UC application personal statement

Running Head : PERSONAL STATEMENT

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Medecins Sans Frontieres are my role models . They are doctors who weave their way through the battlefields with medicine jars on their hands They have chosen a life in adversities to save lives that are in despair rather than enjoying a comfortable life in the city hospitals . The fact that they are endangering their lives does not stop them from entering the battlefields . I want to be such a doctor . I have a dream that after my

course , I will be an important member of the Medecins Sans Frontieres , weaving my way through a third world village in an unknown land . Be a doctor who the poor can call a real friend . This is my dream and to achieve it , I must go to U .C

The dream to become a doctor dates back to sixth grade . Then , my father was a professor in one of the college hospitals , always surrounded by old and sick people . There is this particular day that however changed my perception on the importance of a doctor . I looked into the eyes of a dying grandmother . To her , my father was a kind of a savior , a beacon of hope . In the patients ' dying moments , they looked like they depended upon my father more than on God . I saw an ardent desire for life and insurmountable faith in my father in her hollow eyes . I have now come to recognize the importance that an individual 's jobs choice has on him /herself and society . I have always wondered why my father chose to take care of the old and the poor instead of going to work in a hospital with better pay . My father 's answer to these questions was simple Choose a job that is worthwhile to your life ' echoing the famous quote by Albert Einstein , Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile (Jone J .L , 2006 ) From that moment , my dream was to become a doctor , just like my father

To achieve this requires dedication and commitment . I started doing this by preparing for the medical school exam and focusing on the science courses . This effort bore fruits and I managed to come third in the national chemistry competition in my senior year of the high school

After graduating from high school , I worked in my mother 's pharmacy preparing for the medical college entrance exams . Looking at my mother preparing medicine used to remind me of my goal . Although it motivated me to study harder , my exam results were not satisfactory

After that , I volunteered to work at my father 's hospital every week . As I looked at the immense suffering of the sick , my desire to become a doctor would be renewed . I decided to study abroad to achieve my aspiration

I arrived in the U .S .A . in 2006 full of expectations . I entered the SMC in 2007 to study chemistry . My focus was on the subjects...