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acceptance letter for dental hygiene
Ariel Austin
Dental Hygiene
Admission Essay

I was thinking of all the ways I could have started this essay, but to be quite frank I couldn't come down to a decision. I felt that I should truly write why I wanted to attend the dental hygiene program here and why I should be chosen. I have heard from a lot of people who attended school here, and they gave good feedback on their experience. I did research on my own and saw that this was a good accredited school to start my career. If you were to base admission to this institution down to this letter, it would only be fair to me to let you know a little about me and my background.

My name is Ariel Austin, and I am a firm believer that you “get up and go after what you want”, so here I am. I graduated in the year of 2010, from Huffman High School. I had every graduates intentions of going off to college and having that dorm room experience. In reality we all know that everything doesn't go as planned. I started out going to a community college in jasper, Alabama studying social work. With one semester down; no job, no cafeteria meal plan, with car insurance and phone bill due I couldn't see myself continuing on with these circumstances. I attempted to seek employment and work study but that didn't happen in my favor.

So when I came back home for Christmas break ,I found full time employment at at retirement home. I moved out my mother house and got my own apartment with my soon to be husband. I got married to my high school sweetheart in 2012, and pretty much we have been paying bills since. Which brings me to my first point. I am a young adult who desires kids one day and I refuse to bring them in this world until I have a career, not a job and I'm financially stable. Its every wife's dream to have that perfect family with the wooden picked fence. I told myself that I should be waking up to the career of my choice, doing something that I love. With my mind clear and goal set this is the perfect

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