Personal Statement: A Career As A Pediatric Surgeon

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Some people specifically get jobs for the money. I could understand why, so they can provide food and shelter for their family. But I would do it for my family, myself, and the enjoyment. I want to live a life, where I can enjoy every moment of it, while helping little kids. I want to become a pediatric surgeon. In ten years, I see myself in college, studying and working hard. The kind of work I will be doing is doing surgery on kids. The career I will have is being a pediatric surgeon. Choosing this goal is important to me because I want to help kids and people. The satisfaction this career provides me is helping people. The relationship with school and my goal is that I need to get better grades and study harder.

In the next five to eight years, I need to accomplish all of my classes in high school. The high school I see myself going to is Ronald Reagan. The reason is that I heard good comments about this school. Also, most of my family went to this high school. The subjects I’d
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A subject I really want to focus on is algebra, science, and health. I am going to measure my progress by getting feedback from teachers and checking my grades online at least once every two weeks. I am going to achieve my goal by studying as hard as I can. I will set my friends and my phone aside, and focus on my work. I am going to study every evening for at least an hour. This goal is relevant to my medium-term goal and long-term because focusing in school and working hard will pay off. I will achieve this goal in a timely manner by studying …show more content…
I will study my hardest to get into the high school and college I really want to get into. When I get into college, I will review and study all the sections and things I need to so I can be the best pediatric surgeon I

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