The service projects, leadership positions, and extracurricular activities I have experienced at Mercyhurst have profoundly impacted my educational experience and transformed me as a person. By engaging in the extracurricular activities and serving in club leadership positions, I have been able to integrate the knowledge gained in the classroom into real world situations related to my career field. Through my involvement with the biology honors society and the research projects in the biology department, I have become much more confident and skilled in my intellectual creativity and ability to develop, produce, and defend scientific hypotheses. This has proven to be invaluable in improving my skills and marketability in my chosen professional
