My ideal College by Tehreen

My ideal College by Tehreen - March 2016 Scholarship Essay

One year ago, when I was in Pakistan I thought I was going to become a teacher. It was not my ambition but my country would have forced me to become a teacher because I am a girl. When I was younger my Grandmother dies due to the bad medical treatment. She has a blood cancer but she has a chance for live but doctor gave her wrong medicine that’s why she dies. In my previous country, I did not see justice in anything. I have always wanted to become a doctor, but it was the kind of contentment you have when you don’t know any better. Yes, I was oblivious; about my future and the future of my country. I wanted to be successful in life. I did not just want to grow older, I wanted to grow up. That too, with friends I had always known family who was always near, in my own neighborhood, and most importantly in my own country. I wanted to be part of the revolution that Pakistan needed more than anything else.
However, when I was asked about my future, my answers were uncertain and clichéd, at best. What profession was I aiming for? What colleges was I thinking about? How was I going to fulfill my aspiration? I was too naïve to realize some of the stark realities of life, especially the liabilities that come with being a girl in Pakistan. In my blissful naivety, I thought life would become, at once, meaningful and fulfilling if I went to a certain prestigious college in Pakistan. I assumed that this college would be an integral element to my advancement and consequently to my involvement in the evolution of my country. When I moved here I started school within fifteen days then, I got the reality check I needed
It was difficult for me because everything changed like language, customs and study but I still see my future in this country. I compromise my comforts for better education. After the initial

shock of transplanting my life from one part of the world to the other, I had to reevaluate the
vision of my life. I was no longer physically in my previous country. How could I contribute to
the better elevation that my country needed so badly if I was sitting half way across the world? And that is when I began to look at my life through the spectrum of the American life. When I was younger my ideal college in Pakistan was that college where I fulfill my all goals. My ideal college would somewhere warm, and near the beach. But with all changes in my life, that’s why my ideal college also changed.
Now I have an opportunity to fulfill my goals. My ideal college in America is Medical College where I do Ph.D. I always want to go in best college where I learn medical. In America, there are a lot of good colleges. I just want to go to that college where I get respect something as a girl which I did not have in Pakistan. After Ph.D. I want to become a surgeon. I want to be an oncologist with blood cancer because in America, blood cancer or leukemia is very common. Blood cancer is not a small disease but I want to be a part of solving problems. It is not just beneficial for me but also for my society. I will help people who fight with blood cancer or leukemia.