I am writing this letter to inform the Admissions Committee that given an acceptance, I fully intend on attending Wayne State University School of Medicine. After visiting the campus on Interview Day and talking with Dr. Edleman, learning about the University’s incomparable mission in the local inner city, and further assimilating into the Detroit culture, I am absolutely certain in my decision.
During the past eight months, downtown Detroit has become a second home to me, literally and figuratively. Since I have interviewed with WSUSOM, I have continued to work Full-time at Henry Ford Main Hospital on the surgical unit as a Perioperative Assistant. Not only have I worked alongside a team of attending physicians and improved my socialization and bedside manner skills, but I have also interacted with current WSUSOM medical students during their clinical rotations at the hospital- and have heard nothing but reputable things. Above all else, the Detroit community has continuously captivated me through my everyday interactions with patients, and those within my current Midtown, Detroit neighborhood. …show more content…
As I stated in my secondary application, one of my main objectives as a future physician is to be actively involved in improving the health care disparities that currently exist in the Metro Detroit region I was raised in, but more specifically the urban community. Obtaining the opportunity to carry out research and complete my clinical rotations within the population that I intend to one day serve is invaluable, and I am certain that Wayne State University can provide the unique medical education that I am