The blatant "specific events to deciding" Essay

[adamj61]

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I have always side stepped this angle when writing all of these essays because I have always wanted to be a doc, and it is hard to point out a specific event that set my mind. I do have a lot of stories and events that have reinforced it, but can you really spin the essay that way? The UW secondary asks this straight out, and I would rather have the Columbia satisfactions essay any day. Anyone have any advice, or is in a similar situation?

 

[adamj61]

This must be too tough of a question for y'all...

This isnt a general why medicine question...it specifically asks what events lead to your decision to become a doc. I think that most people's experience would point them toward patient care...so why not nursing? Right now I am banking on the shadowing...but what else can you do?

 

[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

Yeah, I am in the same boat as you with always knowing and that I can't pinpoint a specific time. So I usually take the stance that I have known that I want to be a doctor, and the experiences I have had continually reaffirm this decision. And as for "why not nursing" its my opinion that being a doctor is the best to combine patient care with high level scientific thought. I suppose nursing does that as well, but not to the same degree. Also, patients will always have a different regard for doctors than nurses. As a doctor, I think that patients allow themselves to be most vulnerable when they see you, because they believe you can help. Not always the case for nurses.

 

[adamj61]

Want to read my 500 word essay when it is done? I definetly agree with you...will you say that you have always known?