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Please share a meaningful experience you have had working or volunteering in the health professional field or a time in your past in which you were responsible for the care and well-being of someone else. What did you learn from this as it relates to becoming a physician? (Limit: 350 words) (Reusing AT Still) Down the emergency room hallway, a man was weeping in his bed. Nurses, emergency medicine technicians, and even physicians, strolled past this man without the slightest regard for his…

I suppose you could say earth was always doomed, these creatures have been planning, strategizing. Perhaps even since man-kind began, there’s no telling. But one thing’s for sure, they’ve been watching us for years. It was October 30th 1939 when these extraterrestrials made themselves known to us humans. I was driving past a suburban area in New Jersey listening to the radio when a professor in Illinois reported seeing 3 explosions happening at equal intervals on mars. I remember Professor…

pumped my legs harder, until I was at my full speed. I rounded the corner to third base as the ball was thrown to the infield. "Folks, hold on to your seats, this is about to be the most intense game in all of high school softball history!" The announcer yells, and a small smile grows on my lips as I round third. The girl at shortstop now had the ball, and she was getting ready to throw it to the catcher. I pumped my legs harder, faster, until they…

In this autobiography Ronald Reagan, the former president, describes his life from his early years until the ending of his second presidential term. This book explores Ronald Reagan’s personal and private life, and takes us from Dixon, Illinois to the White House. Throughout the book he shares important events from his childhood and adulthood and how his political views became what they were. Over the course of the book, Ronald Reagan shows off his famous wit, sense of humor, one liners,…

In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the main character, Katniss Everdeen is a young girl who holds the weight of her family on her back. When she was eleven, Katniss’s father died in a coal mining accident. She was left to provide and protect for her young sister and heartbroken mother. To do this, Katniss learns to hunt alongside a boy from her district, Gale Hawthrone. Together they illegally cross the fence every day to hunt and gather in the vast woods outside. Katniss becomes…

All countries create a national identify which may or may not endure some resemblance to reality. Australia’s National identity is constantly changing through the evolution of Australia from once being considered the sons of the British Empire to creating a unique national identity like no other. With Australia being a young and culturally diverse nation, which often struggles with how to define its national identity, the word “Australianness” can often been an umbrella term used to describe…

When it comes to the topic of sportscasters, most of us willingly agree that one needs to be knowledgeable and personable about the sport. Where this agreement ends, however, is on the question of female sportscasters. Whereas some are convinced that sports casting is primarily a man's job, others maintain that females serve a large role. Nationally known, Lesley Visser, has paved the way for female sportscasters in today’s society. Visser began her love of sport communication as a focused fan…

I had just woken up feeling cold. I looked out the window of my dorm to see the dark, cloudy day outside with the rain pelting down on the window pane. I was still really tired after the late night of getting praised on my amazing basketball skills, finally I had been recognized. The college basketball Hall of Fame plaque hung on the wall. It had just recently been updated after the Hall of Fame presentation on Saturday. Everyone was telling me that I needed to declare that I’m joining the NBA…

The Truth: Behind Gunnar Kaufman’s Eyes Paul Beatty’s hilarious and humorous apprising of Gunnar Kaufman in The White Boy Shuffle is about an inopportune surfer bum who moved from the house that he grew up in, in Santa Monica, to a town called Hillside in West Los Angeles. Throughout his life, Gunnar was only surrounded by people who were dependent on him and who tried to control him. So he does not take charge of his life and because of this, Gunnar is heavily affected by mental stress…

bit.” After that, they geared up one more time. Iowa looked a lot tougher when they came out of the opposing locker room. The third quarter was on its way. Iowa kept pushing the chains further and further to the end zone. “Touchdown Iowa!” The announcer blared. No one was worried yet, though most of Iowas fans left before the third quarter. There touchdown was seemed…