Hello, my name is Mohammad Ghaith. I am currently a sophomore at Old Dominion University. My goal, after my first four years, is to receive my bachelor’s in biomedical science and apply to medical school. When I heard that sentence, I was a little kid. I was planning to become a doctor. I was planning to become a psychiatrist in high school because I believe the main issue that is facing this country and the world is not a physical issue, but a mental problem. There are too many individuals on the planet that are lost mentally and spiritually. And if they don’t have the proper mentality or help to find their path, they’ll be lost. My current dream is to be a surgeon. I have not decided whether to become a general surgeon, neurosurgeon, or a cardiothoracic surgeon. Many people I have told my story to believe I am in it for the money. Well, it is on the contrary. I want to help people like me with every fiber of my being. I have always felt like this ever since I was a little boy. I want to make the medical system more just for everyone. Kids struggling to breathe because their parents can’t afford an asthma pump for them. It is a sad and tragic way to live a life and I don’t want that for anyone. And the price of medicine in this country is outrageous. Some of my family’s medications are sold in the range of thousands of dollars, and if this individual loses their insurance, they won’t be able to afford the medication that helped them with their daily life. My goal is important to me and important to everyone in my family, so I’ll be the first to make it into medical school, and the first to have a bachelor’s degree. Everything around me has influenced me and drove me forward especially my family. My family is the oil my gears and the fuel it’s my dreams. Another family member of mine has been affected by brain damage in a car accident. She is the love of my life. She is the main reason I considered becoming a neurosurgeon to help her and individuals like her. I understand that medical schools get the same story about family on every single application. it is important for me to list them here if they don’t that would make my application viable or about me.

My plans after graduating from, despite the fact that many universities are available, are to attend EVMS because it is close to home, and I want to see my parents and family. If I decide otherwise, I will go to the University of New York, John Hopkins University Middle School, or Duke University Medical School, which is second in the United States for the surgeon program. I understand that at the other bigger universities I will be away from my family, but men have to do what they have to do, and fools have to do what they want.

One thing I know about myself is that I am not the smartest person in the room or the person with the highest IQ. I do know that I’m the most resilient individual.  I will never give up. I have fallen so many times in my journey these last two years and I still got back up because I will not give up on this dream. I’ll pay any price and do anything that is asked of me to make this possible.