My Beginning
Reflection
Hello!
I wanted to start incorporating reflections and ramblings on my blog. I hope this will trigger some useful ideas that I can put towards developing my personal statement for medical school applications.
Twelve years after high school,
I started feeling very tired of feeling helpless. Helpless in a sense that, I didn’t know how to help people. Throughout my life, I eyed as friends proceeded in and out of acrimonious relationships, I witnessed car accidents, epileptic seizure attacks, and unfortunate allergic reactions. I had friends come to me for advice seeking my opinion about subjects like “should I immunize my child,” and “should I use this for acne”? I noticed a trend. There were so many occurrences that made me feel helpless. I am exhausted of not being able to help; I want to change. I want to help people, but I also, just want to be a more promising version of myself. I have not always gravitated towards science focused subjects. In fact, science was my least favorite subject throughout high school. I can’t sugarcoat it. There’s a high probability that I only passed because sports were a priority, and in order to compete I was required to have “passing” grades.
Now, if I rewind back to kindergarten, I remember wanting to be a doctor JUST so I could move back to the Philippines and help my family. That sentiment never left me. I’m not absolutely sure why. My mom married when I was 4, so I don’t remember much of the Philippines. Initially, I took prerequisites for nursing, because I wasn’t sure I’d get the marks to be a doctor. Funny enough, I found that all my favorite classes were science focused and I was more than interested in science. I was committed to it. After much consideration, I decided to pursue a bachelor's degree and instead I decided on biology and focusing on chemistry Though I still want to be a doctor, and I still want to move to the Philippines, my dreams and goals have slightly developed since kindergarten. Now, I’m not so narrow minded. I know there is more than one route in starting my own women’s clinic, I know life hardly goes as planned, and I know it won’t be the end of the world if I’m not a doctor. I’m not entirely sure what I am hoping to solve in my scientific career. But I know, that my family isn’t as fortunate as I am, and they don’t have equal access to resources, health education, medical attention, vaccines, and maybe I can be the one that provides that for them. I am here to grow, learn what I can, and eventually, I will have paved my path. On my own personal time, I discover myself researching the ingredients found in my skin care. Over the years, I have grown increasing interested in what I am putting on my skin & being more mindful of the possible acid-base chemistry reactions spontaneously occurring on my face.
At the end of the day, I’m interested in a lot of different science-based topics. The more and more I talk about science, the more I realize how much I love the microscopic world..and, the further I travel along my educational journey, the louder medicine calls my name.
It’s strange to think . . . that this is just my beginning.
