Dear Professor Grove,

As a sophomore at CCNY, I am still just trying to find myself and establish my set goals in life. When I sent my commitment deposit to the school in May of 2017, the goal was to graduate with a pre-medical degree and continue to pursue my medical studies in a prestigious graduate school. This goal is still driving my ambition today, but I am more determined now than ever since college proved to exceed my expectations. The ability to choose the courses you take, as well as being surrounded by other strong-willed classmates really differentiates college from the highschool experience I’ve had.

Since I’ve had my first-ever science lesson in the second grade, it was the only subject I wanted to study about for the rest of my life. Animal science in particular peaked my interest and the dream to become a zoologist as well as a wildlife-veterinarian arouse. This was my aspiration until my first encounter with human anatomy in 9th grade. Learning how our body works fascinated me and memorizing the complex information came very easily to me. Since then I decided that my purpose was to become a medical professional.  

There really isn’t any particular, interesting sob story I can tell to explain why I want to study medicine. Science was just always my strong point, and since I can remember, I’ve simply always had urge to help others and save lives. You put 2 and 2 together and medicine became my passion.

It was harder to decide what type of doctor I would have liked to become, but my inability to decide which field of medicine was the most interesting made things obvious. The only option was to study every field and become a general surgeon. The more research I did on the responsibilities of a surgeon of the ER, or trauma doctor, the more captivated I was. To be entrusted with such an important duty as operating on a person at risk of death is an honor and a duty that few people can actually handle. Although I am not much of a risk taker for most matters, some things are worth testing my own limitations.

This semester will be testing my abilities for sure. Taking 3 different 4 credit classes along with the Writing for the Sciences course, there will be a hefty amount of studying and writing to do. I will be doing my best to receive an A in all my classes, not just for the sake of my GPA, but to prove to myself that I can defy the odds so long as I put in the work. I want to be the best version of myself and beat my own personal standards.

This class in particular can help me achieve this by improving my research and writing skills. Being forced to write reports and demanding, scientific papers will give me the practice I need to improve. I am looking forward to receiving editing comments to take into consideration. I hope to take this acquired knowledge with me to graduate school. Maybe one day I’ll be able to write scientific papers fit to be published. I’m hoping I can make some helpful discoveries for the science community some day and will be able to explain my findings sufficiently thanks to the writing skills I’ve gained,in part, from this course.

Sincerely,

Julia Czudak

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