Dental school admission essay

Science appealed to me as early as I can remember in my academic career, specifically, solving problems through experimentation. Biology, in particular, captured my interest because it seemed to combine science with the goal of providing healthcare and comfort to patients suffering from medical disease. Since then, I have learned that the other scientific disciplines contribute equally toward improving modern health care, but the biological sciences have always captured my greatest interest.

My recent volunteer duties at the (Name of nursing home) nursing home confirmed to me the profound satisfaction inherent in providing patient care. The experience of being able to improve the lives and outlook of elderly patients (some of whom suffer more from depression and loneliness than any organic disease) remains one of the most rewarding endeavors that I have ever undertaken.

The satisfaction of helping others is one element that has been missing from my professional life, despite the other rewards of overseeing the entire operations of Company Name), where I currently serve as President. On the other hand, the automotive fabrication and manufacturing industry has enabled me to work with my hands in myriad ways, in addition to providing an opportunity (almost daily) to exercise my practical problem solving skills.

In my opinion, even the highly technological field of automotive manufacturing includes an element of artistic creativity, in the manner that components must be fabricated within very precise tolerances and degrees of mutual compatibilities. Some of my work projects have included the complete fabrication of entire automobiles, from scratch, requiring several years to complete from start to finish.

In this regard, the most rewarding part of my involvement in the automotive industry is the scientific aspect of engineering mechanical components to solve specific performance requirements. On one hand, I appreciate having had the opportunity of promotion to President because I enjoy the many different challenges and increased responsibilities of supervising and managing operational development;

on the other hand, I definitely still prefer to maintain a more direct involvement with the so-called "dirty work" on a first-hand basis.

The automotive industry also introduced me to the fascinating world of photography, which requires an artistic feel, notwithstanding the fact that its application in this industry is, quite naturally, much more technical in nature than creative. Eventually, my photographic skills and advanced darkroom development techniques developed to the point that I was able to compete successfully in several national level photographic competitions such as (Name of one competition) and Name of other competition). I was fortunate enough to be able to combine my photographic skills and my engineering projects in a manner that culminated with seeing my work published in several automotive magazines such as (Name of magazine) and (Name of magazine).

Ultimately, I hope to establish a career that allows me to combine my life-long intellectual interest in the biological sciences with my proven ability to work with my hands in solving technical problems in three dimensions. Dentistry seemed a relatively obvious choice, especially since it fulfills my desire to continue work that improves the lives of patients in a way that is simply not possible within the automotive field, even though the engineering work is intellectually challenging in addition to providing an avenue to continue developing my technical skills.

A decide to explore my potential interest in dentistry by working in (Name of laboratory), a dental laboratory where I shadowed Dr. (Name of Dentist), a (Name of his/her area of practice) in his many duties. I was immediately struck by the conceptual similarities between the reconstruction of living teeth and the fabrication of dentures and mechanical principles relating to force vectors and load bearing tolerances that I have perfected in the realm of automotive engineering. The prospect of learning to apply engineering technology concepts on a much smaller scale and in an antiseptic medical environment is particularly fascinating to me, precisely because it will allow me to adapt my engineering background to a field that satisfies my interest in improving the life and health of living patients, which I already know will be infinitely more rewarding than even the most successful automotive career.