Why Biology? by Madilyn

Why Biology? by Madilyn - February 2024 Scholarship Essay

Madilyn Terry
October 26, 2023
“Why Biology?” Essay
In life people make mistakes and we all have faults. We, in today's society, are supposed
to go through highs and lows. The key thing to remember is that no matter what, people are
faced with certain hardships to overcome, educate, and thrive with these new added factors in
our lives. Over the course of my life, I have gone through a variety of things. Each challenge
seems to be more substantial than the next. These challenges faced throughout my life allowed
me to find my passion and what I want to do for the rest of my life.
In 2022 my step-dad lost his five-year-long battle with cancer. This
especially caused me to have an unbelievable setback and took me many months to even start to grieve his death. Even after everything, things started to look up within my life. For example, I
started dating who I thought was an outstanding guy. At the time, he made me see the good
parts of life. However, days before our six month mark, we broke up. After everything that
happened throughout my year, there was still a bigger challenge that I was yet to find out.
Throughout the last seventeen years of my life, the most life-changing obstacle I have been faced with was finding out that I was pregnant. Becoming a mother at such a young age was very stressful. I had many absences from school, peers talking about me, doctor appointments, and my baby’s father giving up his responsibilities, which all has taken a major toll on my life. When I first found out that I was pregnant, I was terrified because motherhood was planned for a later time in my adulthood, not my senior year of high school. At first, I did not think that I was going to be in it alone. My ex-boyfriend said that he supported me but still wanted me to “get an abortion.” This situation has taught me so much and I'm learning more each and every day. While I may not have been mentally ready to be a mom, my daughter has been nothing but a blessing in my life.Since I have had my daughter, I have begun to pull up my grades and truly zone into my future for the both of us.I have actively participated in band and power lifting and plan to attend college in just six short months. My daughter luckily prepared me to fully understand what I plan to do with the rest of my life.
The nurses that provided excellent care for me in my most vulnerable state of mind are the reason that I believe in the medical field as my true passion. I was constantly checked up on and had someone to monitor not only my physical state, but my mental state also. This experience made me truly believe that I can impact someone's life the way that mine was during the 9 months of my pregnancy. My obstetrician made me feel safe and stable enough to disclose my thoughts and feelings. The staff that was assigned to me gave me hope to enable this feeling in someone else's life. I will forever be grateful for these obstacles and the clear path that they gave me towards medicine.