Why I Chose Medical School

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After completing my undergraduate degree my goal is to attend medical school (and possibly attain a PhD concurrently). In the future, I am interested in working as a doctor in one of three potential settings: internationally with organizations such as Doctors Without Borders to provide medical assistance to people who would otherwise not have access to basic health acre, as a physician in the US Armed Forces to treat our soldiers and their families, or as a surgeon in the United States. I am also interested in working at a teaching hospital so that I will have to chance to mentor the future group of aspiring

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