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High School Admission Essay Sample

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During my high school years, I knew I was interested in health and the sciences. Come senior year, I chose Emory because it is a leading research university, has an extensive healthcare system, and exceptional academics. Throughout my time here, I've grown to love neuroscience through my research and the courses I've taken -- and that's why I'm a NBB major. NBB is a little bit of everything; this interdisciplinary science encompasses aspects of Neuroscience, Biology, Anthropology, and Psychology. With that, I chose Emory because I knew it would provide many interesting majors, organizations, and research opportunities; So, I knew from the get-go I would grow multitudes at Emory. In retrospect, I have noticed personal growth and development …show more content…

Growing up, I would have loved an opportunity to be in a program that mentors me throughout my high school years and teach me about health science related careers. In high school, I knew I wanted to go into the health care field, but there were not many resources available to me at that time to expose me to many different health topics and career options. Now through my involvement in Pipeline, I want to be the mentor I wish I could have had back then.
I continually chose to participate in pipeline because the relationships I make with my fellow undergraduate mentors, graduate mentors, and our mentees facilitates a growing, productive, and encouraging atmosphere. To see my mentees grow in knowledge, seek answers to their own questions, and improve in public speaking is amazing. This is meaningful to me because it makes me happy to contribute to that growth in any way I can. Over these past two years, I've seen improvement in the confidence of my mentees. Their interest and curiosity sparks. I've also noticed that their academics have improved vastly, and they are becoming role models to their peers. I believe this is one important take away the high school mentees should have from every pipeline session -- so to see this growth makes me proud. I also grow in the program

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