“My goal is to be a physician who is engaged in medical research. As such, I want to go into academic medicine so that I can teach, research, and engage in a clinical practice. As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan I had the unique opportunity to be a teaching assistant. The feeling of mentoring students through their formative years is something that I look forward to experiencing throughout my career as a physician. I also want to conduct research as a physician, and this stems from my experience conducting research at Michigan Med as an undergrad. It is very important to me that I make a lasting impact on the field of medicine by making a contribution to the literature. Of course, though, I primarily want to become a doctor because I want to engage in clinical practice. Knowing the impact doctors can have on patients, both emotionally and physically, has motivated me to be a physician from a young age. I am not yet sure what specialty I might like to go into, so I plan on to entering medical school with an open mind and figuring that out along the way.”