Haha yes, it is very irrelevant. I started out in college with plans on being an engineer. The summer before my junior year I began a paid internship at a semiconductor company, making great money ($19 with paid vacations) and learning a lot about the corporate world. While I was working there, however, I really felt like something was missing. I figured out that something was a passion for the job. I was reminded of this again at the end of the summer when I went to a camp I helped start (called Camp Kesem). Camp Kesem is a non-profit week-long summer camp for children of cancer patients and is ran entirely by college students (from fundraising to picking the campsites to planning what activities we do). At camp I was working more, sleeping less, paid nothing; yet, I had the time of my life. I realized that I really did enjoy helping people and, after researching different options, shadowing doctors, working in the ER, I decided that pursuing medicine will fulfill all my passions (even the ones that attracted me to EE in the first place). I'm excited to join a field where helping people is part of the job, a challenging career where constant innovations will engage us in a lifetime of learning. So, 2 1/2 years later, here I am. Kind of funny to think that starting a club at ASU so long ago would drastically alter my path and who I am today. Hopefully my irrelevant knowledge of engineering instead of more applicable medical information won't put me too far behind in school; at least it's going to be pass/fail!
