I decided
to write this post in response to a FB
status that I read recently that said “We've been fooled into think(ing) our
little accomplishments mean something until we reach the real world and none of
that sh&$ matters”.
I immediately responded with: “Your
accomplishments mean something! You can't measure ur (your) success by looking
at others. You (you’re) always gonna (going) to find someone smarter, richer
and more attractive. (remember that(‘s) goes vice versa- there's those that
haven't even graduated)”
For some reason I went to bed with this post on my mind. I
thought to myself could this be true. Do my accomplishments “really” matter?
This led me to think about my dreams of becoming a physician. I then began to reflect on the questions
medical schools asked me on my secondary applications. They asked for example: tell
us one thing about yourself that would help the admissions committee determine
if you should be admitted to our program, discuss a time when you stepped out of your
comfort zone, and describe a personally rewarding experience.
I asked myself what all these questions have in common.
I realized they all wanted answers that SHOW not just tell. In
order to show why you are deserving of a seat, you must reflect. For you to reflect you must have accomplishments
worth the reflection. In other words every experience/accomplishment makes you
into the person you are. In order to differentiate yourself from another candidate
you have to be proud of what you have accomplished and realize that not only
the big accomplishments like graduating from college or overcoming an extreme
academic difficulty matter. Any time you
stand up for social injustice, encourage your peers and underclassman, anytime
you learned from a mistake and put yourself in others’ shoes: you accomplish something that “really” matters
in the “real world”. It is crucially important to not compare yourself to
others “You (you’re) always gonna (going) to find
someone smarter, richer and more attractive”.
