Personal Narrative: An Application To Become A Simon Scholar

There are a lot of moments that define who a person really is, for me that defining moment is my Simon Scholar’s application. By applying to become a Simon Scholar I know it would help me attain my goal of being an ER physician through the opportunities and experiences that come along with being one. What makes me be a good candidate for the Simon Scholars would be my qualities, the most important quality I have is determination mixed in with hard work. For example, even though I may struggle in a subject sometimes I would often seek help from teachers or tutors that can help me, which helps me to strive to work even harder in that class than I do with my others. Not to mention that my significant events benefit my candidacy. While growing

In consideration of that event, it had always motivated me to become an ER physician, such that no one can go through what my brother had been. As well as watching the TV show “Untold Stories of the ER” and being a member of the program BEWISE (better education for women in science and engineering) it had also influenced my decisions. Another hardship I had face while growing up was when my father cheated on my mother. During that time I was still young, so for me personally it was a difficult time. The very first person who found out about my dad’s affair was me but at that time I blamed myself for that situation, I thought if I never found out about it then everything would go back to normal. However, everything around me seemed to change gradually within time; that’s when I started to have depression, I felt as though I couldn’t tell anyone. At school, I would always have to put up a facade of being happy due to feeling selfish because I knew my friends had it much harder than I do. As a result, I felt isolated from the world. Within time I felt numb to the situation, until one night my mother couldn’t handle it so that's when my mother confronted my father, everything around me