesota, and between help from the Red Cross, beloved friends, and many evenings spent in the back of my Toyota I managed to finish the semester. I picked up a second job in order to replace the items I had lost, and the extra work time caused my grades to dip in the spring. After moving to the Northwest, I began wondering how I could improve my grades and get myself more prepared for the academic rigor of PA school. I enrolled in a medical assistant program to further my clinical education. It was here that I realized just how much I enjoy learning about the anatomy and physiology of the body. I devoured the material which led me to mentor many of my struggling classmates. I also started taking additional science classes to further my education. I 've worked very hard on focusing on learning material rather than studying for a test, and as my most recent grades have shown, I am confident that I have developed the work ethic and mind-set that is necessary to be
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As a first generation college student, I navigated the college system on my own, both financially and academically. I did so by trying to balance multiple part-time jobs with a heavy academic load and a healthy social life. One of my major setbacks came nine days before my winter finals sophomore year when my four roommates and I lost our house and our belongings in a fire. It was the middle of a very snowy December in Minnesota, and between help from the Red Cross, beloved friends, and many evenings spent in the back of my Toyota I managed to finish the semester. I picked up a second job in order to replace the items I had lost, and the extra work time caused my grades to dip in the spring. After moving to the Northwest, I began wondering how I could improve my grades and get myself more prepared for the academic rigor of PA school. I enrolled in a medical assistant program to further my clinical education. It was here that I realized just how much I enjoy learning about the anatomy and physiology of the body. I devoured the material which led me to mentor many of my struggling classmates. I also started taking additional science classes to further my education. I 've worked very hard on focusing on learning material rather than studying for a test, and as my most recent grades have shown, I am confident that I have developed the work ethic and mind-set that is necessary to be