Dental School Personal Statement

Thank you in advance for your consideration of my application to enroll in your fine dental school. My interest in dentistry has not been a life-long calling. In fact, after my freshman year in college -- while majoring in Biology -- I began to think about how dentistry would be a wonderful career to pursue, and it certainly had more attraction for me than my employment during that freshman year -- working at BB&T Bank. So I enrolled in night classes at a dental assistant's school.

Learning about oral anatomy was exciting and intriguing for me, and the more I learned about what dentists do for their patients the more I became committed to pursue an education in that direction. I have always enjoyed activities and positions which allow me to work with my hands, and so this was an additional motivation for me to pursue...
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