Admission to MSN Education Program

Admission Letter to Wright State University

Thank you in advance for your consideration of my essay for admission. I am grateful for this opportunity and I look forward to becoming a worthy participant in your Master of Science in Nursing program.

Presently I am proud of the fact that in May, 2012, I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ohio State University. Moreover, I am full of pride and sincerely humbled by my new assignment to teach as an adjunct clinical instructor at Rhodes College in Memphis, beginning in January, 2012. I am fully familiar with Rhodes College because I served as a preceptor for final quarter and semester students beginning in May 2009 -- and I will continue in that position through December 2012.

These opportunities have come my way because of my life-long commitment to excellence and thoroughness in everything I have done.

Indeed, in my adult life I have consistently zeroed in on one salient goal -- to achieve the credentials and experience needed for a meaningful career in education at a high level. In part I have already achieved this goal because I have served as an educator at Lima Memorial Hospital and found that service to be stimulating and exciting in many contexts.

The teaching process has always been as much a learning process for me as it has been a rewarding pedagogic experience. I can honestly say the joy I received in my Lima Hospital teaching experience was more about inspiring students to raise the bar on their career goals -- while at the same time bringing new energy and ideas into the healthcare field -- as it was about getting a paycheck.

Becoming a valuable component in the nursing education field was my original motivating factor. And now that I have actually had an opportunity to become an important source of energy in that dynamic world, I am inspired to go further and continue to make a difference in the lives of students who have set their standards and goals high in the healthcare industry.

My transcripts tell part of my story; they reflect the success that a mature student has achieved beginning in 1988 with an impressive accumulation of credits. But there is another important component to my story. I was raised in a family where success wasn't just measured in how much money one makes or how many degrees one can accumulate.

In our family it was about the quality of one's contribution to the betterment of our society and our world. And for me, teaching students to become accomplished at helping others with their most important healthcare needs -- whether it is just a routine health checkup or attending to a seriously ill older person -- will be their way of making positive impacts.