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Old 28-Oct-2006, 20:34
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Default Re: Admission Essay-Please Help

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Hi ,

I know my admission essay needs alot of work and I was wondering if you guys could help.

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I know my admissions essay needs a lot of work (or "a great deal of work")....

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In 2000, my father was diagnosed with complete kidney failure, resulting in him going on dialysis three times a week, until he received a kidney in 2002. Realizing the potential fate of my father from that point on I vowed that I would become a doctor, a veterinarian in fact so that I could do research in organs so that no one will ever have to go through what my family went through. So I decided to achieve a degree in biology, so that I may one day go to veterinary school.


Not bad.

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As my undergraduate preceded me I realized that I became more interested in the social aspects of my studies, then science aspects of it.


I am afraid I don't understand "As my undergraduate preceded me". The word "studies" is plural.

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When my professor were speaking of the molecular aspects of the cell, its physiology, I only perked up upon hearing about vaccinations and how they have helped the world or the history of the diseases and how public health officials have eradicated these diseases.



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When my professors were speaking of the molecular aspects of the cell--its anatomy and physiology--I only perked up upon hearing about vaccinations and how they have helped the world and the history of diseases and how public health officials have eradicated those diseases.

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