The world of medicine has always greatly interested me. From a young age, I had been exposed to the medical profession through my father, a pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I was always fascinated and interested by his daily work, and enjoyed learning household medical advice from a young age, like how to more effectively prevent infection from scraped knees and similar injuries commonplace during childhood. As I progressed through school, I always felt a greater affinity towards the sciences and math than I did the humanities, and I began to see medicine as a path forward, especially leading up to my senior year of high school. I stumbled upon my interest in neuroscience essentially on accident. My first major project
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These early exposures to neuroscience would follow me in my college tours in my junior and senior years of high school. At Georgetown, I was fascinated by the neurobiology major, and upon my second visit to Georgetown, I had the opportunity to sit in on and observe a class, PSYC 234-01: “Cognitive Neuroscience” taught by Professor Chandan Vaidya. It was an amazing opportunity to both see a collegiate-level class in person and to further stimulate my neuroscience interest. Furthermore, the class debate on the ethics of memory altercation felt familiar to my project on fMRI, and I was able to, in correspondence with Professor Vaidya about my interest in undergraduate research assistance about [PUT IN RESEARCH TOPIC, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Multidisciplinary fMRI]. At Georgetown, I hope to combine my interest in medicine and my interest in neuroscience by completing Pre-Med requirements while being a Neurobiology Major. At Georgetown, I see further opportunity to fuel my interest in medicine in the GERMS (Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service)
These early exposures to neuroscience would follow me in my college tours in my junior and senior years of high school. At Georgetown, I was fascinated by the neurobiology major, and upon my second visit to Georgetown, I had the opportunity to sit in on and observe a class, PSYC 234-01: “Cognitive Neuroscience” taught by Professor Chandan Vaidya. It was an amazing opportunity to both see a collegiate-level class in person and to further stimulate my neuroscience interest. Furthermore, the class debate on the ethics of memory altercation felt familiar to my project on fMRI, and I was able to, in correspondence with Professor Vaidya about my interest in undergraduate research assistance about [PUT IN RESEARCH TOPIC, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Multidisciplinary fMRI]. At Georgetown, I hope to combine my interest in medicine and my interest in neuroscience by completing Pre-Med requirements while being a Neurobiology Major. At Georgetown, I see further opportunity to fuel my interest in medicine in the GERMS (Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service)