From: Shahadat Rahman 4722 45 street Sunnyside, New York 11377 12 September, 2017
To: Ms. Nargiza Matyakubova Professor at City College of New
York 160 Convent Ave New York, New York 10031
Dear Professor Matyakubova,
Subject: Letter of Introduction
Imagine
one day you’ve come home after 16 hours of work and finally go to sleep, only
to have a loud thud wake you up a few hours later. That thud was my father
falling to the ground and fracturing his c-spine. For the next 3 months, my
life was spent in the ICU not knowing if he would make it — I was helpless to
do anything about it. I was always interested in medicine and its boundless
information that would satiate my curiosity, but I finally had a personal
reason to pursue the career. I never wanted to feel that helpless again.
Although
I found my personal reason to pursue medicine only a year ago, my intellectual
curiosity has always driven me toward the field. In high school, I participated
in the breadth of AP classes I was offered, taking 10 AP classes — including
biology and chemistry — and scoring 5s on all their respective AP exams. In
addition, I have taken the SAT II exams in biology and chemistry, receiving
perfect scores on both. This led me to the only logical choice for a major,
biochemistry. It presents all the most relevant information on the field I wish
to pursue and offers a challenge in the difficulty of the advanced courses in
the major.
Medicine
also requires a certain degree of literacy to be able to comprehend and record
large amounts of information. I have achieved this as well since I have taken AP
classes in writing and composition as well as reading and composition. In these
classes I learned how to develop analytic and argumentative essays using
evidence. In order to do this, I was taught to research and cite sources as
well as synthesize a thesis which would be the foundation for my arguments. In
addition, I gained the ability to consider structure, figurative language, and
literary devices to analyze literary works.
My
espistemophilia extends outside of the classroom as well. I often spend my time
reading about different topics, from current events to historical fiction. Most
commonly, I can be found reading books such as The Alchemist by Paulo
Coehlo and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Most of all, I am captivated by
scientific research and read articles from Science Magazine investigating stem
cell research. I hope to conduct research one day on the propagation and
pluripotency of stem cells, especially since there have been major developments
in CRISPR technology which allows for gene modification. In the future, I plan
to practice both medicine and research to have a fulfilling career, as both are
equally important.
Thank
you for your time. I hope this letter provided an accurate depiction of my
qualifications as well as my ambitions. If you have any questions, please
contact me. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Shahadat Rahman
Student at City College of New York
B.S. Biochemistry
Science Department
(347)515-9504
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