Personal Statement for Master's Program in Biostatistics Application

This document presents a personal statement from a student applying for a Master's program in Biostatistics. The student expresses a deep-seated passion for the field, viewing it as a perfect blend of biology and mathematics. The statement outlines the student's academic background, including a strong foundation in mathematics and chemistry, and a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. It highlights research interests in areas such as Biochemistry, Genomics, Biophysics, and structural biology. The student details relevant experiences, including a scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia and membership in a biochemistry club, showcasing a commitment to research. The applicant specifically mentions King Abdulaziz University as their preferred institution and emphasizes their proficiency in laboratory instruments and IT skills. The statement concludes with a request for admission and an assertion of the student's ability to contribute significantly to the field of biostatistics, supported by strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

APPLYING FOR MASTER
PROGRAM IN BIOSTATSTICS

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Personal Statement
Biostatistics in accordance to me is considered to be a perfect blend of God’s 2 vital creation
namely biology and mathematics. I believe biology to be the one of the most exquisite concept,
created by God where on another hand, mathematics is something that is being used by the God
as a language to communicate us about the universe and describe its actuality. Biological
statistics also termed as biostatistics is known to serve as a base for developing the life
disciplines. I have always aspired to contribute to such grand initiative of biostatistics and take
part to enhance my own exploratory expertise as well. From my early days of education, I was
very much fascinated with both mathematics and statistics and always tried to involve these 2 as
my major subjects in high school as well.
It together relates to my career objectives where I am keen to enrich my research skills in
certain related areas of Biostatistics. This involves some key areas of Biochemistry, Genomics,
Biophysics, Analytical biochemistry and structural biology. Biostatistics is basically a
subdivision of statistics which is known to deal with such information that relates to living
creatures. This amplified my level of interest towards it and met my research interest where the
Biostatisticians are known to investigate using their quantitative skills. I also believe to possess
such quantifiable expertise that is apparent to assist me in continuing with this field. I have
graduated in Biochemistry and has also been rewarded scholarship from the Ministry of Higher
Education in Saudi Arabia and is now willing to pursue Master degree in Biostatistics.
I have completed my higher studies with 2 major subjects that are Mathematics and
Chemistry and have earned 96.12% GPA to position myself in the list of top students. Later, I
have completed my bachelors in science with competent grades and major subject in
biochemistry. After which, I was offered membership of biochemistry club from the King
Abdulaziz University, Jeddah. This contributed in enhancing my research interest in some
specific subject matters that involved Metabolic, protein engineering, organelle, etc. I am keen to
investigate the physiochemical underpinning of protein function in complicated systems of
biomedical discipline, accompanied by new biochemical technologies. Also, I am very much
interested in researching about the processing of cell to cell communication in bacteria.
This will assist me to further determine the role of immune proteins in forming, functioning
and regulating the neuronal connectivity. Beside this, I am deeply interested in investigating the
inflections of proteomic- genomic approaches into chromatin with assiatnsce of viruses and the
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modulation of host cells and its procedure that involves the gene products called adenoviral.
Lastly, being very much fascinated with biology, I would together like to research in the field of
bacterial cell biology consisting of some fundamentals concepts of polarity, mitosis and
cytoskeletal dynamics. Apart from this, investigating into the field of structural biology to
configure the mechanism of signal transduction in immune responses and stress along with the
study of molecular mechanism of cancer metastasis also sums up my interest in this field.
Among several number of universities, I have specifically opted for your esteemed
university to be the best in fulfilling my career pursuit by carrying out an in-depth research in the
field of biostatistics. I hereby believe that under the supervision and direction of your expert
faculty who uses advanced teaching methods will bring numerous opportunities for me to
develop my skills where I am particularly fascinated by the use of progressive research
techniques in this discipline. This is also on considering my work experiences that has greatly
acknowledge me the way of using various laboratory instruments. I have hereby worked in the
hospital’s research lab of King Abdulaziz and their expert faculty.
Followed by which, I have also taken part in several number of activities and together
attended some courses such as Scientific word, etc. Also, I am a quick learner with a keen
interest to learn on constant basis for enhancing my existent skills. I believe in being punctual
and organised with good skills of group work, numeracy and problem solving. In addition to this,
good IT skills with specialized knowledge in Rasmol and Symyx and fluent written as well as
verbal skills of communication is apparent to help me studying Biostatistics and fulfil my
objective of building a strong career ahead. I would thereby request you to consider my request
of joining your university for the completion of my Master’s in Biostatistics and allow me to
significantly contribute in this exciting research field.
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