What is your 10-year career plan? by Arya

What is your 10-year career plan? by Arya - March 2020 Scholarship Essay

When I was a small kid, my mother had forced me to eat walnuts and almonds, suggesting to me that doing so would help my brain grow. While I’m not sure whether it was the walnuts or almonds, something had helped foster my perception of the world today. In the long term, I would like to become a neurosurgeon with many years of residency. Many people, including my close friends, would say I’m too young to have such an acute vision of life and my career, and that I should relax and enjoy college life. However, I don’t want college to be an experience taken in vain or a hindrance to my potential to learn and absorb the knowledge my professors and peers wish to impart upon me.
The brain is a fascinating organ, capable and responsible for maintaining the well-being of the human body. I have had the first-hand experience in caring for a family member after they suffered a stroke, which left them incapacitated and unable to perform even the most mundane daily tasks. Seeing the magnanimous potential this one organ contains, has made me even more motivated to invest my time and resources into understanding the uncharted mysteries of the brain. In high school, I was a star tennis player. At the time I thought it was my athletic capabilities that took me to stardom. However, understanding the brain functions at hand has made me realize that it was, in fact, my brain that’s been the star this entire time, with its uncanny capabilities of coordinating eye and muscle movements.
So, in the end, my path in the 10-year career plan is to become a neurosurgeon, by going through 4 years of college, 4 years of Medical School, and 6 years of Residency. I will achieve this by my hard work, and my dedication to becoming a neurosurgeon.