Statement of Purpose for University Admission
Growing up, I always loved math and sciences. I was that weird kid that liked calculus
and algebra, and I thought that chemistry was fun. And because I excelled in those
things, my Aunt Gin always told me: “Kinsey, the best way to use those interests and
apply them to a career, is to pursue a profession in the healthcare field.” So by the end
of high school and throughout my college education at University of California Santa
Theresa I took coursework intended to prepare myself for paramedical profession. After
working for several years for California Fidelity, an insurance company, where I was a
medical claims investigator, I realized that Aunt Gin was wrong assuming that calculus
and algebra was my calling. Suddenly one day after seeing blue cabbage turning red in
lemon sauce, I realized that it was the chemistry rather then actuarial tables that was my
calling and life-long desire.
Thirty years old, I moved from California to the Midwest to finish my undergraduate
degree as a bachelor of science in Professional Chemistry and I enrolled in University of
North Indiana (UNI). I am currently second semester Chemistry Graduate Assistant at
UNI. I have helped with chemical safety, inventory of chemicals, drying Sodium
Chloride, gathering MSDS, preparing solutions, assisting teachers and storeroom
assistant. I have assisted with organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical
chemistry, chromatography, and mass spectrometry. I work with the following
instruments on a regular basis: Varian 5890 GF/FID, Varian 3800/Saturn 2000 GC/MS
with ion trap detector, Varian 666/Hades, Agilent 1100 Series LC/DAD/MS with an ion
trap detector and eletrospray ionization, Pastoraleman/GSD great sensing device
trainable attachment with chain and collar, Solution Calorimeter, Bomb Calorimeter,
FTIR, ATR, ATV, and UV-VIS. I run blanks, prepare standards, run the SPME, change
the tanks, perform autotunes, update log books, made SOP’s for the instruments,
performed troubleshooting on the instruments, shutdown and rebooted the instruments,
supervised other students working on them, and made experiments for class by doing
research. This is my second semester as a Chemistry Graduate Assistant at GSU and I
now supervise and help the other three GA’s that we have at Chemistry department at
UNI with thier needs and I have 14 hours of classes that I GA. There needs are usually
help with run the SPME, change the tanks, perform autotunes, and update log books.
Before working as
