Personal Narrative: Pursuing A Career In Organic Chemistry

I first met my friend in Calculus 2 in my sophomore year. His major was biochemistry, just like mine, so we ended up taking other classes together. In General Chemistry 2 lab, we were lab partners. We helped each other out on the long and tedious process of writing lab reports. The Organic Chemistry 1 lab was a little better, but still long with many failures and repeats of experiments. Despite the struggles, we had fun in the lab too, like in the experiment where we had to extract the fragrance from orange zests, we made the whole lab smell wonderful like an orange. Then in Biochemistry 1, we sat together in the lecture room every day and during the exam week, we spent hours and days studying together. As a colleague, I learned to see him a scholar.

He was an adventurer and we shared a common love for exploring the beautiful nature. Our love for hiking brought us together to explore places like the Estes Park, Hanging Lake, Antelope Canyon, and the Zion National Park. Hiking at the Zion National Park was unforgettable. It was a rainy day, rocks were slippery, and we were crazy enough to challenge the Angel’s Landing Hike, where we would have to hold on to ropes as we walk on the edges of the mountains. The hike gave us many chills with its dizzy heights and the rocks were very slippery that we had to take our shoes off, but the view and the taste of the rewarding snack on the top was priceless and made us forget all the fears. As a hiking companion, I learned that he is an