Dearest Friends and Family,
I hope this letter finds you well. I write to you today to talk about an amazing opportunity and to ask for your support as I take the next steps in my pursuit of college. With less than a year left to apply and decide what university I will attend, I am trying to take as many new opportunities that emerge.
Since around two years old, I have held an interest in medicine. To my mother’s horror, I tried to always make her feel better while she was battling cancer. Despite my ineffective methods as a young child, I have not lost my drive for helping others.
I plan on becoming a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, and while I know my direction could change with further exposure to other medical fields, I know …show more content…
It is designed to help students like me understand their place in the medical field and get first-hand experience shadowing physicians. As you may know, getting serious shadowing experience in the States is both extremely competitive and rigorously regulated especially for a High School student like me. Yet, pre-med students are required to have shadowing experiences, along with unique extracurricular pursuits, to get accepted into medical school. An Atlantis Fellowship satisfies both needs.
I applied one afternoon on a whim, not expecting to be considered for this highly-competitive opportunity, underwent two interviews the following weeks, and was thankfully accepted soon afterward. Through this Fellowship, I will gain the opportunity to: shadow international physicians, rotate weekly through various specialties, shadow for 15-20 hours per week, go on group excursions to experience my host country’s culture, connect with other students around the world with similar interests as me, grow personally through this international experience, and volunteer to help tutor English to hospital staff.
I will be traveling to Cuenca, Ecuador for three weeks, and I am so excited to see healthcare from this new cultural
I hope this letter finds you well. I write to you today to talk about an amazing opportunity and to ask for your support as I take the next steps in my pursuit of college. With less than a year left to apply and decide what university I will attend, I am trying to take as many new opportunities that emerge.
Since around two years old, I have held an interest in medicine. To my mother’s horror, I tried to always make her feel better while she was battling cancer. Despite my ineffective methods as a young child, I have not lost my drive for helping others.
I plan on becoming a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, and while I know my direction could change with further exposure to other medical fields, I know …show more content…
It is designed to help students like me understand their place in the medical field and get first-hand experience shadowing physicians. As you may know, getting serious shadowing experience in the States is both extremely competitive and rigorously regulated especially for a High School student like me. Yet, pre-med students are required to have shadowing experiences, along with unique extracurricular pursuits, to get accepted into medical school. An Atlantis Fellowship satisfies both needs.
I applied one afternoon on a whim, not expecting to be considered for this highly-competitive opportunity, underwent two interviews the following weeks, and was thankfully accepted soon afterward. Through this Fellowship, I will gain the opportunity to: shadow international physicians, rotate weekly through various specialties, shadow for 15-20 hours per week, go on group excursions to experience my host country’s culture, connect with other students around the world with similar interests as me, grow personally through this international experience, and volunteer to help tutor English to hospital staff.
I will be traveling to Cuenca, Ecuador for three weeks, and I am so excited to see healthcare from this new cultural