I held up my little plastic wand and blew breath through its hoop-end, and bubbles appeared. Esperanza, a little Guatemalan girl, stopped whimpering and stared with fascination. After I spoke words of comfort to her in Spanish, she grew even more intrigued. A day later she had her appointment for surgery at the hospital there in Guatemala. I scrubbed in for Esperanza’s surgery and sat beside her in the recovery area. When her eyes fluttered open and she began to cry, I again opened my bottle of bubbles. At the moment when she reached her hands up at my bubbles, I knew more assuredly than ever that I would reach for a career in medicine. Although I had been fascinated by physicians since my own childhood, it was Esperanza who showed me the specific rewards the medical profession could offer me. Today, I view medicine as the only way for me to couple science with my intense compassion for humanity -- to improve the lives of others like her.

Although I was in Guatemala when I met Esperanza, an equally powerful series of events occurred much closer to home. One of my best friends was diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer, one month before her senior prom and one year before she would die. I attended classes on the same campus where she underwent treatment, where she fought in vain for her life. Although plagued by the intangible emotional anguish of watching a close friend endure what I had only seen during rounds with oncologists, I also immediately became insatiably curious about the clinical aspects of the cancer. Part of me felt that I should avoid asking too many questions about my friend's illness, her drugs, and her operations, and in the end, I simply hoped for her to be free from pain. Ever since, however, my passion for studying cancer has grown and manifested itself in many ways.

One opportunity to explore and study cancer more arose during my time caring for a baby who had a rare form of leukemia. Though her cancer seemed terminal, Hannah survived thanks to an experimental treatment, coupled with the power of hope and positive thinking. Hannah’s survival evoked in me a great sense of respect for the field of research and its integral role in the evolving treatment of patients.

In medical school, I hope to build on my research to date in the field of cancer treatment, so that I can better explore the disease that afflicted my friend and so many others. Above all, I pursue a career in medicine because it will allow me to draw on my intense compassion for other human beings and improve the quality of their lives. I look forward to my medical education as the next step.

點評：

整篇文章融入了很真實的感情，可以深切的感受到筆者對于醫(yī)學(xué)事業(yè)的熱情、渴望、斗志……

第一段引人入勝的使讀者深深感覺到筆者對于醫(yī)學(xué)專業(yè)興趣的產(chǎn)生，并表示出堅定的學(xué)習(xí)信息；第二段由一個感人至深的身邊故事引入了自己對于研究癌癥的專業(yè)決心。并且從中展現(xiàn)出了筆者的專業(yè)背景，對于病情的理解頗深，而將自身的專業(yè)背景展現(xiàn)給評審們也是極為必要的一部分。端正的人格品德對于一個從醫(yī)者來說很重要，從文章中可以感受到筆者善良、熱情的心。

末尾部分再次提出自己從業(yè)的目標(biāo)，學(xué)習(xí)提升的方向，從而結(jié)束整篇文章。

譯文:

我舉起小塑料管，向環(huán)形末端吹氣，泡泡便產(chǎn)生了。危地馬拉小女孩Esperanza止住哭泣，入迷般地凝視著。我用西班牙語安慰她幾句之后，她的好奇心變得更加強(qiáng)烈了。一天過后她到危地馬拉的醫(yī)院接受外科手術(shù)。我進(jìn)行消毒之后走進(jìn)Esperanza的手術(shù)室，坐到她旁邊的恢復(fù)區(qū)。當(dāng)她顫抖地睜開眼睛，欲將流淚之時，我再次打開盛滿泡泡的瓶子。在她抬起手觸摸泡泡的那一剎那，我比任何時候都渴望從事醫(yī)學(xué)工作。盡管從小時候起我就想成為一名醫(yī)師，這最特別的獎勵是Esperanza賜與我的。如今，我視醫(yī)學(xué)為連接科學(xué)和我對人類強(qiáng)烈同情的唯一途徑——像對待她一樣去讓其他人的生命變得美好。

雖然我遇到Esperanza是在危地馬拉，在我身邊也有很多類似的事件。我的一個好朋友在她的高級舞會到來前一個月被查出患有轉(zhuǎn)移性卵巢癌， 她的生命只剩下一年的時間。她在我上課的學(xué)校里接受治療，徒然地與疾病抗?fàn)?。盡管看到只有跟腫瘤學(xué)家在一起才能見到的場景發(fā)生在自己的好朋友身上讓我內(nèi)心倍受折磨，我依然難以抑制對癌癥臨床表現(xiàn)的好奇心。我對自己說不要詢問關(guān)于朋友病情、藥物、手術(shù)的事，最后我只單純地希望她能不受痛苦。然而，從那時起，我研究癌癥的熱情提高了，并且從多方面得到體現(xiàn)。

一次護(hù)理嬰兒Hannah的機(jī)會讓我研究癌癥的欲望變得更加強(qiáng)烈，她患上一種罕見的白血病。盡管她的癌癥已經(jīng)到了晚期，實驗治療、求生希望和樂觀思想使她存活下來。Hannah活下來的事實引起了我對該研究領(lǐng)域和其在病人治療中所起到完整作用的崇敬。

在醫(yī)療學(xué)校里，我一直希望能夠在癌癥治療領(lǐng)域建立自己的研究，今后能夠更好的探索折磨我的朋友和很多其他人的疾病。最重要的是，我執(zhí)著于醫(yī)學(xué)事業(yè)，因為它將允許我對人類傾注強(qiáng)烈同情并改善他們的生命質(zhì)量。下一步我盼望接受醫(yī)學(xué)教育。