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My interest in medicine first stemmed from my freshman Biology class and my Nutrition class. I was intrigued by our studies of cells, genetics, and disease. Both courses incited a sense of awe and curiosity within me. Dissecting a frog, was the stepping-stone for my interest in medicine. Seeing the frog's heart made me wonder how the human heart worked. My research into the human heart inspired me to learn more about the medical field. I sought out volunteer opportunities that would give me insight into a doctor’s typical day. During my volunteer experience, I learned that as a doctor you experience many obstacles, including patient compliance and insurance approval issues. In my journey to pursue medicine, I learned that becoming a doctor means more than helping people, it means being the team leader, being compassionate, and most importantly being committed to the patient’s well being.

I understand the path to becoming a physician will be rigorous and demanding, and I have thoroughly evaluated my desire and competence to walk that path. Through various medical and non-medical related experiences, I have deduced that my interest in medicine is sincere and that I have the aptitude to succeed in medical school; however, medicine is not my only interest.

First, it was time for warm-ups and as we glanced at our opponents we were intimidated and our bodies trembled in fear because we lost to them by thirty points and we felt demoralized. Flashbacks flooded through our minds. Our coach got our attention and he motivated us by reminding us that we worked with blood, sweat and tears to achieve where we were at, however it did not have any effect on me. I felt

I’ve learnt that being a doctor is about so much more than administering drugs. At its peak, being a doctor is about communication and compassion. I love working with people and I love science, and the more exposure I get to medicine the more confident I feel that despite its hurdles and sacrifices, there is no other career that would grant me as much fulfilment as

Adversity has only improved my tenacity, focus, endurance, and problem solving abilities. Various circumstances have affected my academic performance negatively, but I use that as motivation to continually improve myself. I want to be a part of the solution to the family physician shortage and serve the community in the most effective way. My drive to improve the lives of others will help propel me through the difficulties of medical school and beyond. The personal experience I have with my immersion in the field of primary care gives me unique characteristics that will translate into creating a successful physician that focuses on building meaningful relationships with patients. I continually witness how my grandfather is positively impacting the community through medicine and it is my goal to be granted an opportunity to do the same. My belief in lifelong learning and continual self-improvement consistently drives me towards the study of medicine. Because of my life experiences, I now have the balance, endurance, clarity, and tenacity needed to be a successful medical

From a very young age, I have always wanted to become a doctor. However, over time I have learned the reality of why becoming a doctor is so difficult. I have encountered a great deal of stress due to grades and management of extracurricular activities. Furthermore, it is a very competitive field as there many individuals around me that also dream of becoming doctors. It is not only people from my school, but also individuals across the entire nation that wish to enter medical school. It is a competitive process that requires hard work and dedication. The path to entering medical is one

Dr. Nelson, the general practitioner for whom I volunteered for two and a half years, had always told me that the desire to become a doctor must come from deep within. In his office, I took patients’ vital signs and helped them feel more comfortable. I also spent a significant amount of time with Dr. Nelson learning about the physician’s role. He became my mentor. I learned of

As an aspiring physician my preparation has been driven by motivation, intelligence and most importantly commitment. Over the course of my undergraduate education I have developed strong communications skills all while maintaining a strong work ethic. My best attribute is my willingness to help other. I am caring, compassionate, confident, cultivated and consistently eager to learn. The career path I have chosen has tested my ability to deal with uncertainty, problem solving, and most importantly helped me to distinguish my strengths and weaknesses. I have learned to manage risk and deal effectively with problems. Overall, I have developed the skills to virtually engage people.

Since I was a child, I have always known I wanted to become a doctor, but I did not know what kind of doctor I wanted to become. Did I want to become a doctor to earn a lot of money and live a prosperous life, be respected in society, or so that I could simply help other people? The answer came to me not too long ago while I was volunteering at the Methodist Richardson Hospital. During my time in the children’s ward reading books with these children or even just talking to them, I felt a sense of fulfillment. Seeing these children with life threatening diseases, such as cancer, smiling happily as if nothing were wrong, living their lives as if they were not stuck in hospital beds made me just love them and their positive attitudes. Working

When my mother was taken to different doctors, the doctor that happened to have most success was also a person who had greatest curiosity and deepest compassion. I have always loved testing my ideas against the storm of contrary evidences. I have always changed my beliefs based on truth, when I am shown to be wrong. I have always taken comfort in being alone with a book, expanding my knowledge for the sake of itself. Above all, when confronted with a choice between narrow self-centeredness and liberal magnanimity, I have always chosen the latter, because it felt good being so, though many times I am have been labelled "naive". But in a larger sense, I believe that these traits and motivations are compatible with the preconditions for becoming a physician of substance. Bertrand Russell said that "a good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge". And I wish to have my professional life rest on this

The vocation of a doctor is the perfect unification of scientific curiosity and being of service to others. Consequently, medicine is a career that interests me, above all others, while also appealing to my scientific side as it demands the gifted use of science to combat the omnipresent threat of disease.

Medicine is about the captivating combination of altruism, intellectual challenges and the fact that I can be the one to make a genuine difference in people’s lives. Once someone is my patient, his or her quality of life is something I will be able to change for the better.

The medical field has always been an intriguing area of study to me. Even as a young child, when I had to go to the doctor’s office, I would ask the doctor tons of questions about how the medicine he or she gave me worked. As I grew older and started to enroll in upper-level science classes, my interest in healthcare became immensely stronger. Apart from classes at school, a variety of other factors contributed to my decision of pursuing a healthcare career.

Additionally, through my experience as a medical scribe, I learned that I want to become a medical doctor because I genuinely care why these patients come in. Although my blood pressure heightens when I see patients come in over and over again for trivial reasons like a bug bite or an abdominal pain where the patient was told to get an endoscopy done five visits ago, I constantly find myself wanting to know more about the patient’s life every time. I further learned that I have no desires in becoming an Emergency Department doctor, as the interactions are too superficial for me.

Coming from a family where both of my parents are physicians, it was expected of me, as their firstborn, to follow their same path. The medical profession, thus, has been something I’ve always been familiar. At age of eleven, I remember explaining my grandfather how the heart contains four different valves and how important these are for the proper functioning of our heart and body. Hospitals, doctors, syringes, and people using “daunting” terms such as cephalgia to refer to a simple headache were things I was not estrange to because, due to my parents profession, I grew up in an environment where these were very common. It was exactly my familiarity with this profession, what made me realized, when I grew up, that the practice of medicine was not my vocation. As a result, when someone asked me what type of doctor I wanted to be, I proudly answered them that I wanted to be a doctor-in-law –a lawyer. Every time I said