A problem in healthcare that I refuse to accept as inevitable is the huge difference in access to healthcare. Many poor people simply cannot afford healthcare so they suffer. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. Medical school is extremely competitive and is only going to get more competitive as time goes on. Becoming a doctor is hard but I know I can do it. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

I love math because it is the backbone of everything. Literally everything. Every field you can think of requires math. Here are some fields you would think do not require math but actually do: music, fashion design, and brewing. Music has fractions. Fashion design has geometry. Brewing has ratios. It's everything. The field I will be going into, the medical field, requires it as well. Prescriptions have to be calculated, the rate of IV drips have to be determined, and units have to be converted. Specifically, I want to become a family medicine physician. Family medicine physicians have to interpret lab results, calculate the dose of medicine, and evaluate probabilities. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but cannot access it. I want to help fix that problem because I hate to see people suffer. Medicine has also had a personal impact on me. It has helped two of my grandparents, one who unfortunately died of cancer and one who is currently dealing with it. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology. After that, I will go to medical school. Then, I will do a family medicine residency program. Finally, my goal is complete. I will give back to my Oakland community by returning and practicing medicine here to serve my underprivileged community. When I can, I will open my own clinic and charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will make YouTube videos teaching others about medicine to persuade them to pursue it. To get closer to my goal, I have built my leadership skills. I was on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club and have attended several leadership camps, including one where I hosted a workshop. This scholarship will let me spend time studying and researching instead of working. I will still work but just a bit less. I need to do well on the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam, to get into medical school. It is extremely competitive but I am confident I will succeed. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

Mental health is important to me as a student because it dictates what I can and cannot do. It is not a physical barrier but rather one in my mind. I suffer from OCD and have for quite a few years now. It has made me second guess myself even though I know I do not have to. I often double check doors and taps even though I know they are closed. I know that it is all in my head but I have trouble fighting the feelings to just check one more time. That one more time turns into one more and spirals. I used to believe that people who suffered from mental illnesses could easily be treated but just did not want to but I now know that that is not true. Suffering from a mental illness myself has shown me that it is not that simple. People cannot just "fix" mental illnesses, I wish that were the case. My OCD has made me see other people with mental illnesses differently, as brothers and sisters united in this fight against our minds. My relationships have also been affected by my OCD. My parents thought that I could just stop it because it is weird and abnormal. It is definitely weird and abnormal but I had to explain to them that healing would take some time and was not even guaranteed. Mental health is a taboo subject in many parts of the world but especially where my parents are from, China. I am glad they understand. I have learned to manage my compulsions much better now than I did when the symptoms first started. It is a slow journey to recovery but a journey that I am progressing through nevertheless. My OCD has shaped my understanding of the world by teaching me that even if someone looks fine on the outside, they might not be on the inside. For example, I look like I do not suffer from OCD at first glance but if you spend some more time with me, it becomes apparent. Because of this, I have began asking people around me about how they feel. It is shocking the amount of people who just need someone to talk to about their true feelings inside. I have made many deep connections with people by doing this. My own experience with mental health has inspired me to become a psychiatrist. I know how it feels to suffer from a mental illness so I can relate with others who suffer from mental illnesses. I understand that it is tough firsthand and am able to share my experience with my patients. Another reason why I am pursuing psychiatry is where I am from. I am from Oakland, California, a city notorious for crime and homelessness. Many troubled people simply cannot access mental health help. I want to help fix that. The first step in my journey towards becoming a psychiatrist is going to UC Davis. I am currently attending UC Davis and majoring in human biology, a great major for medical school. I will take many psychiatry courses to further my knowledge in the specialty. Then, it will be medical school. Next, it is residency in psychiatry. Lastly, I will finally be an independent psychiatrist. To get closer to my goal, I have built my leadership skills. I was on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club and have attended several leadership camps, including one where I hosted a workshop. My Key Club has had mental health awareness events and has donated to mental health charities.

Motivated and high-achieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds deserve opportunities such as scholarships or grants because they have to do more than students from non-disadvantaged backgrounds to get to the same level. Students from families with more money are able to pay for tutoring, leading to higher test scores. Students from poorer families, like mine, need to study on their own. For all of high school, I have had to go to the library to check out books to study with. If my parents paid for the books, they would have trouble putting food on the table. Through perseverance and hard work, I was able to graduate in the top 5 percent of my class and get into UC Davis, a top 10 public university. Also, I am Asian so I have less opportunities than a white person. This is best shown in the poor high school I attended for the first 3 years. It did not give me many opportunities so I had to seek them out myself. By doing that, I succeeded in high school. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but cannot access it. I want to help fix that problem because I hate to see people suffer. Another reason why I am pursuing medicine is its personal impact on me. Medicine has helped two of my grandparents, one who unfortunately died of cancer and one who is currently dealing with it. My parents both immigrated from China and did not attend college, making me a first-generation college student. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology. After that, I will go to medical school. Then, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my Oakland community by returning and practicing medicine here to serve my underprivileged community. When I can, I will open my own clinic and charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will make YouTube videos teaching others about medicine to persuade them to pursue it. To get closer to my goal, I have built my leadership skills. I was on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club and have attended several leadership camps, including one where I hosted a workshop. This scholarship will enable me to study and research because I will have time that I would have spent working instead. I will still work but just a bit less. I need to do well on the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam, to get into medical school. It is extremely competitive but I am confident I will succeed. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

Being a first-generation student to me means having to persevere. Since your parents do not make that much because they do not have a college degree, you have to work harder than people whose parents do have college degrees. I have faced many challenges getting to the point I am at now, including discrimination. For example, I am Asian so I have less opportunities than a white person. This is best shown in the high school I attended for the first 3 years. It was in a poor area so I had to go out and seek out opportunities myself. I did exactly that and was able to succeed in high school. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. Medicine has helped two of my grandparents, one who unfortunately died of cancer and one who is currently dealing with it. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology. After that, I will go to medical school. Then, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by returning to Oakland and practicing as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. To get closer to my goal, I have built my leadership skills. I was on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club and have attended several leadership camps, including one where I hosted a workshop. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. It is extremely competitive. Becoming a doctor is hard but I know I can do it. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. Medical school is extremely competitive and is only going to get more competitive as time goes on. Becoming a doctor is hard but I know I can do it. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. I have overcome many adversities so far in life and expect to overcome many more just because of my background. For example, the high school I attended was in a poor area so there were not as many opportunities as a high school in a richer area. I could not rely on what was given to me so I had to do my own research to find opportunities to succeed. Also, I am Asian so my opportunities will be less than a white person's. Life is unfair but I know I can succeed.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. I will need many resources to achieve my goal. Those resources include mentors and money. Becoming a doctor is no cheap task, the average cost of medical school is 250,000 dollars for 4 years. That is the cheapest option, private medical schools can cost over 400,000 dollars for 4 years. That is not even including a bachelor's degree that you need to get into medical school. I am going to UC Davis for my bachelor's degree and that will cost 60,000 dollars for 4 years. It will be a tough path but possible.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. I have overcome many adversities so far in life and expect to overcome many more just because of my background. For example, the high school I attended was in a poor area so there were not as many opportunities as a high school in a richer area. I could not rely on what was given to me so I had to do my own research to find opportunities to succeed. Also, I am Asian so my opportunities will be less than a white person's. Life is unfair but I know I can succeed.

I have been attending church every Sunday since I was 5. I first found it boring because I had to sit through Sunday school but after the first day, I realized that it actually wasn't bad. I enjoyed learning about the Bible and the stories within it and quickly saw myself telling my friends about it. I even got one of them to go with me and they kept coming back. Fast forward to today, I am still going regularly and still enjoy it. The food afterwards is the cherry on top. God has made me realize the need to help others. I learned that we are all the same inside so we should treat each other as equals. That is one reason why I chose the career path I did. Another reason is my background. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. I think my faith will assist me with my career by making me more compassionate and empathetic. Through God, I have learned that my purpose in life is to be kind to and help people. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills, one being Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop.

Calculus is important in the STEM field, especially medicine, because it is extremely important in research. For example, calculating the concentration of a medicine in the bloodstream over a period of time requires calculus. Some medical specialties such as pharmacology and radiology also utilize calculus. Calculus and mathematics in general are the backbone of STEM and the world as we know it. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach people the impact of doctors and persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. To further sharpen my leadership skills, I have attended multiple leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. Medical school admission is competitive but possible with hard work and dedication.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. Medical school is extremely competitive and is only going to get more competitive as time goes on. Becoming a doctor is hard but I know I can do it. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

A great new Love Island Challenge is an obstacle course where a duo has to rely on each other to pass. There will be buttons that when pressed, opens a door on the opposite side for someone to pass. The buttons have to be held for the door to stay open though so there will be another button on the other side of the door so both can pass. There will also be puzzles where one person has information and has to relay that to the other person. The person who receives the information will have to put together the clues they get from the other person to complete the puzzle. The first duo to complete all three puzzles wins the challenge. There will also be opportunities for other contestants to sabotage the people in the challenge. For example, there will be opportunities to dump oil on the ground so the people will slip and have to hold onto each other to stay up. This challenge will make the contestants realize how much they synergize and how good their teamwork is. Both of those things are vital to a healthy relationship so it is good to build them early on.

I saw the end in sight. Just a few more minutes until I would cross the finish line of my first mountain bike race. I braced my knees, put my weight on the pedals, stood up, and went for the final turn, but I felt myself lean too far. The last thing I remembered was my head hitting the dirt, then it was all a blur. I will not give up after one setback. I felt like my body was failing and I could easily give up, but I decided to finish the last arduous climb of the race. I felt euphoric, especially as my team cheered me on when I crossed the finish line. My greatest skill is my resilience. Even though I was dead last that race, I learned the importance of hard work and the rewards that are at the end of it. When I first started this sport, I was absolutely horrible. I could not keep up with the rest of the team. I knew I had to take action to improve so I started asking my team for advice. I really should've asked sooner because they told me to do things that I would've never thought of which made me bike a hundred times better. By the end of the season, I made tremendous progress, going from six mile rides all the way up to 13 mile rides, by always showing up to the practices and was even able to give tips to fellow riders. I also started going to the gym to further condition my body. Thanks to my efforts, I did significantly better in my last race. Continuing into this year, I'm still mountain biking. I'm giving new riders tips like lowering their seat during downhills and pulling on their handlebars for stability. I'm teaching them to never stop practicing even if it seems impossible and soon they will improve as well. Although I know practice is difficult, I still get up every Sunday for it. Seeing my improvement, I've learned that progress will not come if you do not chase it. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills, one being Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about the impact of doctors which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club, a high school volunteering organization. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork because we all collaborated to make the experience magical. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. Medical school is extremely competitive and is only going to get more competitive as time goes on. Becoming a doctor is hard but I know I can do it. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. Medical school is extremely competitive and is only going to get more competitive as time goes on. Becoming a doctor is hard but I know I can do it. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world. A challenge I faced during school was acclimatizing to my new high school senior year. The high school I went to from freshman to junior year shut down because an admin was found to have stolen money. That caused its charter to not get renewed. The first few weeks were tough, I did not know anybody. I then realized that nobody was going to go out of their way to help me. I couldn't just keep to myself all the time because I would not meet anyone that way. I slowly started talking to new people and going to office hours and I quickly made friends and saw my grades improve. Since then, I have been speaking to new people all of the time because every stranger can be a friend.

I suffer from OCD and have for quite a few years now. It has made me second guess myself even though I know I do not have to. I often double check doors and taps even though I know they are closed. I know that it is all in my head but I have trouble fighting the feelings to just check one more time. That one more time turns into one more and spirals. I used to believe that people who suffered from mental illnesses could easily be treated but just did not want to but I now know that that is not true. Suffering from a mental illness myself has shown me that it is not that simple. People cannot just "fix" mental illnesses, I wish that were the case. My OCD has made me see other people with mental illnesses differently, as brothers and sisters united in this fight against our minds. My relationships have also been affected by my OCD. My parents thought that I could just stop it because it is weird and abnormal. It is definitely weird and abnormal but I had to explain to them that healing would take some time and was not even guaranteed. Mental health is a taboo subject in many parts of the world but especially where my parents are from, China. I am glad they understand. I have learned to manage my compulsions much better now than I did when the symptoms first started. It is a slow journey to recovery but a journey that I am progressing through nevertheless. My OCD has shaped my understanding of the world by teaching me that even if someone looks fine on the outside, they might not be on the inside. For example, I look like I do not suffer from OCD at first glance but if you spend some more time with me, it becomes apparent. Because of this, I have began asking people around me about how they feel. It is shocking the amount of people who just need someone to talk to about their true feelings inside. I have made many deep connections with people by doing this. My own experience with mental health has inspired me to become a psychiatrist. I know how it feels to suffer from a mental illness so I can relate with others who suffer from mental illnesses. I understand that it is tough firsthand and am able to share my experience with my patients. Another reason why I am pursuing psychiatry is where I am from. I am from Oakland, California, a city notorious for crime and homelessness. Many criminals and homeless people suffer from mental illnesses and it is really heartbreaking for me to see people in my community who are suffering silently. They either want help for their mental condition and simply cannot access it or even worse, they do not know they have a mental illness. Those cases are the most sad because that means the mental illness has really taken over their lives and blinded them from the truth of their condition. So far to bring me closer to my goal of becoming a psychiatrist, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. One of those events is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop and learned the importance of teamwork.

I want to pursue a career in the nonprofit sector because I care about others. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. I hope my work as a physician and educator will motivate others to be more compassionate. I hope that I can make people see that we are all in this together. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event exceptional.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was. This scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. Medical school is extremely competitive and is only going to get more competitive as time goes on. Becoming a doctor is hard but I know I can do it. This scholarship will help me become a great doctor and serve the world.

1. I found TXT while playing Roblox in 2021. I was playing Murder Mystery 2 and someone was playing a TXT song on the radio. I did not yet know it was TXT but I heard Seori so I decided to ask them what song they were playing. They said it was 0X1. I searched it up and was instantly hooked on TXT's music. 2. I think one of the most important characteristics of a MOA is inclusivity. MOA stands for Moment of Alwaysness so if we did not share our love for TXT, it would not make sense. 3. My bias is Soobin because of his personality. He is just so kind, gentle, and caring. I love that. He is also very genuine. That makes him feel less distant and more human. 4. My ult bias is actually Soobin. Since 2020, I have listened to many kpop groups and soloists but I keep finding myself returning to TXT. A close second is Yeonjun because I love his fashion style and look. I actually bought a few pieces of clothing because I saw him wearing them. I also love his two solo EPs and his feature on Touch by Katseye. My favorite solo song of his is Let Me Tell You featuring Daniela of Katseye. 5. My favorite TXT song of all time is definitely Tinnitus. Even though I don't know Korean, it is sang so well that it feels like I do. I especially love the "want it, want it, want it" parts. It is just so mesmerizing and easy on the ears. 6. No, I have unfortunately not had the chance to see them live before. I live in Oakland and they were in San Jose last year but I had no money to buy a ticket. I settled for watching a live stream of it and it made me regret not being able to get the money for it even more. I actually shed a few tears while watching it. It was so beautiful. 7. My favorite album concept is the exploration of life and love found in Freefall. I have listened to this album fully about 10 times and that is what I think the concept is. This is most apparent in Chasing That Feeling. Specifically the line that goes "I just keep on chasing that feeling." They are chasing the high of life. 8. I graduated high school in May and plan to pay for college through working and applying for scholarships. I have gotten a few thousand in scholarships already as you can see on my Bold.org profile. I am grateful for the financial help but I still need more. College is only getting more and m ore expensive. I am currently looking for a job and will continue looking when I actually go to college in the fall. 9. The scholarship will help me free up some time that I would have spent working. Instead, I will spend that time studying and researching. I plan to go to medical school and I need to be as prepared as possible for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. 10. TXT has influenced me for good by making me realize that there is still light in the world. I missed my friends when the COVID-19 pandemic started. I was really sad and was honestly in a bad place. Watching my first TXT music video made me realize that the world wasn't all dark and there were still some shining beacons of hope. 11. I will use my education to do good in the world by eventually becoming a family medicine physician. TXT is happy but my reasons for wanting to become a doctor are a little sad. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. Also, medicine has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and medical professionals helped keep her alive. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has kept him relatively healthy. Cucumber!

I have been interested in computers almost my whole life. I really got into it when the COVID-19 pandemic started. Online school was the first time I had my own computer. It had a I5 4460, 8 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM, a 1 terabyte HDD, and no dedicated GPU but it was mine and I loved it. My father had some old computers which were missing some parts. I went to thrift stores and bought those parts to make the computers functional again. Fast forward a few years, I had finally saved up enough money to build my own gaming computer. Before, all I could play was Roblox at 40 fps. This new computer had a Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, and 1 tb M.2 SSD. I could finally play the games I wanted to at 144+ fps. Building this first computer made me realize I loved the challenge so I started selling computers on Facebook Marketplace and other local marketplaces. The margins are slim but I love doing it so it is worth it. I mostly do cheaper builds because I know that most people who are buying computers on Facebook Marketplace do not have much money to spend. For example, my most recent build was an I5 12600K, RTX 3080, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and a 1 TB M.2 SSD. These parts are a few years old but that allows the price to be relatively low. I sold this computer for 850 dollars. I profited about 50 dollars from this build. All of the money I have earned from selling computers will be used for paying for college. I have not earned much but it is still something. It will take a little bit of the financial burden off of my parents' shoulders. Through setting up and messing with computers, I have learned quite a lot about them. I know how to navigate the UEFI(also called the BIOS), install drivers, and troubleshoot computers. All of this got me interested in coding so I took a computer science class in my junior year of high school. I wish I had taken it sooner because it turned out to be my favorite class I took in all of high school. I was introduced to coding using Code.org and Scratch, websites that I still use today to continue building my coding skills. In senior year, I took two computer-related classes. One was a dual enrollment college course and one was a computer science capstone class. I actually transferred to a new high school senior year because my previous high school shut down and I chose the computer science pathway. In the college course, I learned how to code in Python. I learned things such as lists, functions, and classes. In the capstone class, I learned HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and Tailwind. I did my final project on raising awareness about homelessness. I plan to found an IT company in the future when I get the necessary funds. That will cost a lot of money though so I plan on becoming a family medicine physician before then. Doctors earn well so I will have enough money to start my IT company after working only a few years as a family medicine physician. Family medicine physicians have set hours so I will have enough time to work on building the company. Becoming a doctor is also extremely expensive but it will all be worth it when I am able to serve my community. There will always be a need for doctors and IT so this is why I chose this path.

My personal experiences have informed me of my sense of purpose by making me realize the inequality in the world. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. Coming from poverty, they have had it hard in life. If it were not for medical professionals like doctors and nurses, they would not even have their lives. That is why I aspire to be a family medicine physician, I want to help those who have had it rough in life. After I become a doctor, I will return to Oakland to practice medicine to serve the underprivileged community that raised me. This city raised me so I am forever indebted to it. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before.

I will use my unique talents of teamwork and leadership to build a more empathetic and understanding global community by becoming a family medicine physician and using that as a base to spread the values of empathy and global community. I will make a YouTube channel to persuade people to become physicians. To be a physician, you have to be empathetic and have a sense of community. The people you see and treat are your community. Since my leadership and teamwork skills will allow me to become a great family medicine physician, I will be able to share the values I will learn from the experience with the world. To further give back to my community, I will come back to Oakland and get a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I have chosen to major in human biology at UC Davis because I want to become a family medicine physician. This major is great preparation for medical school. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Being an underrepresented minority in this field has inspired me to spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the underrepresented youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. To further give back to my community, I will come back to Oakland and get a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. This scholarship will help me financially by freeing up time I would have spent working to pay for tuition. Instead, I will spend that time on research and studying. The MCAT exam needs a ton of preparation. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

Attending higher education will allow me to become a family medicine physician because it is required for medical school. You need to attend medical school to become a physician. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I am passionate about an education in STEM because I want to be able to help people. Specifically, I am interested in medicine. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

Chess takes strategic thinking. That is something I learned over time from playing the game. You can't just move something and pray it works out. You have to move your pieces deliberately in order to win. A lot of the time, your moves have to build on each other to achieve the final goal of winning the game. I have taken this lesson from chess and applied it to my real life. I am taking steps right now towards achieving my final career goal of becoming a family medicine physician. I am currently building my leadership skills and connections because they will be extremely vital to my success in the future. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. One of those events is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop and learned the importance of teamwork.

Fitness is a passion for me because it helps me forget about the hardships of life. I go to the gym 4-5 times a week and it is always the highlight of my day. I have pain in my shoulder because of an injury and it was way worse before I started exercising and training regularly. Every Monday and Thursday, it is Upper Body day for me at Planet Fitness. My routine includes Rear Delt Flys and Shoulder Raises. At first, it really hurt because my shoulder was messed up. I fought through the pain and pushed through the reps and the pain gradually got better. Now, the pain is nearly gone and I am way stronger now than I was before. I am happy I started my fitness journey because my life is now way brighter than it was before. Since fitness and health are both crucial in my life, I want to help other people stay healthy also. This is one of the reasons why I am pursuing a career as a family medicine physician. Another reason is where I am from and the conditions here. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. There is one more reason why I am pursuing this career path, my grandmother. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After that, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. One of those events is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop and learned the importance of teamwork.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. After medical school, I plan to join the Air Force as a physician. I want to help treat the people who sacrifice the most for our country. After that, I plan to come back to my hometown to practice. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Specifically, I want to be a family medicine physician because they interact with the most people and I want to connect with my community to the greatest extent possible. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I want to build my relationships. That includes relationships with others and my relationship with my community. Since my hometown raised me, I will be forever indebted to it. I plan to build a future as a family medicine physician and come back to Oakland, California, to practice. This will make a positive impact on me and my community by bettering the well-being of everyone. I will be able to diagnose and treat my community's ailments and illnesses. Oakland is a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. One of those events is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop and learned the importance of teamwork.

I suffer from OCD and have for quite a few years now. It has made me second guess myself even though I know I do not have to. I often double check doors and taps even though I know they are closed. I know that it is all in my head but I have trouble fighting the feelings to just check one more time. That one more time turns into one more and spirals. I used to believe that people who suffered from mental illnesses could easily be treated but just did not want to but I now know that that is not true. Suffering from a mental illness myself has shown me that it is not that simple. People cannot just "fix" mental illnesses, I wish that were the case. My OCD has made me see other people with mental illnesses differently, as brothers and sisters united in this fight against our minds. My relationships have also been affected by my OCD. My parents thought that I could just stop it because it is weird and abnormal. It is definitely weird and abnormal but I had to explain to them that healing would take some time and was not even guaranteed. Mental health is a taboo subject in many parts of the world but especially where my parents are from, China. I am glad they understand. I have learned to manage my compulsions much better now than I did when the symptoms first started. It is a slow journey to recovery but a journey that I am progressing through nevertheless. My OCD has shaped my understanding of the world by teaching me that even if someone looks fine on the outside, they might not be on the inside. For example, I look like I do not suffer from OCD at first glance but if you spend some more time with me, it becomes apparent. Because of this, I have began asking people around me about how they feel. It is shocking the amount of people who just need someone to talk to about their true feelings inside. I have made many deep connections with people by doing this. My own experience with mental health has inspired me to become a psychiatrist. I know how it feels to suffer from a mental illness so I can relate with others who suffer from mental illnesses. I understand that it is tough firsthand and am able to share my experience with my patients. Another reason why I am pursuing psychiatry is where I am from. I am from Oakland, California, a city notorious for crime and homelessness. Many criminals and homeless people suffer from mental illnesses and it is really heartbreaking for me to see people in my community who are suffering silently. They either want help for their mental condition and simply cannot access it or even worse, they do not know they have a mental illness. Those cases are the most sad because that means the mental illness has really taken over their lives and blinded them from the truth of their condition. The first step in my journey towards becoming a psychiatrist is going to UC Davis. I will be majoring in human biology at UC Davis in the fall. Human biology is one of the best majors for medical school and that is why I chose it. I will take as many courses related to psychiatry as I can to further my knowledge in the matter. Then it will be medical school. Next, it is residency in psychiatry. Lastly, I will finally be an independent psychiatrist. To bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. There, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps, one of which is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. It is run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task.

I am a positive force in society right now because of my volunteer work. I volunteer often with Key Club, a high school community service organization. With them, I have accrued hundreds of volunteer hours helping my underprivileged community. An example of volunteering work I have done with them is a local Thanksgiving event. There, I prepared food and served it to my community. I also gave out supplies such as clothing and dry goods. I have volunteered at this event for all 4 years of my high school career. To be a positive force in society in the future, I will become a family medicine physician. I will diagnose and treat patients to help them be in the best health possible. I plan to come back to my hometown of Oakland, California, to practice as a family medicine physician so I can serve the community which raised me. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To further give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. My hometown is riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I used my belief in religion to overcome her passing. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that mine experienced. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. One of those events is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop and learned the importance of teamwork.

A time my actions had a positive impact on other people in need is when I volunteered at a local Thanksgiving event. I have volunteered at this event for all 4 years of my high school career. The fuzzy feeling I get inside seeing my community members happy brings me back every year. While stirring mashed potatoes at Two Star Market, a local soup kitchen, I was looking forward to being able to feed my community. I spent my Thanksgiving break helping prepare a Thanksgiving feast for hundreds of people in my community, one that neither they nor I would ever forget. I learned about the volunteering opportunity during a Key Club meeting and decided to try something new. Since I've experienced the poverty that many of the people who came to eat were going through, I knew I had to do whatever I could to support them. I was in charge of preparing the mashed potatoes: washing, peeling, cutting, boiling, smashing, and seasoning them. Along with the mashed potatoes, there was also turkey, chicken, and sweet potato casserole. Later, when I was handing out clothes, an elderly couple walked up to me and told me how much they appreciated what I was doing for the community. They told me that they knew I was volunteering there because of my shirt and to convey their gratitude to the rest of the team. I thanked them and promised I would. Outside of the kitchen, I greeted families and led them to tables as they arrived in groups. I also handed out donations, which I sorted, to happy community members on the pavement in the chilly breeze. Additionally, I supervised the kids in the play area, ensuring their safety in the rainbow bouncy castle and coloring stations. From looking at the smiles on people's faces, I knew that I had made the right decision to come and help with the event. The feeling of belonging that I had when speaking with the people in my community during the event made all of the hard work worth it. This experience made me realize that my life mission is to give back to my community. This is why I am planning on getting a degree in biology, to become a physician, so I can improve the well-being of my community. This experience of volunteering to feed my community has ignited in me a passion for helping others.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I used my belief in religion to overcome her passing. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that mine experienced. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of teamwork. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that mine experienced. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that mine experienced. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. By working with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I was able to make the event as memorable as it was.

A college degree will allow me to move forwards in my journey of becoming a family medicine physician. With this degree, I will be able to support my future children and hopefully inspire them to pursue a college degree also. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. To me personally, a college degree symbolizes the breaking out of the cycle of poverty my family has been in for generations. My parents are from a small village in China and did not attend college. Neither did their parents or grandparents. I will be the first in my family to go to college this fall. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. I am passionate about volunteering and community service and have volunteered a lot to pursue that passion. Additionally, the skills I learn from volunteering are extremely useful in the medical field and in life in general. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. One of those events is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. By working with others, I was able to make the experience for everyone as memorable as it was.

Prompt 3: I have two main heroes in science, Dr. Mikhail Oskarovich Varshavski (Dr. Mike) and Dr. Edward Jenner. Dr. Mike is a family medicine physician who practices in New Jersey and a YouTuber. Dr. Edward Jenner was the person who invented the first vaccine. They are both sources of inspiration for me because of their great contributions to medicine and science in general. Dr. Mike makes entertaining YouTube videos teaching his viewers about how to stay healthy and that has gotten him up to 14.9 million subscribers. In addition to that, he also has 5.3 billion views in total on his channel. He is a family medicine physician, the same kind of physician I want to be. Like him, I also want to make YouTube videos teaching others about the importance of staying healthy and how to do it. He is one of the reasons why I chose family medicine. Dr. Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist. He created the first vaccine, the smallpox vaccine. He discovered that infecting people with cowpox granted them immunity from smallpox. Being the first vaccine, the world was in awe of this new idea. His work opened the door for the fascinating and extremely important world of vaccines. I plan to do research on vaccines and how to create new ones in college and medical school. Along with Dr. Mike's YouTube videos, I have others reasons why I want to become a family medicine physician. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. Neither of my immigrant parents attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Before being able to achieve my goal of becoming a family medicine physician, I have to go through the necessary education. First is a bachelor’s degree, I am doing human biology at UC Davis. Next is completing medical school. Then it is residency, hopefully in family medicine. Lastly, I would finally be an independent family medicine physician. I will come back to Oakland to practice as a family medicine physician because this city has raised me and I will forever be indebted to it. This has been my dream since I was a kid. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. One of those events is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. By working with others, I was able to make the experience for everyone as memorable as it was.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. Neither of my immigrant parents attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Before being able to achieve my goal of becoming a family medicine physician, I have to go through the necessary education. First is a bachelor’s degree, I am doing human biology at UC Davis. Next is completing medical school. Then it is residency, hopefully in family medicine. Lastly, I would finally be an independent family medicine physician. I will come back to Oakland to practice as a family medicine physician because this city has raised me and I will forever be indebted to it. I will also make YouTube videos to persuade others to go down the same career path. This has been my dream since I was a kid. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills. My queer identity has changed my view on life from pessimistic to optimistic. When I identified as straight, my mindset was closed. From a young age, I felt that I was not cis. I never felt any attraction to any of my female classmates in elementary school like many of my male classmates did. Because of that, I felt different, like there was something wrong with me. I never told anybody how I felt inside at that time. My perception of the world was pessimistic because of that. Fast forward to 8th grade, the pandemic caused my classes to be online this year. Since I was always at my computer, I just scrolled YouTube. I then came across this video listing many sexualities. I felt like it was calling to me so I clicked it. That would turn out to be the best decision of my life. Through that video, I found out that I am asexual. Being asexual means not having sexual attraction towards anyone. I always knew that was how I felt but never had a name to put to it. I saw in the comments many other people who felt the same as me. I finally found a community. I now knew that this was not something to be ashamed of but instead something to be proud of. I learned to be proud of myself and who I truly am. This changed my perception of the world to optimistic. A scholarship is extremely important to me financially because I come from a low-income household. Living in Oakland is extremely expensive so my parents cannot help pay for my college. Also, we have to send money back to China to pay for my grandfather's cancer treatment.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. I am a Presbyterian Christian so I believe in God being supreme. Every day I try my best to spread his message and his love. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I plan to create a legacy in my future by practicing as a family medicine physician in my low-income community. The type of business I hope to create one day is a medical clinic. I plan to run a medical clinic where I will charge the patients as little as possible because I have been in their shoes before also. The main way I shine my light is through volunteering. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

Option 3: Relationships with the people in my community shape my view of the world and thus, shape my goals. My personal and my professional goals all have one overarching theme, bettering the world around me. All of the people I meet push me to be a better version of myself and a force for good in the world. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. I am a Presbyterian Christian so I believe in God being supreme. Every day I try my best to spread his message and his love. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. I am a Presbyterian Christian so I believe in God being supreme. Every day I try my best to spread his message and his love. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

To help meet the needs of marginalized and underserved populations, I volunteer a lot. Volunteering helps the less fortunate by making their lives just a little bit better and a little bit easier. I have volunteered at a Thanksgiving event at a local liquor store in Oakland, California, for all four years of my high school career. There, I prepared and served food to the people in my community free of charge. I also prepared and handed out bags with supplies such as boxes of mac and cheese and utensils. To continue to serve my community, I will become a family medicine physician. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. Before being able to achieve my goal of becoming a family medicine physician, I have to go through the necessary education. First is a bachelor’s degree, I am doing human biology at UC Davis. Next is completing medical school. Then it is residency, hopefully in family medicine. Lastly, I would finally be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. This has been my dream since I was a kid. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

I suffer from OCD and have for quite a few years now. It has made me second guess myself even though I know I do not have to. I often double check doors and taps even though I know they are closed. I know that it is all in my head but I have trouble fighting the feelings to just check one more time. That one more time turns into one more and spirals. I used to believe that people who suffered from mental illnesses could easily be treated but just did not want to but I now know that that is not true. Suffering from a mental illness myself has shown me that it is not that simple. People cannot just "fix" mental illnesses, I wish that were the case. My OCD has made me see other people with mental illnesses differently, as brothers and sisters united in this fight against our minds. My relationships have also been affected by my OCD. My parents thought that I could just stop it because it is weird and abnormal. It is definitely weird and abnormal but I had to explain to them that healing would take some time and was not even guaranteed. Mental health is a taboo subject in many parts of the world but especially where my parents are from, China. Thankfully, they understand. I have learned to manage my compulsions much better now than I did when the symptoms first started. It is a slow journey to recovery but a journey that I am progressing through nevertheless. My OCD has pushed me to pursue a college education to eventually become a psychiatrist. I know how it feels to suffer from a mental illness so I can relate with others who suffer from mental illnesses. I understand that it is tough firsthand and am able to share my experience with my patients. Another reason why I am pursuing psychiatry is where I am from. I am from Oakland, California, a city notorious for crime and homelessness. Many criminals and homeless people suffer from mental illnesses and it is really heartbreaking for me to see people in my community who are suffering silently. They either want help for their mental condition and simply cannot access it or even worse, they do not know they have a mental illness. Those cases are the most sad because that means the mental illness has really taken over their lives and blinded them from the truth of their condition. The first step in my journey towards becoming a psychiatrist is going to UC Davis. I will be majoring in human biology at UC Davis in the fall. Human biology is one of the best majors for medical school and that is why I chose it. I will take as many courses related to psychiatry as I can to further my knowledge in the matter. Then it will be medical school. Next, it is residency in psychiatry. Lastly, I will finally be an independent psychiatrist. To bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. There, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps, one of which is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. It is run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task.

I suffer from OCD and have for quite a few years now. It has made me second guess myself even though I know I do not have to. I often double check doors and taps even though I know they are closed. I know that it is all in my head but I have trouble fighting the feelings to just check one more time. That one more time turns into one more and spirals. I used to believe that people who suffered from mental illnesses could easily be treated but just did not want to but I now know that that is not true. Suffering from a mental illness myself has shown me that it is not that simple. People cannot just "fix" mental illnesses, I wish that were the case. My OCD has made me see other people with mental illnesses differently, as brothers and sisters united in this fight against our minds. My relationships have also been affected by my OCD. My parents thought that I could just stop it because it is weird and abnormal. It is definitely weird and abnormal but I had to explain to them that healing would take some time and was not even guaranteed. Mental health is a taboo subject in many parts of the world but especially where my parents are from, China. I am glad they understand. I have learned to manage my compulsions much better now than I did when the symptoms first started. It is a slow journey to recovery but a journey that I am progressing through nevertheless. My own experience with mental health has inspired me to become a psychiatrist. I know how it feels to suffer from a mental illness so I can relate with others who suffer from mental illnesses. I understand that it is tough firsthand and am able to share my experience with my patients. Another reason why I am pursuing psychiatry is where I am from. I am from Oakland, California, a city notorious for crime and homelessness. Many criminals and homeless people suffer from mental illnesses and it is really heartbreaking for me to see people in my community who are suffering silently. They either want help for their mental condition and simply cannot access it or even worse, they do not know they have a mental illness. Those cases are the most sad because that means the mental illness has really taken over their lives and blinded them from the truth of their condition. The first step in my journey towards becoming a psychiatrist is going to UC Davis. I will be majoring in human biology at UC Davis in the fall. Human biology is one of the best majors for medical school and that is why I chose it. I will take as many courses related to psychiatry as I can to further my knowledge in the matter. Then it will be medical school. Next, it is residency in psychiatry. Lastly, I will finally be an independent psychiatrist. To bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. There, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps, one of which is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. It is run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task.

An issue I have taken the initiative to address in my community is the huge gap between the rich and the poor. Seeing the poor suffer and the rich live in luxury with their sports cars is what motivated me to tackle this problem. I hate to see how unfair life is. I have worked toward fixing that and I am still working towards it. So far, I have volunteered a lot. Volunteering helps the less fortunate by making their lives just a little bit better and a little bit easier. I have volunteered at a Thanksgiving event at a local liquor store in Oakland, California, for all four years of my high school career. There, I prepared and served food to the people in my community free of charge. I also prepared and handed out bags with supplies such as boxes of mac and cheese and utensils. To continue to serve my community, I will become a family medicine physician. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. Before being able to achieve my goal of becoming a family medicine physician, I have to go through the necessary education. First is a bachelor’s degree, I am doing human biology at UC Davis. Next is completing medical school. Then it is residency, hopefully in family medicine. Lastly, I would finally be an independent family medicine physician. This has been my dream since I was a kid. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills.

My first language is Chinese, specifically Cantonese. I have been speaking it all my life, longer than I have spoken English. It is the language most prominently spoken in the province in China where my family is from, Guangdong. My parents immigrated to the United States in search of a better life and I am happy they did because if they did not, I would not have met all of the amazing people I know today. There are no challenges to being bilingual, only benefits. A benefit is being able to help my parents with translation. Their English skills are not that good so I often find myself translating for them. For example, I go with them to their doctor’s appointments and help translate what the doctor is saying. Another benefit is being able to speak to more people. I have been to China a few times and am glad I know Cantonese because if I did not, I would have no idea what people there were saying. Unfortunately, Cantonese is not being taught at schools in China as much as it used to be and Mandarin is taking over. My Mandarin skills are not that good but I am actively working to improve them. After graduation, I plan to continue on my journey of becoming a family medicine physician. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. Also, medicine has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Before being able to achieve my goal of becoming a family medicine physician, I have to go through the necessary education. First is a bachelor’s degree, I am doing human biology at UC Davis. Next is completing medical school. Then it is residency, hopefully in family medicine. Lastly, I would finally be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. My bilingual skill will help me a lot with this because there are a lot of people who speak Cantonese in my community. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have grown my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of the Oakland Tech Key Club. I organize and oversee fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps to further build my leadership skills.

A teacher who has deeply influenced me is my 10th grade biology teacher, Saeed Salem. He sparked in me a curiosity in biology and the human body. He taught me the basics of human biology and encouraged me to dig deeper, and dig deeper I did. I found myself spending countless nights watching videos on YouTube about biology and medicine. He made me realize that this is what I want to do with my life, I want to be a family medicine physician. Another reason why I want to be a family medicine physician is my environment. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. Also, medicine has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. To bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps, one of which is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. It is run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task.

Prompt 1: If a close friend or a loved one comes to me for guidance, I would tell them what I would do if I were in their shoes. I would not lie to them because lying would only bring harm. I would tell them what I really think they should do, whether it is difficult or not. I would expect them to do the same for me. Prompt 2: A time I faced a challenge in my STEM journey was when my previous high school shut down. Apparently an administrator was giving money to a company owned by her husband but that company did not do anything for the school district. It was a charter school so it was not renewed. It was difficult to get acclimatized to the new environment but I went out of my way to socialize so it all turned out well. I followed my gut and it all worked out well in the end. The part of STEM I am pursuing is science, specifically medicine. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. Leadership is vital in the field of medicine because to give patients the best care, teams of medical professionals have to work together and collaborate to achieve the best outcome possible. Having exceptional leadership skills is most important for physicians because they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the care of patients. Other medical professionals such as nurses can also be the team lead but it is often physicians. I have built these invaluable skills and will keep doing so as I progress on my journey towards becoming a family medicine physician.

I have OCD and it has wrecked havoc on my life. I am always paranoid and I have wasted a lot of time checking things that I know are okay. I often find myself double checking doors to make sure they are locked. I know that they are locked but I just cannot convince myself of that fact for some reason. Art helps me cope with my disability by giving me a way to vent my frustration. It also passes the time and keeps my mind off of checking things. It keeps me motivated and engaged by giving me something to do when I get home. It allows me to express how I truly feel inside in a way that words cannot do. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. Before being able to achieve my goal, I have to go through the necessary education. First is a bachelor’s degree, I am doing human biology at UC Davis. Next is completing medical school. Then it is residency, hopefully in family medicine. Lastly, I would finally be an independent family medicine physician. This has been my dream since I was a kid. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. To bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps, one of which is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. It is run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task.

The movie that has had the greatest impact on my life is Parasite directed by Bong Joon Ho. It is about a poor family who deceives their way into working for a rich family. There, they live like parasites and it ends up backfiring. Their greed and lack of empathy comes back to bite them. I watched it on a plane ride back to the United States from a vacation in China. It made me think about the characters of the many people I saw in China. It also made me think about the people back in America. The experience of watching Parasite made me realize that I need to be a light in a dark world by becoming a family medicine physician. Doctors have great impacts on their communities. Another reason why I want to become a family medicine physician is where I am from. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. Also, my grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Lastly, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. Leadership is vital in the field of medicine because to give patients the best care, teams of medical professionals have to work together and collaborate to achieve the best outcome possible. Having exceptional leadership skills is most important for physicians because they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the care of patients. Other medical professionals such as nurses can also be the team lead but it is often physicians. I have built these invaluable skills and will keep doing so as I progress on my journey towards becoming a family medicine physician. The next step in my journey is going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology. Most of the medical school prerequisite courses overlap with the courses required for this major so it is good for me. Then, I go to medical school. Lastly, I complete residency and finally become an independent family medicine physician.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. My education has taught me to be kind and understanding of others. It has also taught me there is much hate in the world and I have to change that. This is another reason why I am going into medicine, to be a light in a dark world. The world right now is in shambles so I want to do what I can. A time I faced adversity was when my previous high school shut down. Apparently an administrator was giving money to a company owned by her husband but that company did not do anything for the school district. It was a charter school so it was not renewed. It was difficult to get acclimatized to the new environment but I went out of my way to socialize so it all turned out well. This taught me that many people are selfish and I need to be the exception and work to create a better future for myself and others. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. Leadership is vital in the field of medicine because to give patients the best care, teams of medical professionals have to work together and collaborate to achieve the best outcome possible. Having exceptional leadership skills is most important for physicians because they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the care of patients. Other medical professionals such as nurses can also be the team lead but it is often physicians. I have built these invaluable skills and will keep doing so as I progress on my journey towards becoming a family medicine physician. My need for financial assistance is great because I come from a family classified as low income in Alameda County. The cost of living here is outrageous and quite frankly, extortionate. Our financial situation is made worse by the fact that my grandfather has cancer because we have to send money over to him in China for treatment. It is worth it though because every day I can talk to him is a good day. It sucks that I am in the financial situation that I am in but I am happy for what I have. The leadership skills I have built set me up well to become a family medicine physician which I want to become because of my environment and family. My low income family cannot support me financially in college but I know I will figure it out.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. To bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps, one of which is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. It is run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. My volunteering work has inspired me to continue to make a difference in our world because of the smiles on the faces of the people in my community. That just makes it all worth it. It has made me realize that even though we might all look different on the outside, we are all searching for the same thing on the inside. That thing is happiness.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. To bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. I have also attended several leadership camps, one of which is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. It is run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. A time I faced adversity is when my previous high school shut down. Apparently an administrator was giving money to a company owned by her husband but that company did not do anything for the school district. It was a charter school so it was not renewed. It was difficult to get acclimatized to the new environment but I went out of my way to socialize so it all turned out well.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. Leadership is vital in the field of medicine because to give patients the best care, teams of medical professionals have to work together and collaborate to achieve the best outcome possible. Having exceptional leadership skills is most important for physicians because they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the care of patients. Other medical professionals such as nurses can also be the team lead but it is often physicians. I have built these invaluable skills and will keep doing so as I progress on my journey towards becoming a family medicine physician. If I could start my own charity, my mission would be bringing healthcare to those who cannot afford it. I would serve underprivileged communities. The volunteers would give out medical advice and do simple procedures.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was the worst day of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of utilizing teamwork to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

Giving back within my community through volunteering has made me realize the injustices in my community. Seeing the people in my community who have nothing versus the ones who have so much is honestly confusing. How is it possible that the difference between two groups of people living in the same city is so great? To help close that gap, I have decided to pursue a career as a family medicine physician. I often see people in my underprivileged community who desperately need medical care but are simply unable to access it. I want to do my part in solving that problem. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. Leadership is vital in the field of medicine because to give patients the best care, teams of medical professionals have to work together and collaborate to achieve the best outcome possible. Having exceptional leadership skills is most important for physicians because they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the care of patients. Other medical professionals such as nurses can also be the team lead but it is often physicians. I have built these invaluable skills and will keep doing so as I progress on my journey towards becoming a family medicine physician.

I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. Also, I mountain bike and have learned many life skills from it. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me very well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After medical school, I will complete a residency program in family medicine. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

A challenge I have had to overcome in my life is the death of my grandmother. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I am confident that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. Losing my grandmother was one of the worst days of my life. I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I heard the news. She was my best friend so I was distraught by her death. I want to become a family medicine physician so I can help families avoid the extreme grief that my family went through. I have done many things to improve my leadership skills which are required to become a family medicine physician. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. My need for financial assistance is great because I come from a family classified as low income in Alameda County. The cost of living here is outrageous and quite frankly, extortionate. Our financial situation is made worse by the fact that my grandfather has cancer because we have to send money over to him in China for treatment. It's worth it though because every day I can talk to him is a good day. It sucks that I am in the financial situation that I am in but I am happy for what I have.

I lost my grandmother a few years ago and that has caused me to want to pursue a career as a family medicine physician. She had diabetes and that led to her having a stroke. The stroke left her unable to communicate and paralyzed her. Since we were best friends, I was devastated. Since she could not move, her risk for cancer increased. She got cancer then she died. I was even more devastated. The death of my grandmother made me realize how fragile and precious life is and how quickly it can all change. I think this experience will impact my future by driving me to become a family medicine physician. Her death makes me want to pursue that career because I do not want other families to have to go through what mine went through, slowly seeing their family member wither away. Another reason why I want to be a family medicine physician is where I am from. I am from Oakland, California, a city known for poverty and homelessness and I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are simply unable to access it. I want to do my part in solving that issue. I do not want them to have to suffer just because of their socioeconomic situation. To ensure I will be able to become a family medicine physician, I have built leadership skills and will continue to build them. Leadership skills are vital to success in both the academic and work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. My grandmother's death and the circumstances around it has inspired me to become a family medicine physician so I can prevent others from suffering the same tragic fate.

Jack Terry's story inspires me because if he can make so much of so little, I can too. As a child, he lost his loved ones and I have too. He lost his whole family but he did not let that stop him from pursuing greatness. If he could go through all that and still see the positives in life, I can too. If he can become a doctor, I can too, and that is exactly what I will do. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness so I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. I hate to see people in my community suffer. I am interested in medicine for that reason and because it has affected me personally. My grandmother died of cancer just before the COVID-19 pandemic started and if it were not for medical professionals, she would have passed a lot earlier. Also, my grandfather is currently battling stage 3 lung cancer and medicine has been extremely helpful in keeping him relatively fine. The death and inequality around me has made me realize that I cannot sit around and wait for change, I have to be the change. My parents are immigrants who came to America for a better life. Neither of them ever attended college so I am a first generation college student. College is extremely expensive but I know that I will be able to cope with the debt and succeed. The first step to achieving my goal of becoming a family medicine physician would be going to college for a bachelor’s degree. I will be going to UC Davis for a bachelor’s degree in human biology in the fall because it will prepare me exceptionally well for medical school and covers all of the prerequisite courses. After getting my bachelor’s degree, I will go to medical school. After that, I will complete a family medicine residency program. Finally, I will be an independent family medicine physician. I will give back to my community by coming back to Oakland and getting a job as a family medicine physician here to serve my underprivileged community. When I get enough funds, I will open my own clinic where I will charge as little as possible to the patients because I have been in their shoes before. To give back to society, I will spend my free time making YouTube videos to teach the youth about how becoming a doctor has a great impact on the community which will persuade them to pursue the career path. I have done many things to build my leadership skills which are necessary in my journey towards becoming a family medicine physician. One thing I have done is be on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club where I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Another thing I have done is host the Speech and Debate workshop at Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Leadership is vital in the field of medicine because to give patients the best care, teams of medical professionals have to collaborate to achieve the best outcome possible. This is the most important for physicians because they are ultimately responsible for the care of patients.

Police brutality has been an issue for as long as the police have existed. The group that has been targeted the most is undoubtedly African Americans. Bringing down that number will undoubtedly improve the relationship that law enforcement agencies have with the African American population in the United States. African Americans do not trust the police because of how they are unfairly treated. According to the NAACP, “black people make up 13.4% of the population, but make up 22% of fatal police shootings” (NAACP). That is much higher than the rate for white people who “make up a little over 60% of the population [but] only make up about 41% of fatal police shootings” (NAACP). This is caused by internalized racism. According to Stanford, “officers generally stop black drivers at higher rates than white drivers” (Stanford). Minorities are also more likely to be searched during a traffic stop than white people. This adds to the idea that many police officers are racist, whether they know it or not. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, black Americans are “7 times more likely than white Americans to be falsely convicted of serious crimes,” “7.5 times more likely than white Americans to be falsely convicted of murder,” and “9 times more likely than white Americans to be wrongly convicted of a drug crime” (Equal Justice Initiative). Adding to the injustice, “black people who are wrongly convicted of a crime are likely to spend much longer periods of time in unjust incarceration than white people who were innocent” (Equal Justice Initiative). The sentiment many white people have against black people is obvious in the justice system. A reason why black people are treated so much more harshly in the justice system than white people is because there are many more white judges than black judges. According to the American BAR Association, 1,081 sitting Article III federal judges are white and only 172 are black (American BAR Association). Whether or not we want to admit it or not, everyone has a bias towards their own race because they can sympathize with them more deeply. The main way law enforcement agencies can improve their relationship with the African American population is by taking responsibility for their mistakes and apologizing for them. For example, when Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of George Floyd, the relationship between the police and the African American police was slightly mended. Of course, it will not be fully fixed until the overarching problem of police brutality is solved but that is a systemic issue.

Diabetes has shaped who I am today by taking my grandmother. She had diabetes and that led to her having a stroke. The stroke left her unable to communicate and paralyzed her. Since we were best friends, I was devastated. Since she could not move, her risk for cancer increased. She got cancer then she died. I was even more devastated. The death of my grandmother made me realize how fragile and precious life is and how quickly it can all change. I think this experience will impact my future by driving me to become a family medicine physician. Her death makes me want to pursue that career because I do not want other families to have to go through what mine went through, slowly seeing their family member wither away. Another reason why I want to be a family medicine physician is where I am from. I am from Oakland, California, a city known for poverty and homelessness and I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are simply unable to access it. I want to do my part in solving that issue. I do not want them to have to suffer just because of their socioeconomic situation. To ensure I will be able to become a family medicine physician, I have built leadership skills and will continue to build them. Leadership skills are vital to success in both the academic and work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. My grandmother's diabetes has inspired me to become a family medicine physician so I can prevent others from suffering the same tragic fate.

Success to me means helping others. It means having the biggest impact possible on your community. That is exactly what I plan to do. This scholarship will help me achieve my goals which will greatly benefit my community by allowing me more time to seek opportunities which will assist me greatly in becoming a family medicine physician. With this scholarship, I will have more time to do research and internships which will help me greatly in applying to medical school. Becoming a family medicine physician is the best way I can help my underprivileged community. I am from Oakland, California, a city known for poverty and homelessness and I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are simply unable to access it. I want to do my part in solving that issue. It also does not help that I am from a lower-income area of the city. To ensure I will be able to become a family medicine physician, I have built leadership skills and will continue to build them. Leadership skills are vital to success in both the academic and work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. I plan to help my community even more by opening a clinic here in Oakland when I acquire the necessary resources. It will be very expensive but it will all be worth it when I see the smiles on the faces of people in my community. My clinic will charge the least amount of money possible because I was once in their shoes also.

Question 1: My queer identity has changed my view on life from pessimistic to optimistic. When I identified as straight, my mindset was closed. From a young age, I felt that I was not cis. I never felt any attraction to any of my female classmates in elementary school like many of my male classmates did. Because of that, I felt different, like there was something wrong with me. I never told anybody how I felt inside at that time. My perception of the world was pessimistic because of that. Fast forward to 8th grade, the pandemic caused my classes to be online this year. Since I was always at my computer, I just scrolled YouTube. I then came across this video listing many sexualities. I felt like it was calling to me so I clicked it. That would turn out to be the best decision of my life. Through that video, I found out that I am asexual. Being asexual means not having sexual attraction towards anyone. I always knew that was how I felt but never had a name to put to it. I saw in the comments many other people who felt the same as me. I finally found a community. I now knew that this was not something to be ashamed of but instead something to be proud of. I learned to be proud of myself and who I truly am. This changed my perception of the world to optimistic. One time I was helping organize fundraising events as part of my duty as a fundraising committee member of my high school’s Key Club. We were doing a bake sale and were all spewing out ideas. I had the idea to sell rainbow frosted cupcakes. I said it and everyone there agreed that that was a good idea. It turned out to be one of the best selling items at the event. I was so proud after that me sharing my identity could have such a big impact. Most of the money was donated to local Oakland charities. If I had not yet found out who I was, I definitely would not have put that idea out and we would not have raised that much money. Question 2: I hope to eventually become a family medicine physician through my academic pursuits. I would first have to finish a bachelor’s degree in biology, which is the major I will be doing. Then I will have to take the MCAT to get into medical school. After medical school, I will complete residency. Finally, I will be able to practice medicine by myself. I will then return to Oakland to give my services to the underserved community here which I am a part of. I will most likely attend UC Davis next year but if UC Berkeley accepts me, I will go there instead. I want to stay close to my home in Oakland so I can come back often and volunteer. UC Davis and UC Berkeley both have really strong biology programs and premed counseling so they are both really good for me.

Something unique about me is my transcendent leadership skills. I am very passionate about leadership and take all of the leadership opportunities I can. I know that leadership skills are vital in both the academic and work spaces so starting to build them at a young age is necessary for success later in life. I will use these leadership skills to be a role model in the LGBTQ+ community which I am a part of. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. I live in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness. I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. That is why my career goal is to become a family medicine physician. I plan to return to my community in Oakland and get a job as a family medicine physician to help the undeserved community here. Then, I will open my own medical practice where I will charge the least amount of money possible. I have been in their spot so I know what they are going through. To summarize, what distinguishes me from other applicants is my exceptional leadership skills which I will use to become a family medicine physician. It will take a lot of time and effort and will be extremely difficult but I can confident I will be able to do it. My experiences including a position in my high school's Key Club and leadership camps have built my leadership skills and will carry me through the rest of my journey to becoming a family medicine physician.

My OCD(obsessive-compulsive disorder) has made me doubt myself my whole life and I would not wish it on anyone, not even my worst enemy. It really sucks having to do things over and over again to reassure myself that everything is okay, even though deep down I know that it is true. For example, I have reread this essay many times even though I know it is good. There is just something wrong in my head that tells me to double check then triple check to make sure nothing bad happens to my family or myself. I am in a fight with myself and it feels like I am losing. It has affected my life by stealing my time. For instance, sometimes if I read a line of text, my OCD makes me reread it again even though I know I understood it. This mental disorder is the reason why I have decided I want to become a family medicine physician. Becoming a family medicine physician will allow me to help people with their medical problems, both physical and mental. Those problems include OCD, the disorder I have experience with personally. I have had OCD for a number of years now so I know some ways to cope with it and lessen its effects. My goals for the future are all steps I have to take to become a family medicine physician. My first goal is to get into college and complete a bachelor's degree in biology. My next goal is to get into and complete medical school. My goal after that is getting into my desired residency program and finishing it. My final goal is securing a job as a family medicine physician. There is a shortage of doctors all over the world and I want to do my part in fixing that issue, even if it is not much. To ensure I meet my future goals, I have built leadership skills which are vital in both academic and work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was.

A time I relied on my faith to overcome a challenge is when I turned to God when my grandmother died. My grandmother died shortly before the pandemic started. She had a stroke and later had cancer. When she died, I felt extremely sad. I did not know what to do. I was in my room most of the time just doing basically nothing. I was just on my computer all day and was extremely sad. One of the last videos I watched during that time was one preaching the word of the lord. It was almost like my computer was listening to me because the video felt so directed towards me. The video was literally about how God helps people going through hard times. The video talked about how believing in the lord would give emotional support and purpose in life to those who are grieving. That video made me realize that being a shut-in would do nothing to make me feel better so that Sunday, I went to church. I went to the church that I had went to for summer school for a few years. I went to Sunday School there and learned about the stories in the Bible and the lessons that came with them. Those lessons and stories lifted me out of my sadness and let the light of God shine into my life. I felt like a brand new person after only going a few times. My grandfather has stage 3 lung cancer right now but I am sure that through the power of the lord that he will beat it and live many more years. If I still had the mindset that I had before finding out about the truth of the lord, I would definitely have a much more pessimistic view about this situation. Every night, I pray for him to get better. I want to become a family medicine physician to help people like my grandparents get better from diseases and illnesses. I hated the feeling I had after the passing of my grandmother and I also hate the feeling I have right now because of the state my grandfather is in so I want to do what I can to help others improve. I believe that through a mix of medicine and faith, any illness can be cured. Of course, there are limitations to that but I do believe that it is true for the majority of cases. Belief is everything.

I want to make a change for the better in my life so I can have the biggest impact possible on the world and my community. I am currently not doing as much as I want to help in my community and I want to change that. One of the best ways for me to do that is becoming a family medicine physician and serving my underserved community. I live in Oakland, California, a city riddled by poverty and homelessness. I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but are unable to access it. I want to do my part in fixing that problem. So far to bring me closer to my goal, I have greatly increased my leadership skills which are vital to success in both the academic and the work spaces. I am currently on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raise hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club which has been extremely impactful. Through this experience, I have learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did to sharpen my leadership skills is attend various leadership camps. One of those camps is called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. Through this experience, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I had not worked with others by asking them about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. I think this scholarship will help me by freeing up some of my time which I will use for research and studying. This scholarship will help me pay for a part of my college tuition so I can spend less time working to pay it off. I will still work some to learn invaluable life skills, of course. The more I study, the better I will do academically which will help me prepare for the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. To pay it forward, I plan to open my own medical practice when I can afford it. At my practice, I will charge the least amount of money possible and serve the underserved community. That is how I plan to pay it forward.

I have chosen to pursue a degree in STEM because I want to make the world a better place. I live in Oakland, California, a city known for poverty and homelessness. I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but cannot afford it. I want to use my degree in biology to go to medical school and eventually become a family medicine physician. By becoming a family medicine physician, I will be able to care for my community. When I get enough money, I plan to open my own medical practice where I will give medical care to my community for the lowest price that is sustainable. That is opposite of the ideology of the huge healthcare corporations. In college, I plan to do research to contribute to the STEM field. My grandmother had a stroke and cancer, and she died from that so my research will likely focus on those fields. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, only 21% of physicians are Asian. As an Asian person, I want to do my part in raising that number. Me becoming a physician will obviously add to that number, but it will be very little in the bigger picture. To actually have a significant impact in raising the number of Asian physicians, I will convince other Asian youth to pursue a career as a physician. I plan to do that by making YouTube videos during college, medical school, residency, and when I am actually a physician. In the videos, I will preach about the benefits of the position and path and explain the great impact that physicians have on their community. That is actually a reason why I want to be a physician, from what I learned through YouTube videos. To prepare for my journey to becoming a family medicine physician, I have built leadership skills which are invaluable. One way I have done that is by being on my high school’s Key Club fundraising committee this year. On the committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, I have helped raised hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club. Through this experience, I have learned time management, resource allocation, and event organization. To further sharpen my leadership skills, I have attended multiple leadership camps. One of those is called Rotary Leadership Youth Awards, a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 participants. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for each and every one of them when they presented their piece to the whole camp. I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task there because if I did not ask the workshop participants about their pieces and themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. By using these leadership skills, I know I will succeed in both the academic and the work environments.

Leadership and science shapes our future by shaping how our future leaders think. Scientific findings change the way that people, including leaders, think and their leadership skills help them spread the message of peace. The new science of today will shape our future of tomorrow, most evidently in the rise of AI. Everybody knows that AI is the future and there is no escaping that fact. I live in Oakland, California, a city known for poverty and homelessness. I often see people in my community who desperately need medical care but simply cannot afford it. I want to become a family medicine physician to help them. I want to make the future a better and brighter place for everyone. To ensure I excel in both the academic and work environments, I have greatly built my leadership skills. I am currently on the fundraising board of my high school's Key Club where I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. We have raised hundreds of dollars for local charities so far. During my time on the committee, I have learned time management, resource allocation, and event organization. I have also attended various leadership camps, including Rotary Youth Leadership Awards which is a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. There, I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 30 people. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for them when they presented their pieces to the whole camp. I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task through that experience because I had to ask the workshop participants about their pieces and about themselves to make the event as memorable as it was. I will use these leadership skills to guide future generations. I plan to do research in college and medical school which will contribute to the scientific field. I want to help as many people as possible with my research so I will most likely research diseases and how to cure them. My grandmother had a stroke and cancer so researching those will be a priority for me. Science changes our future for the better.

My name is Victor Zheng and I am from Oakland, California. I am currently a senior at Oakland Technical High School. I will be going to college for biology next year. I am very involved in my community because I am on the fundraising committee of my high school's Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. As part of the fundraising committee, I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, we have raised hundreds of dollars for our club and local charities. The impact that the fundraising committee has made in the community is huge. I need as much financial aid as I can get. I am definitely not from a rich place so my parents cannot do much to help me financially in college. I apply to as many scholarships as I physically can but have not gotten any of them yet. I do plan on working part-time in college to help pay for tuition. I cannot work full-time because I will be doing college full-time. I do not want to work too much though because working takes time away from research and studying and since I am going to become a family medicine physician, I need to do a lot of those. Becoming a doctor is extremely competitive and I need as much of an edge as I can get. I need to learn as much as I can and work will take some of that time away. I want to work and will work some but I do not want to jeopardize my chances of getting into a good medical school. I keep children and youth safe in my community by volunteering. By volunteering, I improve their lives and hopefully keep them from getting into unfortunate situations. I do not want them to do anything stupid and I want them to not talk to anybody who might hurt them. To keep children and youth online safe, I advocate for cyberbullying awareness. I often see people getting cyberbullied and do my best to get them to leave the situation. That is often by simply ignoring the perpetrator. I have also seen many people in real life getting cyberbullied and have told them that they do not have to respond to the bully. They can just press block and it will all be over. Cyberbullies and in-person bullies have no power over anyone and they are angry about it so they resort to violence like the losers they are.

My curiosity for STEM is ignited by my ambition to help others. I live in Oakland, California, a city known for crime and poverty. I see people in my community everyday who desperately need healthcare but are simply not able to afford it. I want to do my part in alleviating that problem. I long to tackle inaccessible healthcare and healthcare inequality. I want to eventually open up my own healthcare practice so I can help my community as much as I can, more than just being a physician at some big medical organization. I envision my STEM career lessening the effects of healthcare inequality. I want to slowly help fix that problem in every step of my journey of becoming a family medicine physician. I will first go to and finish college for a bachelor's degree in biology. I will then go to and complete medical school. Next, I will do residency. Then, I will become licensed. Lastly, I will finally get a job as a family medicine physician. I know it is ambitious and it will be really difficult but I am confident that I will be able to do it. Books I have read have made me realize the injustices in the world. They have made me see that the world is unequal and is controlled by those who have money and power. Those who are not fortunate enough to have those are delegated to a lower class and are essentially slaves to the system. That is shown well in The Hunger Games series. The people in the lower class are forced to fight each other to the death for the entertainment of the elites. It is really messed up and has parallels to the real world in some ways. For example, in both those books and real life, money is everything. This scholarship program will allow me to spend less time in college working and more time researching and studying to better prepare myself for the journey ahead of becoming a family medicine physician. Medical school is extremely competitive so I have to study as much as I can to get into a good one. I still plan to work because it builds skills but if I can get enough support from scholarships, I will have to work less. This scholarship program will allow me to gain more knowledge than if I did not have this program, better preparing me for the journey ahead of becoming a family medicine physician.

I plan to improve the lives of others through a career in healthcare by becoming a family medicine physician to help my community. I live in Oakland, California, a city known for crime and poverty. I see people in my community everyday who desperately need healthcare but are simply not able to afford it. I want to do my part in alleviating that problem. I envision helping people with lung disease by diagnosing them. If they are caught early, the outcome will be much better for the patient. My grandfather was a smoker and is currently fighting stage 3 lung cancer. He is currently hooked up to oxygen. If he was not receiving treatment, he would definitely not be here right now. Unfortunately he is in another country so I cannot be with him often physically but it is good to know he is still doing alright. I am extremely thankful for all of the medical personnel who have helped treat him and I aspire to be like them. I have already made major steps towards ensuring my success in both the academic and professional fields. I have greatly sharpened my leadership skills. One thing I have done is be on the fundraising committee for my high school's Key Club this year. I am responsible for organizing and overseeing fundraising events. So far, we have raised hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club. Through that experience, I learned event organization, time management, and resource allocation. Another thing I did was attend leadership camps, one of which is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. There, I hosted the speech and debate workshop which had 30 participants. I was responsible for introducing and main outros for the workshop participants. Through hosting the workshop, I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task. If I did not ask the workshop participants about themselves and their pieces, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. I plan to start a club in college about biology and premed. It will give out resources related to those fields. I will use my leadership skills which I am still building to run the club smoothly and expand it rapidly. Becoming a family medicine physician has always been my dream and even though it will be difficult, I am sure I will be able to achieve it. I know I can.

What I love about writing is the ability to use it to express yourself and connect with others. I have read many books, including novels, where I have felt the author's personal connections to the story. I just had a feeling that aspects of the book were connected to their story in real life. I plan to continue writing through the club I plan to create in college. It will be a biology club where students will be encouraged to write articles to be published. It will also give out resources related to the premed pathway. I am personally majoring in biology in college so I will be able to write a lot about it. I am currently in AP English Literature and Composition, the most difficult high school English class. In that class, I have read many pieces of literature which have touched my soul. I could feel the author's intent in every line. Those moments convinced me that I want to become a writer also. I am currently experimenting with writing poems and other short pieces of literature. I can use my leadership skills to organize the college club and improve my writing skills. In my senior year of high school, I am currently on the fundraising board of my school's Key Club. Key Club is a high school service organization. Through that, I have learned many invaluable leadership skills such as time management, resource allocation, and event organization. Those are all crucial to founding and ensuring that a college club runs smoothly and efficiently. I have also attended multiple leadership camps to further improve my leadership skills. One of those is called RYLA(Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) which is a one week leadership camp. During RYLA, I was the host of the speech and debate workshop. As host, I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. I learned the importance of working with others to complete a task through that experience. I had to work with others to find out more about their piece of literature(debate, speech, or poem) so I could personalize their introduction and outro. If I did not do that, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. All of those writing and leadership skills will also help me on my journey to becoming a family medicine physician. Being able to lead groups well in college, medical school, and the medical workplace will make my future philanthropy easier and more impactful.

I am on the Key Club fundraising committee for my school and so have raised money for mental health charities. I have also volunteered for 150+ hours and have boosted the morale of my community. I plan to use my studies in biology to learn more about mental health so I can effectively help people in my community who are suffering from mental health conditions. I also will become a family health physician who is the person that people often see first for their physical and mental health needs. I will try to help them or defer them to a specialist if I need to. I will use my leadership skills which I have gained from my Key Club fundraising committee physician and the many leadership camps I have attended to make everything I do the most emotionally supportive to others around me as possible. Adding on, one of the leadership camps I attended is called RYLA(Rotary Leadership Youth Awards), a one week leadership camp run by the Rotary Club. I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 20 people. I introduced and made outros for each speaker. I learned from that experience the importance of working with others to complete a task, if I did not ask others about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. Those skills will translate well throughout all steps of my career to become a family medicine physician, from college, medical school, and all the way to finally landing the job.

My name is Victor Zheng and I am from Oakland, California. I am currently a senior at Oakland Technical High School. I will be majoring in Biology next year. I picked this degree program so I can become a family medicine physician. I first need to complete my bachelor's in biology and medicine school. I want to become a physician because I see many of my community members suffering from illness but they simply cannot afford healthcare. I will work towards making healthcare more accessible for everybody, not just people in my community. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, only 17.1 percent of active physicians identify as Asian. I will increase that percentage. I can inspire the next generation to continue to increase the odds in the medical field by preaching about the need for medical professionals. There is a growing demand for medical professionals literally everywhere on Earth. I am currently on my school's Key Club fundraising committee. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. My responsibility is to organize and oversee fundraising events. So far, we have raised hundreds of dollars for local charities. I have learned invaluable leadership skills such as time management and event organization through that eperience. I have also attended multiple leadership camps to further sharpen my leadership skills. One of those leadership camps is called RYLA(Rotary leadership Awards) which is a one week leadership camp run the Rotary Club. I hosted the speech and debate workshop which had 20 participants. I was responsible for introducing and making outros for the workshop participants. From that experience, I learned the necessity of working with others to complete a task. If I had not asked my workshop members about their pieces and about themselves, I would not have been able to make the event as memorable as it was. I will use those leadership skills to excel in both the academic and the work spaces. I plan to create a club in college dedicated to giving out resources on biology and pre-med. That will inspire others to pursue a career in the medical field after they find out about the need for medical professionals. The amount of Asian physicians is currently a small fraction of the total amount of physicians and I want to change that. My two goals in life are to increase the diversity of physicians, not just increase the amount of Asians, and to leave the largest impact on the world as I can.

Through youth sports, I have learned to become a better leader and I will pass those skills onto other youth. My main sport is mountain biking which I have done with the Oakland Composite mountain biking team for 2 years now. I have been heavily involved with community service, even joining the fundraising committee of my school’s Key Club. Key Club is a high school volunteering organization. I will go to college for a bachelor’s in biology, go to medical school, finish residency, then become a physician. That is my plan. At each step along the way, I will continue to volunteer, including at events related to youth sports. Mountain biking is something I did in 11th grade and am still doing in 12th grade. When I first joined, I was horrible. Through a mix of using tips from experienced mountain bikers, practice, and hard work, I was able to improve drastically by the time my first race came around. I felt horrible during the race, coming dead last, but I was so happy that I didn’t give up and kept pushing. I kept practicing and when my last race of 11th grade came around, I did significantly better but I was still not satisfied with my performance. In 12th grade, I am still practicing and I know I will do better at my first race of the season. I have learned many leadership skills this year from helping the new mountain bikers which I will use in college, medical school, and in the medical workplace. The bulk of my community service has been with Key Club, which I have been volunteering with for 4 years of my high school career. Currently, I am on the fundraising committee of my high school’s Key Club. I am responsible for planning and making sure that volunteering events go to plan. We have raised hundreds of dollars for local charities and our club. Through that experience, I have gained invaluable leadership skills. I have also attended two leadership camps. At one, I hosted a workshop of 20 people and introduced their works to an audience of 100 people. I will continue to contribute to youth sports and non-youth sports through volunteering. I will volunteer at volunteering events related to sports. I will also participate in sports in clubs. Sports and in particular youth sports are extremely important to me and I will continue to make a difference in them by utilizing my leadership skills gained through community service.

I am a person of color from a poor community. I knew from a young age that I was disadvantaged from birth so I had to make my college application exceptional to be able to beat these people with millions of dollars. I joined Key Club freshman year of high school and have been in it since. I was even able to get a leadership role in my school's Key Club. I am on the Fundraising Committee where I am in charge of creating and making sure that fundraising events go according to plan. We have raised hundreds of dollars for local charities in just the first semester of school. I have also been to two leadership camps to sharpen my leadership skills which are vital to success in college, medical school, and in the workplace. The first is Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a week long leadership camp ran by the Rotary Club focused on improving the leadership skills of the youth. I hosted the Speech and Debate workshop which had 20 people. The main lesson I learned from that experience is the necessity of collaborating with others to complete a goal, I had to work with and talk to people in my workshop to make the event as memorable as it was. The second camp is Region Training Conference, a weekend long leadership camp ran by Key Club. It is meant for Key Club leaders to connect and strengthen their leadership skills. I led activities and was able to become a more effective leader. I will use the education I gained from college to go to medical school and become a family medicine physician. I will then be able to help my low-income community with their healthcare needs. I live in Oakland, CA where poverty is extremely prevalent and I often see people in my community who obviously need medical care but unfortunately cannot afford it. As a doctor, I will work towards more accessible healthcare so they do not have to suffer. My ultimate goal in life is to help as many people as possible and alleviate as much suffering as possible.