Hilda was an indigent patient who spoke only Spanish and so I was called in to translate. The news was bad and it was my duty to deliver the test results and the prognosis to her. Hilda had an inoperative brain malignancy. If the diagnosis had been made earlier, Hilda would almost certainly have sur…

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My decision to apply to the postgraduate program in the University of XXXX Institute for Aerospace Studies is a culmination of my lifelong passion for aeronautics. I first fell in love with aeroplanes when I was five years old. Living in a house that was very close to an airport, I remember standi…

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It was intended that I should be a physician and, in my early teens, I was perfectly happy to go along with this parental ambition. However my family members are mainly involved in engineering, design and architecture and, in my mid teens, genetic influences suddenly seemed to supersede my original …

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From my earliest years I loved puzzles and games involving the application of logic. It was a delight, at school, to discover that my skills had an application in computing. From my first lesson in the subject, I was ‘hooked’, it was work but it was also fun, an elusive combination to many in the wo…

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“Why do you want to do this?” People have said to me, in the tone one might use to a person threatening to jump from a cliff!  So I very carefully considered my motives before making this application. My reasons are: I love challenges and solving problems; I want to achieve something significant; I …

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I am very keen on outdoor pursuits especially hunting and fishing and, consequently, spend much of my spare time in rural Nevada pursuing these interests. I have come to love the wilder parts of Nevada and the local people who have an interesting view of life and a neighborliness that is heart-warmi…

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“Does anyone speak Polish?” The director of rehabilitation was concerned about a recently admitted Parkinson’s disease patient who was failing to take her medication and who was anxious and confused following her recent diagnosis and admission to the acute rehabilitation facility where I was a volun…

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As a child, I loved maps. This interest developed into a curiosity about the differences and similarities in the way people in these different places on the map lived, ate, spoke and earned their livelihoods. This awareness of the world and its variety has increased with time and with the substantia…

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I was raised in an impoverished home in the Philippines where education is highly valued but the funding for it is often lacking. I found a route out of my situation through a talent and passion for Mathematics that was recognized throughout my schooldays. The talent and passion was supplemented by …

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