Hypothetical college questions

5. Why do you want to major in biology?
Life is the greatest mystery and an astonishing miracle. Biology attempts to understand life in its many forms and that, for me, is its biggest draw. Biology has extreme current relevance as humans continue to learn how we fit into the complex ecosystems that make up our world. The advances of gene technology present the possibility of eliminating genetic and chronic diseases. Threats to our bodies that we deem to be dangerous today will be insignificant in the future. It is entirely possible that cancer could become the next common cold. Medicine is on the edge of a dramatic breakthrough, and I would like to be a part of this pioneering endeavor.

9. What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?
Ever since I lost my hearing at eleven months, I have been helped by so many people. Doctors who worked with me in the hospital during those fourteen days with meningitis, audiologists and speech pathologists who helped me overcome my deafness, and my parents who have stood by me the whole way. As a result of all their hard work, I’ve grown up into a teenager who has taken all of their help and turned it into success. I’m graduating high school in only three years, rather than the usual four, with an advanced honors diploma and I’m in the top five percent of my class. I’ve chosen to study medicine, a long, difficult, and expensive career field to go into, because I’ve realized how much everyone’s collective efforts have helped me. Looking back at their work, I now know that in ten years, I want to be the person who is helping others.