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College Admissions Essay: The Path Of Medicine

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The next five years are full of surprises, they symbolize the end of an undergraduate education and the beginning of a medical one. Everything will depend on me, no one will be there to make sure I've gone to school or that I have finished my homework. I am now in charge of the path that I want to take. And the path that I have decided to take is the path of medicine. I have decided to become a biology major, following a pre-med track with a potential double major in political science. The strenuous academic workload, is worrying. Having to transition from a high school that did not necessarily required the student to be the most studious or organized, to having to be a part of a collegiate system that expects students …show more content…

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