I Don't Know Yet, But That's Okay by Anne

I Don't Know Yet, But That's Okay by Anne - June 2017 Scholarship Essay

When I was two years old, my parents had gotten me a play doctor’s set, with the stethoscope and everything. From then on, I was dead-set on becoming a pediatrician (not that I could spell it). For the next couple of years, I never changed what I wanted to be, but rather, I expanded on the idea. Once I had become a pediatrician, I was to open up my own practice, with, in the basement, a massage place for the hard-working mothers to relax and get shoulder rubs, and specifically shoulder rubs (true story). This is due to the fact that I found out from a young age that I was very good at shoulder rubs and charged 50 cents every five minutes as a matter of fact. Though, my aversion to touching any other part of someone’s body led me to not want to be a full masseuse, but just a side business for shoulders only. Another expansion idea of mine was to give each patient of mine a pink and purple frosted cupcake because my own doctor’s office would only give pretzel sticks and I hated pretzels (and who wants pretzel sticks when you can have a cupcake?).
Now throughout my elementary and middle school days, I excelled in all aspects of school, therefore I believed there was no issue with me becoming a doctor (as if 3rd grade math will help on the MCAT) and I was still gung-ho on going to medical school. However, high school chemistry in 10th grade was a different story. Because of hard subjects such as geometry, algebra and chemistry, I unfortunately received my first failing grade ever on a test, which of course did not satisfy me. That was when my interests started to change. But it was not because of the difficulty per-say, because I know perseverance is key, however, I just did not enjoy math or science at all, or even English. Then when I began thinking of careers, my answer hit me in the face, as I thought of my favorite subjects: History and Social Studies. I enjoyed history entirely more than I ever enjoyed anything else, from government to sociology and cultures. Because of wonderful teachers and the joyous subject that is the study of society, historical events, people and the past. I know one day I hope to do something that interests and intrigues me and possibly still incorporate my love of interacting with others, even if it is not being a doctor, which also led me to my love of pediatrics. I am a person who enjoys socializing and interaction, and while I don’t know exactly what I will do one day, I know for sure that my education, my experiences, my talents, and my former aspirations will help lead me to whatever that may be one day, especially because I still have one year left of high school to figure it out.