Admissions Essay - I Dont Want to Be a Doctor :: Medicine College Admissions Essays

Admissions Essay - I Dont Want to Be a Doctor   I was talk of the town to my sister on the phvirtuoso, the little one, and she said,             I dont think I motivation to be a doctor.   And I thought,             Oh, no.   Now, you gotta understand,             were Asian.             South Asian, actu wholey.             Sri Lankan, specifically. And the thing about Asians is,             were *all* supposed to be doctors.             We all *are* doctors.   My dads friends are doctors.             my moms friends are doctors,             my dads *friends* friends are doctors.             and all of their kids                         are in med school right now,                         planning to be doctors.   My philia sister is planning to be a doctor,             fourth year Johns Hopkins, pre-med,             volunteering at a local hospital,             studying for the MCATs.   And I had thought the youngest was safely on the track,             a few years behind,             a freshman in college, pre-med,             taking Biology, Chemistry,             studying all the damned time,             going to be just what the world needs,             another Asian doctor.   And you gotta understand -- I was happy about this.             Theyll be successful.             Theyll have money they wont have to worry,             Theyll be able to pay the rent on time distant their big sister             whos dumb enough to try to make a living as a writer,                           but best of all                         itll make the pare nts happy.   by and by all -- *someone* had to to do it.             Someone had to make the parents happy,             and it certainly wasnt going to be me                         black sheep,                         dater of white boys                         writer of pornography,                         destroyer of her parents happiness.       So the little one says to me,             I dont think I want to be a doctor.   And I panic.   And I ask why. And she sa ys,             this sweet kid says             that she wants to make a difference in the world,                         do something good, unselfish,                         help people.                           I get the impression that she has vague ideas                         of working in a soup kitchen somewhere.   Shes eighteen, remember? Remember eighteen?   And I want to cheer I want to stand up and say,             You go, girl