Kindergarten by Vivek

Kindergarten by Vivek - February 2013 Scholarship Essay

I remember kindergarten.  Playing with blocks, getting hands sticky with glue, running around the playground; it was a time vastly different from what I am experiencing now.  Filling out scholarship forms, applying to colleges, trying to do well in AP classes.  However, no matter what time, then or now, I have always held one thought constant: to become a doctor.  While my other kindergarten classmates were in their blissfull land of fun and play, I occassionally took to Wikipedia in order to learn more about what I wanted to do in the future.  What I saw on the infamous source of information was way over my head; nevertheless, I found other ways of procuring more knowledge on the subject matter.  I asked my parents if they had both their kidneys (keep in mind I was a kindergartener).  They both slowly nodded and asked me why.  They were both startled to know that I already knew what I wanted to become, and they proceeded to tell me that I have all the time in the world.  The source from which I derived this morbidly realistic dream for a kindergartener was in St. Louis.  I was at my uncle's house in Chesterfield, and I watched him be bothered at a dinner party by annoying, pestering guests who had medical curiousities that couldn't wait to be satisfied with a doctor's order.  He didn't seem at all bothered, on the contrary he was thrilled to be able to help with whatever they needed from him.  Other guests became uncomfortable as my uncle began looking at new patient's genetic defects, and overdone sunburns, but he maintained his composure and aptly treated all who came for help.This is the reason I knew from such an early age that I wanted to become a doctor.  The major I intend to choose at the University of Kansas is biology.  I am interested in sciences, and I know that this choice is a stepping stone to medical school, and then finally achieving my goal of realizing a career as a helpful, well-respected doctor.