Personal Statement: A Career In The Medical Field

When I was six years old I broke my right arm playing on the swing in front of my house. I remember my parents nervously driving me to the emergency room. I had an x-ray taken and the doctor said I would need a cast. My parents explained this to me, but after the long day I was overwhelmed and started crying that I didn’t want a cast. They got me to calm down enough so that the doctor could start putting the cast on. As she was working, she started asking me about school, and friends, and then she asked me what my favorite color was. “Pink” I said. “Well we will get you a pink cast then” she responded. When she said that I perked up a little. “A pink cast” I thought, “wow that’s pretty cool”. At the time, I didn’t realize it but she was healing …show more content…
The ER doctor’s ability to help people and make a personal connection is a quality that initially drew me to a career in the medical field. I value this quality because my parents installed in me the importance of helping your community and respect for others. However, apart from humanitarian causes I also have interest in other aspects of becoming a doctor. Working in a faced paced environment is where I am most comfortable. I like it because it forces me to be more creative and resourceful to adapt to new situations. To me, not knowing what will happen each day or what challenges I will face is exciting. Therefore, I want to be an Emergency Room Physician so that I can improve the health of my community in a way that also allows me to have a career that I …show more content…
As a freshman, I have only been able to take a few courses in the college of Letters and Science but the ones that I have taken I enjoyed. My favorite course so far was Bio-150: Introduction to Biology. The material from this class was interesting and it opened my eyes to other fields of biology. My favorite part of the course was applying what I learned in lecture to lab. Every week, I would look forward to having smaller class discussions with my TA and lab partners about the material and our lab experiments. The lab challenged me to think further past basic information which helped me better understand the course material. My classes are not only giving me a strong base for my education but they are also teaching me valuable lessons such as critical thinking, communication, and team work, skills that will be critical in my future.
In addition to classes, the college of Letters and Science has also provided me with access to an advisor. My advisor has one of the best track records and has been named one of the best pre-med advisors in the Midwest. She will be extremely helpful in my future because she not only advises me on class selection, but she also can help me through the medical school application process. Already, she has helped plan the next three years of college so that I graduate on time and she has helped connect me to a volunteer