Biomedical Engineering Scholarship Essay

First and foremost, I would like to thank every one of you from the bottom of my heart for selecting me as a recipient of the generous “Make a difference” scholarship. With the help of this scholarship, I will be one-step closer to achieving my career goals.
College seemed like a far-fetched dream when I was a child. No one in my family has gone to college, or even finished high school for that matter. It almost seemed like I was destined not to go to college as well. You see, I wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, no; I was at the other end of the spectrum. It was so bad that I was considered to be one of the kids that were at risk of being held back. I was given one last chance: attend and pass summer school. It took every ounce of energy and dignity in me to not only agree to go but to also pass summer school. It was that same summer that I promised myself to not let this happen again –I was tired of feeling stupid. It was because of that …show more content…
One of the very first steps I took four years ago was to take the more “conservative” route to obtain a biomedical engineering degree –as advised by my mentor who is also a biomedical engineer. That route is getting an engineering undergraduate degree and then getting a master’s degree in biomedical engineering. With that in mind, I decided to pursue a computer engineering degree for my bachelor’s because I envisioned it helping me decipher the nervous system as if it were a computer network system. Those artificial organs need to send and receive signals to the rest of the nervous system to work properly; much like a client sends and receives packets to a computer network to carry out its tasks. The next major step that I have taken was to get admitted into the engineering program at my university. The next major steps that are on the horizon are to graduate from college and get admitted into graduate