Month: February 2024

After graduation, I eventually strive to venture beyond the classroom, but need a few more years to continue to achieve my goals that I’ve had for years now. I hope to attend medical school to become an orthopedic surgeon. Assuming I’d have already taken the MCAT and passed, I will have applied to a few medical schools, two specific ones Johns Hopkins, which may be a stretch, and the Naval Academy. Specifically these two because they’re close to home and I preferably would like to stay within Maryland. I feel that the Naval Academy would be an extremely good fit for me, assuming I was to get in. It’s in Annapolis, Maryland (close to home for me), I’d have my schooling paid for, meaning no student debts I’d have to dig my way out of when I am finally completed, and I’d have structure. I understand that it would be a possibility that I could get deployed, but I believe I’d still have the best learning opportunity and I’d be making money pretty soon after without having to pay off debts many medical graduates have. Residency would be the next step, hopefully helping me decide what part of the body I’d like to work on specifically. I’d like to work with athletes, but in doing so, I believe I’d have to be less specialized and I wouldn’t have the expertise I would need for specialized surgeries. So due to that, I most likely won’t become a “team doctor.” I seriously strive for this outcome and have had this goal for a while which I’m hoping will increase my motivation to follow through with it.