ACHIEVEMENT STATEMENT EXAMPLES FOR

BIOLOGY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES

·        As an intern, provided research support in cellular and molecular studies which were designed to determine the health effects of energy production on humans, resulting in a published report of findings in the New England Journal of Medicine

·        Assisted college students with weekly biology lab projects and arranged tutoring circles for underperforming students, resulting in increased grades of participating students

·        Organized and ran a community garden program through the Cooperative Extension Program, identifying plants and their diseases to community members, resulting in an overall decrease in plant deaths

·        As a Clinical Research Assistant, assisted in modifying AIDS data-collection procedures which resulted in decreased budgetary costs, maximized efficiency, and improved efficacy data

·        As a volunteer in a petting zoo, developed a program that provided unusual facts about zoo animals, earning an overall 90% ‘excellent’ rating from visitors

·        Organized and directed a blood drive on campus, resulting in a record-setting collection of 500 units of blood

·        At a clinical laboratory, created and implemented lab cleaning procedures, resulting in an overall decrease of repeat procedures due to contamination by 65%

·        Volunteered more than 400 hours in the curatorial department of a local botanical garden, earning the annual ‘Volunteer of Distinction’ award

·        After a rigorous application and interview process, was only one of 100 students country-wide selected to participate in a research internship at a leading medical center

·        Performed extensive research on allelopathic plants and presented findings from gathered experiments to professor and classmates, earning an ‘A’

·        As an intern in a Biochemical facility, compiled and maintained data on analysis and results of RNA experiments in 20% less time than predecessor, saving the company $10,000 in overtime expenses

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