Ramón B. Colón Rivera February 24, 2015

#02 Dr. Elena González

Course: BIOL 3955 Research Seminar

Personal Statement

Life is not easy. Neither, if you want to pursued a Ph.D. or a M.D. The definition for my

life is never give up if you didn’t try. The desire to learn has taught me several things specifically

in the field of medicine.

I always want to learn and that is why I question myself so many times. The most typical

questions are why that exists or how it can be done. If I am doing an experiment in a group I

interact with my partners faster. My problem is that I am not satisfied when someone gives me

an answer to my question; I always want to know new things. Every time I search different

meanings for one thing, like results of an experiment.

As E. Joseph Cossman said, "Obstacles are those things that people see when they cease

to look at his goals.”In the life we need to work hard to accomplish our goals. Obstacles are the

opportunities to learn new things but doing a little bit of more work. In the way to our goals we

are going to fall but the person that gets up and keep going are less. That is why I have in mind

“never give up”. As Jim Taylor said, "Your biggest competitor is what you want to become. "