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"My greatest fear in life...is wasting it." Northeastern Med School (NEUCOM) essay [5]
I like your opening sentence. Let's see if the rest lives up to it.
It is the fear that, when death comes knocking on the door and I am looking back on my life, I regret: I regret that I wasted all the time that I had , all the years of youth and adulthood, doing nothing at all that would keep alive my legacy.
A suggestion for the highlighted part --
"...I will feel regret -- regret that I wasted all the time I had"My fear, ultimately, is to waste my life
Another one --
"My fear, ultimately, is that I will waste my life"And it is also why I have always wanted to be a doctor.
That seemed really weird. I see no logical connection between becoming a doctor and all that you mentioned earlier.
helping people
Please don't use this phrase. "Helping people" is such a broad term. You can even "help people" by cleaning their bathrooms for free ;) ...
just kiddingOkay, your second paragraph was nicely written. But don't you think every other applicant can say the same stuff? Except the part on your grandfather and volunteering, it is very generic. It doesn't set you apart from other applicants.
By the way, don't capitalize grandfather & grandpa.
One of my goals in life is to help as many people as I possibly can
Here you are repeating stuff.
If there were any new treatments that could be developed for heart disease or other heart problems, these treatments would change the lives of millions of people for the better.
This is again a generic sentence. It would have been better if you named a particular ailment you are interested in researching. Right now it seems like you don't have a specific plan.
To be apart of this field, a field filled with enormous potential, is a dream that I truly desire. It is a desire that can only be satisfied by the research provided by Neucom.
These are pretty useless sentences.
My goal is to keep the hearts of my town as healthy as possible.
You sound corny, again.
I too would like to do what my dad's friend did, opening up a clinic in my community that can be accessed by anyone.
This part is good. This is specific, and shows that you have a clear plan.
This is a good draft, but definitely not the finished product. You need to work on it.
By the way, "Salman Khan" is a very famous actor in India. You don't happen to be him, right?...Again, just kidding ;)