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The complexity of a human mind has always intrigued me. Due to which I have always been passionate about learning more about the subconscious mind. It fascinates me every time I read the books that showed what the human mind is capable of. As I progressed my research in the sub-conscious mind, I noticed two things. One was the human mind has lots of similarities with the actual computer software. Secondly, my understanding broadened much more when I learned the connection between our body and our subconscious mind. After studying several books I also came to know about how our body itself gets addicted to the chemical rush (adrenaline/cortisol). Also, how it then influences our mind to fire and wire the same circuits to whip up those same chemicals that satisfied body addiction. Furthermore, I came to know about how we humans not only fire certain sets of synaptic connections daily that contribute to our personality, emotional reaction, destructive and constructive habits but most importantly to me the limitations that we justify from the same level of mind. Now that I have this knowledge, I can see past the habitual programs that are embedded in me and follow what I truly desire. After all, having new knowledge means having synaptic connections which you can then use for your benefits. My main goal is to understand how the human mind and body works. This will further facilitate me to investigate what more I can do with the knowledge I have that can contribute to the good of people. To further strengthen my knowledge I delved into more books that covered the topics of habit development, epigenetics, neurology, and neurochemistry. I observed how all these are interlinked with each other and how they are influenced by our thought patterns, external environment, family history, and most of all our Sub-conscious mind. I realized that numerous tasks from basics to very complex functions the same way as our human brain. For instance, our sub-conscious mind stores, not just our memories, but everything that is processed by our five senses daily much like a computer’s hard drive that can store all important information to run the computer. Computer software can run multiple times to perform certain tasks e.g. calculator performs calculation, administration software enables staff to store students/customer information in a certain manner that can be retrieved when desired. Likewise, our brain also works as computer software. A part of the brain known as the Cerebellum and Autonomous nervous system run automatic programs that not just include daily tasks such as driving, playing sport, and using our phone but also performs the vital body functions. For instance, breathing, digestion, repairing & growing our cells, making proteins that are necessary for our survival al at the same time. This facilitates us a lot as we do not have to worry about how to breathe, digest while we are talking or driving. Multi-threading is a term widely is used in Computer Science in which computer software creates multiple threads and those threads run in parallel to perform certain tasks at the same time. In contrast, while I compare the human mind with a term multi-threading, it is beyond intriguing for me to understand how many threads our sub-conscious mind runs daily to help us not just survive but thrive if we are willing to apply ourselves.
Despite being fascinated by the human mind and longing to pursue a degree related to this field it seemed next to impossible for me to pursue medicine. This is because I come from a family of engineers, so it was a lot easier for me to follow the same path. Of course, I now understand that the reason for pursuing the health profession seemed impossible was because of neurocircuitry that I had, which was influenced my family history that not only supported the idea of doing engineering but also conflicted with the idea of me pursuing Medical Profession. Therefore in some sense, I was neuro-chemically programmed to be an engineer much like most of the population in the world that are also just going with the flow. However, soon I realized that engineering is not suitable for me as my brain is not interested in calculations and mathematics rather than it is more interested in learning how a person can perform all these calculations. After doing multiple research on the working of a brain I am interested in Neurology and Epigenetic. Epigenetic states that genes do not create disease, yet it is a signal that causes genes to dysregulate. When an organism is repeatedly exposed to the harmful signal, it tends to break down and the result is the disease. That harmful signal could be due to the stimuli in the external environment that causes a certain set of neural networks to fire starting a habit loop or it could be an internal thought pattern from a traumatic event. In any case when an individual’s brain creates the survival chemical Adrenaline/Cortisol in excess the body has very little resource left for repair and growth and therefore the disease is created. My goal is to specialize in Neurology to understand how brain functions, what causes the brain to release certain chemicals and then study epigenetics to understand how a change in the neurochemistry of an individual can benefit one in their diseases. The main reason for applying for this program is because it provides students the opportunity to not just complete the prerequisites classes that are mandatory for Medical School but also to exploit other services at their disposal to be well equipped for the journey ahead in Medical Profession. I am personally interested in this program because I believe I will have numerous opportunities to discuss my academic progress with advisors and take advice from them about courses, MCAT preparation, and any proactive approach. Also, I could take every step of the way to ensure that I am on the right path for the MCAT and medical school. Additionally, I am very interested in the opportunity to excel in my academic progress and exploit the Fast Track Option as well as have a Committee statement made for my Medical School.
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