<p>Can anyone read this essay and tell me if this is good for Penn’s standards? I just wrote it really quick so it probably it a little rough. Any feedback is great!</p>
<p>Skin cancer is one of the most surreptitious diseases, affecting numerous people across various countries by hiding in moles and blemishes without the people even knowing. By merely sitting in the sun and refusing to apply sunscreen, any person, no matter what age, can obtain this lethal disease. Diagnoses of skin cancer are becoming a growing problem, and the austerity of the disease needs to be publicized so that people can be more aware, and more lives can be saved. Skin cancer has run in my family for decades, recently taking my grandfathers eye after he had an outbreak of cancer cells behind his retina, and a large section of my aunt’s thigh after she discovered melanoma. Thus, this disease is a problem that is not only omnipresent throughout the world on a macroscopic scale, but is also present in people’s hearts, especially those who have lost a family member because of it. When I grow up, I plan to have the obtained intelligence in order to be able to understand the disease of skin cancer and how it works in detail so that I can find the cure. Along with the knowledge of science for the disease, I would also need a background in marketing in order to portray to the public how serious the problem of skin cancer is becoming, and how my solution to the problem can save lives. A combination of life science and management/marketing seemed perfect to me, and would accomplish my future goals completely. However, I knew that not many schools would offer a dual degree program for both a major in science and a major in business, since the two majors are so different from one another. I considered pursuing a major in biochemistry and a minor in marketing, or vice versa, until I discovered the University of Pennsylvania’s program called Life Science Management. LSM is one of the only programs throughout the country that provides students with both the love of sciences and business studies the opportunity to pursue a dual-major in both areas, without making them have to pick one over the other. By graduating with both a BS in biochemistry from the College of Arts and Sciences and a BS in economics with a concentration of marketing from The Wharton School—which, needless to say, is one of the top business schools in the United States—I would be granted the perfect opportunity to pursue my goals of discovering the cure for skin cancer, and making the cure public so that citizens can be aware of how lethal the disease is, and how many lives will now be saved because of the cure. Therefore, by enrolling in LSM, I would not only be obtaining an amazing education, but I would also be granted the ability to make people aware, and hopefully, save lives. </p>