I would spin around and around in those comfortable cushioned chairs behind the nurses' station until I got dizzy. Every time the nurses would leave their post, I would try to pierce through "CIA Classified Folders- with my 5-years-old Superman vision. Ok, I guess they were only patient's records inside those folders, but back then it seemed like those folders contained our nation's secrets. I even tried to break into a folder once - but I was abruptly slapped on the wrist and told not to do it again. At that early age, I begin to find medicine extremely intriguing. Every weekend I would go with my father to the Psychiatric Center to take rounds. There, I helped supervise the daily activities of pre-adolescents, played with them, and assisted them in getting dressed. I worked with crack babies, autistic children, and children who had severe behavioral problems. There was one incident where a young autistic boy would frequently hit himself and no one was permitted to stop him. We had to turn away and allow this child to continually strike and hurt himself until he was tired because autism was still a fairly unknown illness back then. I was frustrated that I was not able to help him and vowed to myself that I would do something about that one day.
Throughout my undergraduate years at Emory I have blended both my interests in medicine with my passion for the Indian heritage. During the summer of sophomore year I volunteered at a medical clinic in India. It was in Calcutta, thousands of miles away from home, that I witnessed medicine practiced as I imagined it should be. Seeing the doctor treat his patients with skill and compassion as fellow human beings rather than simply diseases to be outsmarted, I realized he was truly helping the people of Calcutta in a manner unique to medicine. Fascinated by this exposure to clinical medicine, I saw medicine's ability to make a difference in people's lives.
According to the Dalai Lama, "Practicing compassion not only makes others happy, but it also makes you happy." I have experienced the truth of this statement firsthand through my experiences as a volunteer at Ochsner Medical Center, a prominent hospital located in my hometown of New Orleans. Having...
Personal Statement I have always dreamed of choosing a medical field as my career. As I grew up, I found out my interests were more towards science. In high school, chemistry became one of my most favorite subjects among all the science subjects. I took one and half years of chemistry in high...
Personal Statement Lacking experience in writing, English is my most feared subject. My parents and my other instructors always told me that I am a very bright individual and my accomplishments in other subjects prove that. I've conquered math, science, and history like gold, but faced wit...
PERSONAL STATEMENT Why are you choosing a career in nursing at this time? First of all, it is my long-time dream to be a doctor, but financial matters hindered me from achieving that dream. Nursing for me is the closest profession related to becoming a doctor that is why I decided to pursue it....
Personal Statement A week after my family's convenience store was held up by an armed robber, the night shift's cashier quit. ... At the time of the purchase, my parents and the seller signed a closing statement with a title company for $1.7 million, which a bank entirely financed with a first lien note. My parents, without understanding the situation due to the language barrier, also signed a second lien note for $750,000.00, which is unrecorded in the closing statement and therefore invalid. ...
I"m writing this statement now as I anticipate the permission to study at University of Illinois at Chicago, which is my next step in brightening my future. ... However, the personal goal that I am setting and achieving encourages me to go on every time I want to quit. ...
The topic of literature touches me on a personal level; often there are no firm limitations of what can or cannot be correct. And thus, puts forth a strong longing to fully immerse myself into written works and pieces to dictate my own personal thoughts and opinions. ... This notion will heighten Southwest High School's powerful mission statement. ...
PERSONAL STATEMENT In the mid 1990s, when I was in graduate school working on my MA in psychology, at the urging of one of my professors, I began to undergo weekly Jungian analysis. ... Relating to this flavor in a personal way, I can say Western civilization was good to me in that it kindled in me the urge to be curious. ...
Personal Statement "It's not enough to be good, if you have the ability to be better-. This particular quotation is example of my thoughts towards the value of determination. Determination is a mental motivator that is key to strive for your goals and dreams. It is also essential for a producti...
