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. 2009 AMCAS PERSONAL STATEMENT Characters: 5233, Limit: 5300 I stood in the corridor stunned and struggled to grasp the drastic turn of events. Despite the patient ’sstabilized condition an hour before, he shook violently on the treatment bed, unconsciously and compulsively jerked with a vertical motion. My first encounter with death was unexpected and shocking as he passed away in front of my eyes. After returning home that evening, I still felt the blues and was puzzled at his death with the vividly horrifying scene in my mind. In the following weeks, I experienced other painful scenes that swept away my previous belief in the perfection of medicine. Participation as an ER volunteer at Marian Medical Center gave me the first realistic view of medicine. Rather than scaring me away, these events inspired me to actively participate in the Medical Mentoring Program. From family practice to cardiology, ophthalmology to neurology, orthopedics to otolaryngology, I gained multi-faceted perspectives of medicine from shadowing physicians of different specialty through observing not only doctor-patient contact in the office, but also various operations such as neurosurgery, angioplasty, and laser photocoagulation. I also conversed with patients and listened to their concerns. Although I could not help them medically, I felt gratified to have eased their fears. The shadowing experience was extremely rewarding and it inspired me to be a doctor.Physicians ability’ to heal bodies, save lives, and offer comfort during times of agony is remarkable and requires profound knowledge of science and technology. At UC Berkeley, the more I learn about the biological sciences, humanities, and social sciences, the more I marvel at and yearn to understand the complex intricacies and the unimaginable functionality of synchronizing trillions of cells in the human body. As the most creative form on earth, our body is composed of“stardust”and yet possesses ingenious mechanisms to perform . . an