Personal Statement

I’ve always enjoyed helping people. It makes me feel good inside to acknowledge when I’m giving someone a hand or I’m assisting them. Helping people is something that I truly desire to do for the rest of my life. That is what initially sparked my interest in becoming a physician. I understand that there are a plethora of other career options that also allow me to do someone a service or to help them out. However, being a doctor, to me, provides the most direct and critical type of help. There is no other profession that can treat cancer. There is no other profession in which a worker can have a patient, who almost lost their life to cancer, tell them “thank you for saving my life.” To me, that is the most rewarding thing that a person can experience. The feeling of gratitude that people hold towards a doctor after being treated by them is indescribable. Most doctors say that there is no greater joy than the one you feel when you help a very ill patient feel better. I want to experience that myself. I

My father is a physician who works tirelessly each and every day to help people feel better. I can see through the smile on his face every night when he comes home, that he is truly satisfied with what he does. To him, being a doctor is a very rewarding career choice. There are some people in the world that like to give more than they can ever receive. My father is one of them. His passion for treating people motivates me each and every day when I see him go off to work. He finds his job to be very gratifying, especially when he brings a smile to a patient’s face. The money is not what drove him to become a doctor, the idea of being able to personally treat someone and make them feel better did. It is his motivation and generous attitude that inspires me to do the