When I was a freshman in HSS I really had no idea how to actually start accomplishing my goal of become a doctor. It is easy enough for anyone to say that they are pre-med. My freshman year was a huge learning experience. I had to get used to being away from home, and being an adult. There was a learning curve, and there were quite a lot of bumpy moments that first year. I took pre med classes, but that was really the only aspect of my future that I was actively pursuing. HSS really helped me find other people who shared common interests as me, but the majority of my experiences had to come from myself, and my own will to buckle down and lay out goals so that I could accomplish my dreams of becoming a doctor. My second semester I made it a goal of mine to become involved in research. I carved out time in my schedule and began interviewing in different labs. Once I had that piece of the puzzle sorted out, I decided to hunker down on my service project at the Ronald McDonald house. I can finally see all of my hard work coming together in the shape of a very impressive medical school application and I am proud of everything that I have accomplished these first two years in HSS and in school in general. It has not been the easiest road, but I have plugged through when many of my peers had given up.