As Georgetown is a diverse community, the Admissions Committee would like to know more about you in your own words. Please submit a brief essay, either personal or creative, which you feel best describes you. If you are transferring from a four-year institution, please include your reasons for transferring.
It was in a small village in Ethiopia, East Africa that I was born in. My parents grew up in a countryside where there were no educational opportunities. For their children’s sake of schooling, my parents moved to the small town where I was born in. Throughout my educational path in Ethiopia, I participated in the science club which offered community services. One of the activities of the science club that I was part of was providing social
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Watching people pass away from infections that can be healed by simply keeping their hygiene is a pain. I started to acknowledge my neighbors on how they could prevent themselves from illnesses. Though I wanted to help the community, I could not do anything that can cut down the number of people’s deaths.
Being enrolled in a natural science stream at my high school exposed me to scientific findings concerning on how to prevent people from diseases. Over the years, my interest in medical fields developed. After I came to the United States, the vast educational opportunities led me to join Montgomery College, Maryland in spring 2016 by majoring in life sciences. For the two and half years that I have been in the United States, I have engaged myself in various STEM activities that can upgrade my knowledge in medical studies. I am On RAMP to STEM scholar, a STEM community at Montgomery college. In this program I have learned about the disciplines of computational biology, including mathematical modeling and bioinformatics. Through the ON RAMP to