50 Successful Harvard Medical School Essays by Staff of the Harvard Crimson

Author:Staff of the Harvard Crimson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

ANALYSIS

Omar explains how his strong interest in helping others draws him to medicine. He opens the essay with the painful personal experience of losing his grandfather, which he frames as the spark for what inspired him to become interested in becoming a doctor. From this experience, he then outlines the path that he followed to discover more about the field. He shows how he has grown from hardship, taking initiative so that he no longer feels helpless. The detail with which he describes the operations he observed makes it clear that he is fascinated by surgery.

For Omar, the personal relationships and interactions he makes with his patients are what makes medicine so meaningful. He exemplifies this by describing experiences directly related to medically treating others as well as experiences where he mentored underserved children. Through this breadth of experiences, he shows the reader that he is not only truly dedicated to serving others but also a well-rounded candidate, who has both the hard and the soft skills to thrive in medicine. That he addresses advanced surgeries, allergic reactions in his college dorm, and service to middle school students with the same urgency and passion demonstrates that he has what it takes to become a doctor.

—Evelyn Manyatta

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