Why I Should Pursue Medical School

Growing up I seen my mom, aunts, uncles and grandfather struggle with the death of my grandmother. Everyday there was a new struggle whether it was getting up to go to work or eat. My grandmother died of breast cancer at the age of fifty two, it devastated my family. The question asked “Is why do I want to go into the medical field?” I want to go into the medical field because I want to be able to make a difference in this world. I want to do research to cure chronic diseases, I want to be able to tell a family that everything will be alright, and I want to be able to save a family the devastation that my family felt.

I decided to take this class because I am interested in learning the basics for the medical field. I am interested in being a pediatrician because I enjoy working with children. I look forward to helping families by curing a sickly child or completing a usual check up. No one in my family has entered the field of medicine. I chose the medical field because I feel as if I can provide help for people who need it. Although these are my interest, I am still undecided for what I what for my future and I'm hoping this class can help me make the best

Through my life, I have made many decisions to help develop my interests and skills as well as my character. Such choices of mine include becoming my high school’s band president, a three season varsity sport captain, a national honor society member, a boy scout and an eagle scout. I have been fortunate to earn many awards including merit badges like emergency preparedness and the first aid and the community service award after being accredited for over 180 hours of cheerful community service. When it came time to think about my future with my high school guidance counselor, she introduced me to an idea of becoming a Physician

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing”- Pelé. When I think about my future, quite frankly, I’m not sure where I’ll end up. I truly believe my future will depend on my personal happiness no matter what career I end up in. However, that’s not how life goes. In a career, it’s not all flowers and daisies; you sacrifice, you endure, you persevere, and sometimes, you suffer but in the end you are rewarded with a life only dreamed by some. I’m not looking at the medical field for money, I’m looking at it for how it fits to my characteristics. The medical field is a group of people willing to suffer, sacrifice, and endure for the well-being

After graduating from the University of North Alabama, I plan to attend Medical School at either the University of South Alabama or the University of Alabama at Birmingham. After attending Medical School and my four year Residency, I plan to be a Resident for three more years so that I may specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecology/Fetal and Maternal Medicine. As an Doctor, I want to open my own practice and experience the joy of bringing life into this world. I believe that every unborn baby should have a fare chance at life and I know with the help of these scholarships, I can make my goals into a reality.

I am currently double majoring at the University of Georgia, and I have plans to go to medical school. In order to do medical school, I will have to compete against many of the smartest people in the country, but it is something I have wanted to do forever. Since the age of fourteen, I have had the opportunity to watch twenty live surgeries, volunteer as medical staff for over fifteen sporting events/medical clinics, and be a third year life-guard. I enjoy helping make people feel better. Often times it is challenging working with people to find out what is hurting them, but that is where the scrutinizer in me appears and excels. I take the situation at hand and have to analyze all of the information present, and after I do that, then I must make a choice at how to work through it. I am still very young, but I have had the privilege of being apart of many things in life that I know have helped mold me into who I

Every doctor has a reason for why they went to med school; every researcher has their reasons for getting a PhD. Some study because they want to help people, because they want to revolutionize medicine and technology or because eventually they'll make a lot of money. For me, a MD/PhD is a stepping stone to the career of my dreams: being a doctor with “Doctors Without Borders,” as well as a way to satiate my curiosity.

The desire to attend medical school should be one that is carefully planned out to ensure it is truly the right path; I believe this since medical school is something that requires many extra years of dedication and determination to complete. If one does not fully understand what they are embarking on might find out too late that becoming a physician was the wrong path for them. To ensure that applying to medical school was the right choice for me, I took the long road while developing a strong work ethic along the way.

College has always seemed like a million years away, however I recently was granted acceptance into my dream school and realized that I would be going to college in less than one year. Although I am extremely excited that I will be going to one of the top universities in nation next year, the University of Michigan, my family cannot help but worry about the financial burden of college and the future of medical school. I truly hope that within the next four years I will be able to reach my academic goals of going to medical school and in the future become a doctor. I know that this is a challenging and long road that will come with a lot of struggles and I want to make my financial situation the least of my issues. I believe that I will be

I would like to pursue a combined MD/PhD degree because I want to work in both clinical and laboratory settings studying the mechanisms of disease. My ideal path would be acquiring an MD along with a doctorate in the neurosciences, but I am also interested in biochemistry and pathology as well as a few others. I believe the experience gained obtaining a dual degree would increase my understanding in whichever specialty I choose and build skills related to research like obtaining grants and writing papers for publication. My interest in this program started around the end of my sophomore year. By then, I had been working in research for about two semesters, and while the work was not directly linked to medicine, medically based research had always attracted me more than chemistry or biochemistry. This attraction started before I was even in college.

No one wants homework over the summer. I see summer as a time to forget about school, and just have fun. I think most people feel the same, but despite how most people feel some of my teacher assigned homework over the summer. As you could image, I was highly upset about this. I was even thinking about not doing my assignment, but I knew that I didn’t want to start the year off failing. Little did I know that by the end of the summer my life would be changed, and I would be a new person. All thanks to Sandra Cisneros.

The ideology of following your every whim may seem romantic to some youth in their philosophy of this inherited world, but it is impractical. Truth be told, 13 years of medical training and $419,738 of student debt (according to CBS News) does not ensure you a position as a doctor. Perhaps, instead of pursuing your dream job as a surgeon at the nation’s number one facility, you consider assisting Doctors Without Borders, a noteworthy cause. Driven by the longing to solve existing problems will help you to realize where your true passion lies. Many

This spring, I will become the first person in my generation to graduate from a four year institution. Coming from a small high school class of only forty students, college has presented me with many more responsibilities, and countless opportunities. An opportunity to set an example for my four younger siblings, and also a chance to pursue a career for myself. With education being so vital, a higher education is something that I deeply valued and sought to attain. Going into college, I was certain that I wanted a career in healthcare, however I was undecided about where.

When I first came to college, I was almost certain that I would want to go to medical school. It was easy for me to try hard in all my high school classes because I saw them as a clear path to what I would want to have as a future career. During my first semester here at the U though, I was frustrated by the difficulty and dissonance between how I wanted to be spending my time and what doing pre-med classes entailed. I loved thinking about biological concepts, by doing physics and chemistry problem sets for hours on end made me feel like I was doing the wrong thing. It wasn’t that I stopped wanting to be a doctor; but I had, and still have doubts about whether that end goal justifies the truly arduous journey it takes to do so. I also realized how much I enjoyed being in nature. I want to make being outside in beautiful places a central part of my life in the future, not something that only happens on the side.

I have taken stock of myself, considering my skills, experiences, and goals. I have looked to family and friends, some of whom are doctors, for advice. Because of this self-examination, I have decided to pursue a career in health care. The process has been difficult at times but always illuminating. Throughout it all, I have never lost confidence - the confidence that I will actively absorb all available medical knowledge, forge friendships with fellow students, and emerge from my training as a skilful and caring physician.