My Career Goals

The creation of my lifelong goal began the same day my grandfather realized he was dying. There was no specific career that I had in mind since I was 5 years old when I learned the news that my grandfather had blood cancer. It started out as a cautious medical exam. My grandfather had been feeling ill for the past several weeks so he agreed to see a doctor in an attempt to soothe my grandmother’s worries. What had started as a simple check-up, turned into much more when my grandfather was diagnosed with Leukemia. It changed the entire course of my life, however, at the time, I had no idea. After an arduous few months, my grandfather lost the battle to cancer, an illness that simply could not be defeated. Immediately, I realized that I never wanted to feel this helpless again and decided to become someone

Although it was this incident that convinced me to pursue medicine, I had to think critically about how to turn this dream into something tangible. I involved myself in all things that would help me achieve my goal. From keeping my grades up to participating in medical internships, I made decisions that helped me grow as a person and even narrow down the type of physician that I wanted to become. However, getting good grades was simply a byproduct of really trying to accumulate the knowledge and information that I was presented in school. While others simply study to get and maintain a high GPA, I believe that learning should be its own reward, and a strong understanding of many topics, especially science related, is very important to me. It was the culmination of choices that I made in high school such as late night study sessions and devoting my free time to preparing for standardized tests that changed me into the motivated and productive person that I