Personal Essays

1. Most of my childhood was spent in refugee camps or war tone areas. I would see people injured and carried away for treatment; I wanted to grow up and help treat their ailments. I have always yearned to be a doctor, and since my father died out of sickness my mother explained but I never understood, l wanted to get knowledge and medical skills when I grow to be able to explain the cause of his death. Unfortunately being from Somalia, I could not get a chance to study in a conventional school due to the high insecurity levels, where schools are bombed by terrorist anytime. My parents with their passion in education hired a teacher to give me a home-based schooling, later in 2014 we moved to America, and I got a chance to attend conventional school. My parents have a belief that some private schools especially colleges are better than the public institution. During the exercise of choosing my ideal college institution, I had my attention caught by Simpsons College. This is a private school that has been ranked the best college among the colleges in the USA. It is an institution in association with the Methodist church, and that made me assume its students have time to time religious nourishment that could be a source of social order in the institution. Harvard is a renowned higher learning institution, whose entry is very competitive. Both institutions are schools in the top in the USA, and I believe they will lead me towards the achievement of my academic and professional …