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Biology is an interesting subject. It really is. Disgracefully few people have a genuine appreciation for the processes of living systems, both within the bodies of any given organism and in the context of a larger ecosystem. That said, I know that there are far too many unemployed graduates with Biology degrees to think picking this major by itself is path to anything other than a lifetime teaching high school. So while the study of biology is something I’m genuinely interested in, the reason I want to major in it is as a stepping stone to medical school.
I am an immigrant. When I was younger my family lived in a very poor part of Jerusalem. Everyone knows that Jerusalem has problems with violence and terrorism, but what the news doesn’t tell you is how it is so much worse in impoverished parts of the city where the locals can’t afford good healthcare or policing and the politicians who could provide both don’t care enough to give a damn about anyone involved. Back then my mother worked at a hospital. She wasn’t a doctor, but she learned enough about medicine on the job to serve as the neighborhood’s de facto free nurse. She never charged for her help, which was good since people came to her because they couldn’t afford to go to the hospital. I worked as her helper back then. Now that I’ve become an US citizen I want to continue to help people as a professional doctor. I’m the first person in my family to attend college and I want to come away from my education with something fitting to show for it. And that’s why I have chosen Biology as a major.