Why I Want To Become A Doctor

Whenever I am asked the question of why I want to become a doctor, I start to think of many different answers to this. I want to help people. I want a profession that will allow me to be with others on a daily basis. I am curious by nature and enjoy solving problems, especially those in the sciences. Albeit all of these traits must be possessed if one is to become a doctor, there are a plethora of other professions that require the same amount of diligence and intrinsic motivation to successfully perform. So whenever I am asked this question, I try to avoid stating rationales as obvious as those stated above; this task, thankfully, is easy to accomplish as someone with a very specific, intrinsic motivation for wanting to enter the field of profesional medicine. My answer to this question revealed itself relatively early during my childhood. As early as I can remember, I have dealt with having a Tic disorder. I can vaguely remember the time period when I was around 5-6 years old in which

This specialist had impacted my life in such a way that no one else could at that time--she made me happy again. She allowed me to live without pain from constantly contracting various muscle groups. She allowed me to grow and develop as many of my peers appeared to do so. Without doctors like her, my life could have been much, much worse. So to me, the answer to why I would want to become a doctor is very clear--if one person could impact my life in such a positive way, possibly changing the course of my entire life, than I could only imagine how many potential children like myself who just want to live normal, healthy lives will feel if I were the one to provide them with such change. As a doctor, I would be able to change countless people’s lives for the better in a way that only a doctor is