What are you passionate about, why and how has this influenced what you want to study at

university?

Growing up in Indonesia, a developing country where there are still lots of unidentified
diseases, a low healthcare quality, malnutrition, and just some common diseases. Adults have
limited access to basic medical care and often suffer from a variety of preventable medical
conditions. Seeing all of this around me was very disappointing and fueled my passion to be
a doctor to serve and help humanity as much as possible. I’ve been a very compassionate
person ever since I remember. My parents and those around me have always predicted I’d be
a doctor or a nurse. Honestly, at those times when I was very young, my dreams have always
been changing. Once, I even wanted to be an astronaut to see the moon and I also wanted to
become a firefighter to help people who are in trouble. And, the moment where I really set
my heart into medical school was when my acquaintance died from a brain tumor. At first, I
didn't really think much, but I remember my mom’s story about my grandfather who died
from lung cancer and I could never imagine the sadness that filled those who were left
behind. So, I decided to become a doctor. Any doctor can treat basically everyone and has the
power to create new medicines and new life-saving devices. Doctors always do their best and
never say "no". It starts with "Let's try" and in most cases succeeds. I love the determination
they have for their patients. They don't even know their patients, but they’d still treat them
like a family. I’m not saying that doctors could save everyone, but at least they always try
their best. To become a doctor, I really need to study hard, gain all that knowledge and the
only way is to go to college. I really thought of going abroad to have a better understanding
of the healthcare system.