Hey guys, so UPenn RD comes out in 13 days and I legit cannot wait. This was my essay for bioengineering at UPenn. What do you think? It’s very specific to upenn, and i’m really hoping this cuts it. In preparation for the next 13 days, I just wanted to know if this essay was good or not for Upenn.
Topic : How will you explore your intellectual and academic interests at the University of Pennsylvania? Please answer this question given the specific undergraduate school to which you are applying.
As a child, my parents constantly worked and did not have enough time to look after me as their main focus was to provide for the family. My grandmother stepped in and, since I was born, she took care of my every need and taught me about my culture, heritage, language, and religion. My extremely close relationship with her only made it hurt more when she was diagnosed with dementia and, over the course of six years, lost her memory and consciousness.
However, my grandmother’s case is only one of many. People everywhere are suffering from maladies ranging from neurological impairments to infectious diseases. I have dreams of sitting in a laboratory or research institution, engineering antimicrobial drugs and fighting flesh-eating pathogens. I have dreams of sitting on the front lines of counter bioterrorism operations and ending the use of biological weapons such as, anthrax. I have dreams of not only making a difference, but also making a lasting impact.
I began to extend my participation in medical activities to further my understanding of the physiological systems in the human body. I started interning at a pediatrician’s office, helping her take preliminary checks and organizing her vaccines and medications. I learned about penicillin, antibiotics, bacterial infections, and antifungals and became so intrigued in this subject that I began volunteering my hours at the Reston Hospital’s Infection Control Department. Here, I monitored hand hygiene and helped my superiors review the drugs entering the hospital and the cultures the labs were working with. My fascination with these subjects only furthered my desire to make this my life. I wanted to start this path at the University of Pennsylvania.
The University of Pennsylvania not only offers me a major in bioengineering, but also a variety of concentrations, including Cellular/Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials and Therapeutics, Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine. Along with focusing my undergraduate study in bioengineering, UPenn provides me a pre-medicine focus, so that I can apply my engineering and biomedical background towards clinical studies.
By now, I have looked into many universities. However, every other college pales in comparison to Penn Engineering because of its Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices, and Drug Delivery research concentration. Specifically, the drug and gene therapy applications research are what caught my attention. Under the guidance of nearly 40 graduate faculty members, I will be allowed to become a part of the process in creating disease control systems and efficient drug delivery procedures.
UPenn Bioengineering also allows me to pursue my love for community service and volunteering. As my family visits India quite often, I have seen the nation’s poverty and how others have had to live and survive. UPenn sponsors local outreach programs in activities such as Engineers without Borders so that I can use my knowledge and skills to benefit my community. In addition, the University lets me extend my involvement globally in the Global Biomedical Service program by giving me the opportunity to volunteer clinical services to underprivileged communities across the world, along with raising my cultural knowledge and awareness.
Through a comprehensive curriculum and an abundance of career advancing opportunities, the University of Pennsylvania helps me mold my mind into becoming a biomedical researcher. With the school’s help, I will not only be able to engineer a future for myself, but will also be able to break the barrier between pathogen and remedy.
. Best of luck, I hope you get in!