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

Admissions Essay - I Dont Want to Be a Doctor   I was talking to my sister on the phone, the little one, and she said,             I dont think I want to be a doctor.   And I thought,             Oh, no.   Now, you gotta understand,             were Asian.             South Asian, actu anyy.             Sri Lankan, specifically. And the thing about(predicate) 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. & nbsp           and all of their kids                         are in med school right now,                         planning to be doctors.   My middle sister is planning to be a doctor,             fourth grade 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,  &nbs p          studying all the damned time,             going to be average 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 net profit the rent on time unlike their big sister             whos leaden enough to try to make a living as a writer,                           but best of all                         itll make the parents happy.   After all -- * person* had to to do it.             Someone had to make the parents happy,             and it certainly wasnt going to be me                         nigrify 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 says,             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 works in a soup kitchen somewhere.   Shes eighteen, remember? Remember eighteen?   And I want to cheer I want to stand up and say,             You go, lady friend