Gregory Macleod Personal Statement
I was raised amid a tight-knit extended family in a rural community, south-east of St.Lucia, where my mother struggled to make ends meet since we were both abandoned by my fleeing father, at my tender age of three.
I have always been a person who has found herself torn between the love of chemistry and biology. The manner by which all natural schemes of the human body work and even methods by which they could be manipulated to create something desirable, to where one can produce the answers to someone's problem is such a powerful and a blessed ability. At fourteen years, I was a dedicated, immensely caring, and vibrant young lady with great dreams aspiring to become a medical doctor. For the final two years of secondary school, I successfully …show more content…
I currently have a 3.9 GPA after transferring to Florida Atlantic University to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Biology, a major that can offer me the fundamental skills and advance knowledge that I can utilize for medical school. At this institution, I aim to be well-versed, thus I conduct research under the supervision of Gregory Macleod,Ph.D, which I will use as the source for my senior thesis. I also take on many leadership roles such as being the vice-president to an alumni honor society that I co-found.
I continue to engage in medical experiences with my most memorable being, a six-week intense summer program offered by the University of Miami's School of Medicine, which aims to provide a mini medical school experience. We were taught several courses by medical school professors, including Anatomy & Physiology lab where we studied a human cadaver. As well, I shadowed doctors in departments such as Neurology and Trauma, where I observed my first surgery. This experience exposed me to the patience and detail of practicing medicine and interconnectedness of hospital. I continue to partake in clinical experiences by selflessly volunteering every Saturday at a hospital, where I fulfil varying request of over 120 patients, resulting in an improvement in my patient interaction
I have always been a person who has found herself torn between the love of chemistry and biology. The manner by which all natural schemes of the human body work and even methods by which they could be manipulated to create something desirable, to where one can produce the answers to someone's problem is such a powerful and a blessed ability. At fourteen years, I was a dedicated, immensely caring, and vibrant young lady with great dreams aspiring to become a medical doctor. For the final two years of secondary school, I successfully …show more content…
I currently have a 3.9 GPA after transferring to Florida Atlantic University to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Biology, a major that can offer me the fundamental skills and advance knowledge that I can utilize for medical school. At this institution, I aim to be well-versed, thus I conduct research under the supervision of Gregory Macleod,Ph.D, which I will use as the source for my senior thesis. I also take on many leadership roles such as being the vice-president to an alumni honor society that I co-found.
I continue to engage in medical experiences with my most memorable being, a six-week intense summer program offered by the University of Miami's School of Medicine, which aims to provide a mini medical school experience. We were taught several courses by medical school professors, including Anatomy & Physiology lab where we studied a human cadaver. As well, I shadowed doctors in departments such as Neurology and Trauma, where I observed my first surgery. This experience exposed me to the patience and detail of practicing medicine and interconnectedness of hospital. I continue to partake in clinical experiences by selflessly volunteering every Saturday at a hospital, where I fulfil varying request of over 120 patients, resulting in an improvement in my patient interaction