The relationship between doctors and kids was what caught my eye.

I would like to becuase I want to help people around me.

When I was in grade 5, a friend of mine said that they wanted to be a doctor when they grew up. Until then, I never thought about becoming a doctor – it wasn’t something that I considered at all. But that brief comment from my friend sparked my interest and directed me to explore medicine which has stuck with me. I focused on learning about biological sciences and scientific research throughout my school years and into university. I went on to get my Bachelors and Masters degrees in Microbiology and Immunology and worked as a scientist before applying to medical school.

The tussle with my ambitions and aspirations have taught me that what I choose to study in university means very little in the grand scheme of things because I may very well change my mind again.

By letting go of a career, I have gained freedom; the freedom to learn and experience.

I have but one life to live.

To me, “the profession of a doctor” means going beyond caring for patients clinically, by maintaining connections with them, researching medications and treatments, and advocating on their behalf.

I also want to be succsessful like these people I see everyday!

Seeking and utilizing healthcare is an extremely vulnerable process from start to finish. As a future physician, I'm eager to foster patient relationships built on trust, respect, and understanding. I can’t wait to learn how to provide care that is culturally safe and inclusive and to advocate for patients in a system that can often feel daunting and impersonal. I want to help dismantle the barriers that once made 'going to the doctor' such an event for us. I want to leverage my understanding of global health to consider broader social determinants that might impact their health and collaborating with a global community of healthcare providers, learning from their experiences, and applying those learnings locally. I also look forward to joining the myriad of trailblazers at the University of Toronto, working tirelessly to shake things up, particularly in the realm of medical education. I envision an education system that is as dynamic and diverse as the world we live in.

I had known that I wanted to become a physician since high school, but I didn’t truly know why. In university, I spent some time to reflect on why I wanted to go down this path. So, I spent a lot of time thinking about the process of immigrating to Canada at a young age and my experiences with my family physician really stood out. I noticed that in a time of fear and uncertainty, his care provided us with a feeling of stability. By simply speaking to my parents and I in our mother tongue, he brought us some familiarity in an unknown land and provided such a strong sense of comfort. I now realize how much it meant to my family and I to have someone like him in our corner during a difficult time in our lives.

Much like troubled contestants, I decided seek advice by "phoning a friend", whom in this case, happened to be a friend's doctor.

My correspondence with this doctor confirmed my belief that becoming a doctor was the single most straightforward path to success.

Note that because PLME has its own giant Why Us essay (see next example), in addition to Brown’s regular Why Us, the author didn’t necessarily have to include why us details here, but it also probably doesn’t hurt to demonstrate how Brown will help the student continue to develop in ways directly related to the prompt.

I want to help Bapa and become a doctor too.

This essay does a nice job directly demonstrating and contextualizing some of the student’s experiences related to medicine (that “informed view of medicine”—a great thing to show in your essays, as it can be one major factor readers take into account when thinking about how you fit their program). And the author does so in a way that demonstrates both problem solving skills and compassion, in particular with how they related to Dylan without making it seem as though there’s a hierarchical relationship between practitioner and patient (we’ve seen essays that make it seem as though doctors are above/speaking down to their patients, which has the potential to hurt how a reader sees the writer, as it could come off as immature at the least).

That is why I want to become a doctor.

I understood Dylan wasn’t going to listen to me because I was a stranger to him, so I Facetimed his daughter. Dylan initially reacted adversely, thinking that we were hacking into the phone lines, but after speaking to his daughter, he apologized and thanked me for helping him.

Why?,because doctors help everyone i the world.

There are several reasons why I am passionate about becoming a doctor, including the opportunity to make a difference, the continuous learning and challenges, and the ability to develop personal connections with patients.

Then i want to be an architect.

I met Dylan when I became a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), assisting the elderly with routine tasks and checking on their mental health to ensure they aren’t hurting themselves or others. I have to be adaptable and find creative solutions, especially with residents with mood swings. This experience has motivated my career choice: a psychiatrist.

this is what i want to be when i am older.

The reasons i want to become a doctor are the reasons interviewers hear everyday: i want to help people, and the intellectual side of medicine is facinating.