Personal Essay: A Career In Medical School

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I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, I am Jessica Oleske and I am a student at the University of Delaware. As a biology major, I have a profound interest in improving the lives of others, and I aspire to use the skills that I learn from my major and apply them to get into medical school.At UD, I am involved with the Making Doctors club, and I am planning on participating in formal recruitment this spring. Also, I am from Toms River, New Jersey, which is only ten minutes away from Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, where the television show, Jersey Shore, was filmed. To be clear, the lifestyle portrayed from the show did not apply to my life, and instead, I spent most of my summers on the beach either surfing, swimming,

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