Dental Hygiene Internship Report

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In life I have always aspired my career to count for something other than just self-interests, I’ve always wanted to challenge myself to make a difference in others lives. Trying to choose a career can be the hardest decision to make in your life. It is a decision that will impact your entire future. My greatest challenge in life was to choose a career that would be right for me, and to have no fear that I would make the wrong decision. A career that is dynamic and challenging and will push you to your limits; one that will set me up for a future for caring and understanding of others needs.
My senior year in high school was when I began to think about what career was best for me so I decided to apply for an internship program where only fifteen
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In colleges all around Massachusetts, with dental hygiene programs, only twenty two students are accepted and I was very well aware that it was a very competitive program to be accepted into. I started to enjoy college a lot I loved to study hard to receive incredible outcomes, it made me want to only work harder and challenge myself more. I enrolled to take all the prerequisites in order to apply for dental hygiene program and on March 19th 2014 I received what I believe to be my greatest accomplishment, the acceptance into dental hygiene. Shortly after that day acceptance letters from colleges all around were flying to my door step. One of them was the acceptance to Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for the accelerated bachelors program for dental hygiene. I was so proud of all these accomplishments, I couldn 't believe all my hard work paid off. Ultimately I loved the idea of going to MCPHS but I knew financially it wasn 't the right place for me. Bristol Community College was the best option for me at this time in my life because it is affordable and my parents offered to help pay for tuition as much as they could, and in the long run I knew it would be the best decision for me. That is where it all began; within the next few weeks I sent in my $200 deposit into BCC to hold my spot enrolled as a dental hygiene student my dreams were coming

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