“What’s the epigenetic landscape?” I asked, my face creating the same puzzled expression as 20 other 14-year olds in the room. The white polo clad Ms. Bhargava gave us her typical vague metaphor, “It is a slope on a mountain with many ridges. The organic cell is a ball that is rolling down the slope. The ridges change the path of the ball, which is like points in time in which a cell gets more specialized. The epigenetic landscape is just a way to explain differentiation and specialization.” The weird analogy took me a bit of time to register. The subject of epigenetics was still confusing throughout the lecture. Rather than interrupt the lecture again, I waited until the end of class to make sense of some points. “So you said epigenetics
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What I learned in my reflections was that my parents knew I wanted to be a doctor before I did. As a child, I often skipped between career prospects. However, there was always some interest in medicine. I had been interested in becoming a neuropaleontologist because the brain fascinated me. I had also been interested in working in the financial area of a biomedical engineering firm because of the help technology provides to patients. After years of my parents pointing out the trend of medical interests, my eyes opened to what I really wanted to become: a doctor. The beginning of my sophomore year I greeted the familiar Ms. Bhargava and found the room filled with unknown juniors and seniors. None of my sophomore peers had taken up the challenge. However, I did not mind. The more I could learn about biology and the medical field, the happier I …show more content…
It included a fair amount of anatomy and focused on mental properties that were not necessarily linked to mental disorders. I discovered many things about the human mind, including mine as well. My love for psychiatry grew with each passing day. I shadowed a neurosurgeon despite my doubts about surgery. I felt I hadn’t given it a fair judgement. It was very educational when going on rounds and observing the other side of patient-doctor interactions. The doctor did well in teaching me the medical concepts which I did not know and his joy in helping other inspired me. Also, observing in the OR helped get me used to surgery and it became more tolerable. I look to continue my drive to become a doctor with the ¾ program because I learn best at an accelerated rate, my focus will be becoming a better future physician rather than getting into medical school, and the program will give me better access to doctors and research. That pivotal day in Bio I taught me something. My path from Pre-AP Biology is also a slope with many ridges. The paths created by the ridges are the paths my life can take. The decisions from the past, present, and future will decide my path at every
What I learned in my reflections was that my parents knew I wanted to be a doctor before I did. As a child, I often skipped between career prospects. However, there was always some interest in medicine. I had been interested in becoming a neuropaleontologist because the brain fascinated me. I had also been interested in working in the financial area of a biomedical engineering firm because of the help technology provides to patients. After years of my parents pointing out the trend of medical interests, my eyes opened to what I really wanted to become: a doctor. The beginning of my sophomore year I greeted the familiar Ms. Bhargava and found the room filled with unknown juniors and seniors. None of my sophomore peers had taken up the challenge. However, I did not mind. The more I could learn about biology and the medical field, the happier I …show more content…
It included a fair amount of anatomy and focused on mental properties that were not necessarily linked to mental disorders. I discovered many things about the human mind, including mine as well. My love for psychiatry grew with each passing day. I shadowed a neurosurgeon despite my doubts about surgery. I felt I hadn’t given it a fair judgement. It was very educational when going on rounds and observing the other side of patient-doctor interactions. The doctor did well in teaching me the medical concepts which I did not know and his joy in helping other inspired me. Also, observing in the OR helped get me used to surgery and it became more tolerable. I look to continue my drive to become a doctor with the ¾ program because I learn best at an accelerated rate, my focus will be becoming a better future physician rather than getting into medical school, and the program will give me better access to doctors and research. That pivotal day in Bio I taught me something. My path from Pre-AP Biology is also a slope with many ridges. The paths created by the ridges are the paths my life can take. The decisions from the past, present, and future will decide my path at every