30 listings · 126 essays

Biology and life sciences application essays

Essays from students admitted into biology, neuroscience and biomedical programs.

These listings come from students who applied into biology and the life sciences, and were admitted. The collection covers general biology and biological sciences, along with molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, genetics, microbiology and biomedical sciences.

30Listings

126Essays

27Multi-essay packages

$30 to $200Price range

Essay types inside

Common App · Personal Statement17
Why-school · Supplement13
UC · Personal Insight Question11
Community / Identity · Supplement8

Where these writers got in

UC Berkeley9
UC San Diego8
UC Irvine4
UC Riverside4
UC Santa Barbara4
Emory3

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Package2 essays

LMU

Why-school · Supplement

Biology

LMU why-school supplements

First gen

Seller attendsUCLA

Accepted at:Pepperdine, LMU

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement

Biochemistry +2

Tulane application essays

Seller attendsRIT

Accepted at:Tulane, RIT, Minnesota

UC · Personal Insight Question

Biology

UCLA Personal Insight Questions

First gen

Seller attendsUCLA

Accepted at:UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, +3 more

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement

Neuroscience ( Pre-Med)

... I wondered, what was I left with after success?

Worked through schoolImmigrant family

Seller attendsBarnard College

Accepted at:NYU, Barnard College, Wellesley College, Rutgers, Boston University, +9 more

Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement, +1 more

Biomolecular Science

NYU application essays

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

UC · Personal Insight Question

Molecular and Cell Biology

UC Berkeley Personal Insight Questions

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley

Common App · Personal Statement, Is there any additional information or extenuating…, +2 more

Biology +6

Getting over my fear of judgement

Seller attendsMaryland

Accepted at:Maryland, Binghamton, Rutgers, Stony Brook, Pitt

Common App · Personal Statement, In which College or School at Notre Dame do you…, +2 more

Psychology; Neuroscience & Behavior

Locking myself in a laundry room 101

Rural hometownLow-income+1

Seller attendsNotre Dame

Accepted at:Notre Dame

UC · Personal Insight Question

Biological Sciences

Ever since I was young, I have always been a visual learner and thinker.

Immigrant familyFirst gen

Seller attendsUC Santa Barbara

Accepted at:UC Santa Barbara

Common App · Personal Statement, Activity / Extracurricular · Supplement, +2 more

Biology

“Tiffany,” a gentle, yet steady voice called out. I raised my head.

Seller attendsFlorida

Accepted at:Florida, UCF

Common App · Personal Statement, Short answer

Biomedical Engineering +2

If it were up to my coaches, I would live my life wrapped in layers on layers of bubble wrap.

Seller attendsTexas A&M

Accepted at:UT Austin, Penn State, UT Dallas, Auburn, Texas A&M, +5 more

Common App · Personal Statement

Biomedical Engineering +2

Twenty seconds, A moment so short, it is nearly negligible, yet long enough to change everything.

Seller attendsTexas A&M

Accepted at:UT Austin, Penn State, UT Dallas, Auburn, Texas A&M, +5 more

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +2 more

Biology/Neuroscience

Throughout my highschool years I had begun to develop a passion for serving my church.

Immigrant familyRural hometown+1

Seller attendsNC State

Accepted at:NC State, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro

UC · Personal Insight Question

Neuroscience +2

Something I have recently realized about myself is my great learning capacity.

International student

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC San Diego

Common App · Personal Statement, Please explain why you wish to study in the…, +2 more

Neuroscience +1

For a long time, I was convinced about my major: psychology, but my mind shifted towards neuroscience in summer.

International student

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:Rice, Tulane, Boston College, Fordham University, Northeastern, +1 more

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University of San Diego

UC · Personal Insight Question

Biology +2

My most significant challenge was the back injury I sustained the summer after my sophomore year and still endure today.

First genImmigrant family+1

Seller attendsUniversity of San Diego

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside

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University of San Diego

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more

Biology +2

“Smile!” click As a kid, I remembered always seeing my dad with a camera at any event.

First genImmigrant family+1

Seller attendsUniversity of San Diego

Accepted at:University of San Diego, LMU, Chapman, University of the Pacific

UC · Personal Insight Question

Molecular and Cell Biology

"My glucose level spiked this month," he said with a half-smile—the kind that hides fatigue.

First gen

Seller attendsUC San Diego

Accepted at:UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, UC Merced

Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement, +1 more

Molecular and Cell Biology

I was terrified on my first day.

First gen

Seller attendsUC San Diego

Accepted at:Tufts, Emory, Northeastern, Case Western

Why-school · Supplement

Cell and Molecular Biology

I am certain all of my niche interests are present in coursework offered at Purdue.

Seller attendsRutgers

UC · Personal Insight Question

Nursing +4

"Do well in school, I need all A's in your classes."

First genLow-income+1

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Riverside

Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement

Biochemistry

I once turned into a “red zombie” when I was young.

Seller attendsBoston College

Accepted at:Boston College

UC · Personal Insight Question

Neuroscience/ Cognitive Science

Playing varsity since middle school, I got used to easily winning my singles matches.

First genImmigrant family

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego

UC · Personal Insight Question

Biochemistry +1

As the sun beat down on my face during my first walk down Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru of my 2021 summer India visit, I…

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more

Microbiology

It’s the third time I’ve run up three flights of stairs, but we need this second card reader.

First genLow-income+2

Seller attendsMichigan (Ann Arbor)

Accepted at:Michigan (Ann Arbor)

UC · Personal Insight Question

Biology +2

I click the “Host” button into my Zoom meeting, the red light flashing with warm familiarity.

Immigrant familyRural hometown

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Irvine

Common App · Personal Statement

Nursing +4

The hardest part of growing up was never knowing which version of home I would wake up to every day.

First genLow-income+1

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:Mount Saint Mary's Los Angeles, USF

UC · Personal Insight Question

Molecular and Cell Biology +1

“You’ve grown taller again!” My grandmother’s smile reminded me of her mother, whose spirited tribal face tattoos I had…

International student

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Diego

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more

Neuroscience +2

When I was six, I stitched together stuffed animals after watching my idol, Doc McStuffins, “heal” her patients.

Seller attendsEmory

Accepted at:Emory, Georgia Tech, UGA

Common App · Personal Statement, Short answer, +4 more

Biology +2

And perhaps, while they painstakingly catalog mussels, I'll mention this new thing called DNA sequencing.

Seller attendsStanford

Accepted at:Stanford

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How to read these

Nearly every listing here is a multi-essay package rather than a single essay, so you are usually reading a whole application at once: a personal statement, the supplements that went with it, and in several cases a full set of UC Personal Insight Questions.

If you are on a pre-med track, read these with one question in mind. The arc every admissions reader has already seen is the bedside moment that turns into a calling. Look at where each of these chooses to start instead.