My interest in STEM, particularly biomedical engineering, has grown since attending my school, Young Women’s College Preparatory academy, which targets STEM related fields. My weighted GPA 4.57 and unweighted GPA is 3.82. I aspire to showcase my interest in biomedical engineering and leadership at a top tier institution such as Texas A&M University after graduating high school in spring 2016. In the future, I hope to be a successful cardiologist that will impact the medical field with my brilliance and creativity. I will be able to achieve this goal by being a part of the engineering honors program. Not only will this program give me the tools to become successful, it will give me the courage to solve the world’s most difficult problems.
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Volunteering at Goodwill to serve veterans has showed me communication is one of the key aspects in a work environment. If you can 't communicate well, you won 't able to be successful in any environment in this world. Communicating with our veterans has helped me to understand to be grateful, humble and appreciative. In VEX, we build robots to compete in challenges every month. Without each team members input, the group would essentially fall apart. As one of the team members, I am responsible for keeping the group together and managing our time wisely. Having this responsibility has been able to teach me the importance of prioritizing and completing tasks on time, which will be important in the future. Teams have to work together, compromise and come to a solid conclusion on their decision. During my experience working with Dr. William E. Cohn at ST. Luke’s Episcopal hospital, he has taught me responsibility and given me the resources to do effective research. When I was meeting with him every day for 3-4 weeks, the first thing he told me was to always be come prepared beforehand. This means to always do your research about your topic before you meet your professor or preceptor. By doing this, I will already have a content …show more content…
These hands on type of activities and group assignments give me an exact representation of what working in a STEM field would be like. By participating in SECME, I have developed a clear understanding of what I strive to be in life. I also have an understanding of how I want to make an impact in the STEM field in the future. Analyzing real world problems, working with teams and coming up with conclusions have stimulated my mind. Doing research has to be the most stimulating for me because I love researching new ideas and designing my own product with a group. Most importantly, team work is the biggest factor in doing big projects such as building water bottle rockets and ISTF because they require a lot of effort. I value my participation in ISTF because I am proud of what my team and I accomplished. Staying long nights after school has helped us to reach better communication with each other and our technical advisor. Being with our technical advisor for hours upon hours helped me to realize the importance of networking and keeping those good relationships for the future. My analytical skills have also improved throughout the course of SECME as well, which I never would have thought would happen. I never could understand why it was so challenging for me to analyze topics. When I started
Volunteering at Goodwill to serve veterans has showed me communication is one of the key aspects in a work environment. If you can 't communicate well, you won 't able to be successful in any environment in this world. Communicating with our veterans has helped me to understand to be grateful, humble and appreciative. In VEX, we build robots to compete in challenges every month. Without each team members input, the group would essentially fall apart. As one of the team members, I am responsible for keeping the group together and managing our time wisely. Having this responsibility has been able to teach me the importance of prioritizing and completing tasks on time, which will be important in the future. Teams have to work together, compromise and come to a solid conclusion on their decision. During my experience working with Dr. William E. Cohn at ST. Luke’s Episcopal hospital, he has taught me responsibility and given me the resources to do effective research. When I was meeting with him every day for 3-4 weeks, the first thing he told me was to always be come prepared beforehand. This means to always do your research about your topic before you meet your professor or preceptor. By doing this, I will already have a content …show more content…
These hands on type of activities and group assignments give me an exact representation of what working in a STEM field would be like. By participating in SECME, I have developed a clear understanding of what I strive to be in life. I also have an understanding of how I want to make an impact in the STEM field in the future. Analyzing real world problems, working with teams and coming up with conclusions have stimulated my mind. Doing research has to be the most stimulating for me because I love researching new ideas and designing my own product with a group. Most importantly, team work is the biggest factor in doing big projects such as building water bottle rockets and ISTF because they require a lot of effort. I value my participation in ISTF because I am proud of what my team and I accomplished. Staying long nights after school has helped us to reach better communication with each other and our technical advisor. Being with our technical advisor for hours upon hours helped me to realize the importance of networking and keeping those good relationships for the future. My analytical skills have also improved throughout the course of SECME as well, which I never would have thought would happen. I never could understand why it was so challenging for me to analyze topics. When I started