Since around the age of 11, my entire life has revolved around a solitary incident. Most of my life was spent growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, which had an extremely large gang population. My first few years of living there went by great; I barely even noticed the gangs. One day my friend, Byron, and I were walking down the sidewalk of a fairly busy road when we heard some people arguing around the corner. …
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…was ever put in that position again. This, much more than anything else is why I want to attend Baylor University. I know that I would not be able to stand a regular nine to five job sitting behind a desk, where I never even see people le alone help them. It is my dream to get a degree in medicine so I can feel I actually make some kind of difference in this world.