As a high school student, my journey toward a future in medicine has been guided by a fusion of

intellectual curiosity, empathetic engagement, and an unyielding desire to heal. In medicine, I see a
purposeful and versatile vocation, yet what I love most is its fusion of a scientific core with a
philanthropic heart. I want to share an incident which motivated me to wear stethoscope.

I got a very bad cold when I was in my 4 th or 5th standard I guess and visited a big hospital, it was my
first seeing a hospital this big in my life and it left a great impression on me and made me fantasized
how nice it would be to work in a cozy place like this. Following the consequent years, I started
gaining more interest in medicine ‘coz of my paternal aunt (my father’s sister) who was a diabetic
patient (Diabetes II) and ‘coz of her I first encountered typical biological and medical terminology,
since I used to hear new words from my cousins and then searching them on internet and eventually I
started learning about human, their body, anatomy, morphology and physiology. After enrolling in
class 8th we started studying about human disease, there diagnose and treatment. Starting from there, I
decided to study medicine.

The part which I really love about being a doctor is the feeling when people recovers, when people
express how amazing it feels from recovering a disease, the bright smile on their face and the most
outstanding feeling-returning to your daily life activities, enjoying the food you love, doing the chores
you want to do and especially meeting the people you cherish, whom you wouldn’t able to meet ‘coz
of one thing ‘I’m not well’. I want to become a doctor so that I can be a part of all these moment.
"Doctor are stature of God, they can’t give life to people, but they can bring people back to life from
the door of death, a task only doctors can do after God’. This statement motivated me and helping
people to replenish their cheerful smile, is what I really want to do.

Being a medical doctor gives you satisfaction more than money, it might not let you earn the huge
loads of money like engineering, business etc. but it surely will help you earn the tons of respect and
blessing you won’t be able to earn in any other profession. It is a wealthy profession indeed, not only
in terms of money but more in terms of love and blessings. The feeling when you bring a person back
into life is really something you can’t describe in words and I bet any doctor can relate to it.

When I got to know about this scholarship from YouTube as used to watch numerous vlog about
South Korea, its culture and people after being influenced by K-pop, K-movies and K-dramas. The
first GKS scholar I watched was Shivani Singh (her channel name: Indian Unnie) and in one of her
vlog she shared her story about her being diagnosed with appendicitis, in the whole video she
appreciated how advance and well maintained South Korean healthcare system is. She explained how
smoothly her surgery went without any problem, the doctors were so good and the staff was nice too.
Another GKS scholar was Bharti, she is studying Food and nutrition in South Korea( her channel
name: BM Shinchu), she described in her videos that though studying in Korea is quite pressurizing
yet amazing, the teachers are really nice, humble, helping and supportive. Then I started searching and
accumulating information about GKS so that I can also study in South Korea.

Using this program as an opportunity to learn more about South Korean culture, people, society and
healthcare is my prime goal. Progressive and super advanced educational standards of South Korea
gained my attention and impressed me a lot, when I was searching for a place with high quality
education and well developed medical infrastructure. The technological advancement, fast growing
and stable economy and universities with great global ranking with a high reputation of South Korea
as a nation all over the world makes a great aspiration for me to have a great carrier perspective.
Studying Medicine in South Korea which falls under the top 5 best healthcare infrastructure in world
will hugely benefit me and will help me to increase my knowledge and will provide me golden
opportunities to build my carrier as a doctor. I believe being a student at the well-known South
Korean university will help me curve my skills even sharper and better along with providing hands-on
experience and practical knowledge. Also the National Health Insurance System managed by National
Health Insurance Service (NHIS) which makes it affordable, smoother and easy to access and also
ensures that every citizen must get its benefits shows how well managed and properly coordinated
South Korean medical system is which caught my attention. If I become an international student
studying in Korea who can do research, as well as acquiring international standard knowledge, it will
be a great achievement for me.

South Korea has an ideal and intelligent learning environment with the most innovative medical
equipment and facilities in the world, meaning that students will have access to cutting-edge science
in the earliest and fastest way. Moreover, in Korea, there are a team of leading teachers and doctors
who are enthusiastic about students, ready to convey the best experiences. Additionally South Korea
is leading the world with its K-pop, K-dramas, K-movies, education and healthcare will provide
global exposure and also allowing to meet new people from all over the world. Lastly this program
will help me to secure my future, learn new things and improve my abilities academically.

Let me introduce my family, my both parents are native Indians and they belong from a small region
named Etawah in the state called Uttar Pradesh. As for siblings, I have 3 elder brothers and I’m the
youngest son of my parents. My two elder brother had completed their under-graduation and are
currently working in finance sector and my third brother is an under-graduate student. My father is a
high school passed out (10th passed). My mother is an illiterate. My father used to work in a small
export company and my mother is a housewife. We struggled a bit financially as my father was the
only working person in my family but things started changing when my two elder brother started
working to help our family be financially stable and because of my brothers’ support, I was able to
study in a private school and for that reason I gave my best throughout my schooling years as a
feeling gratitude towards my family’s support for my education. As for my educational background, I
have completed my high school graduation from ANGELS PUBLIC SCHOOL, EAST DELHI
(INDIA) with Medical Science, which include subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English
along with Physical Education and Psychology. I have good knowledge of Biology, English and
Psychology. Apart from these subjects I have scored really good marks in other subjects as well. As
for my favorite subjects I really love Biology and for that reason I chose Medical Science as my major
and wanted to build my future in Medical line. As I said earlier I have studied Psychology and I
gained interest in that subject because of my father as he is a psychiatry patient for past 20+ years,
though his condition is much better and he’s completely normal now, although his medication is still
going on. I haven’t taken any specific course for English but I can speak and write really good English
‘coz I had all my prior education in English. I currently can speak three languages fluently which are
Hindi, English and my native language, Western Hindi. Now I want to add Korean as my 4 th language
in my resume.

Mentioning my academia will be a plus point for getting scholarship, I scored 91.4% out of 100%
(GPA: 3.66/4) in my class 12th CBSE Board exams (a public examination conducted at national level
for all students of class 10th and 12th) with 3rd position in my class. I have secured an excellent GPA
throughout my high school years, for my class 9 th I had a GPA of 3.73/4 (93.3% out of 100%) with
rank 1st in my class, for my class 10 th board exams I got GPA of 3.84/4(96% out of 100%) along with
2nd position and lastly in my 11 th standard where you choose your major and decide your carrier, I
scored 91% out 100% (GPA: 3.64/4) along with 2 nd position in my class. I have always been within
Top 3 of my class throughout my high school years with an average GPA of 3.72/4.
Getting a scholarship doesn’t only require good academics but significant amount of extra stuffs too,
moving forward I would like to mention that I had participated in extracurricular activities like
cricket, football, writing, debate, volleyball, dramas and drawing in my class 9 th and 12th only as I
belong from Covid-19 batch so I wasn’t able to attend school and had my education through online
means like everyone else. I had also volunteered to be a MC at some of my school programs like
Teacher’s Day celebration and Farewell Party of my seniors. Though I’m not as good as I’m in my
academics but I was highly praised for my marvelous performance in these activities. I was highly
appreciated during my high school years for my amazing writing skills especially in English and
Hindi essays. In an intra-writing competition, I got 1 st position for my creative writing skills in
English. I also got 1st position in my school debate competition. During sports week which was
organized in late November 2023, I participated in a sport called cricket and did a pretty good job for
which I got 2nd position. I was also awarded with a certificate of fair play for my work in national
sports program.

I also joined a campaign for Eldercare to help people enlighten about the condition of elder people. I
also participated in some of the online quizzes to increase my knowledge like Nasha Mukt Bharat
Abhiyaan (Drug free India campaign), Lifestyle for environment, Clean Rural India Campaign Phase-
II, G20 Culture Track Quiz. I also participated in IPR (Intellectual property rights) quiz 2020. It
highlights my commitment to social causes and continuous learning. I have interest in singing and
dancing too, which are also my hobbies. I want to learn professional dance along with studying
medicine ‘coz I believe you should definitely give a try to something else apart from your academics
you truly love and cherish. This desire of mine to pursue professional dance alongside my medical
studies is a testament to my determination to explore my passions beyond academics. I like collecting
quotes as well and I have wrote some quotes too and it indicates creative side of me apart from my
academic interests. I believe all these achievements and involvement showcase my versatility and
willingness to engage in diverse experiences along with my academics.

Another skills which I would like to mention is that I can understand other people’s emotion and
feelings well, although it might not be a proper skill but understanding other people emotion and how
do they really feel is important for a doctor. It is not a skill you can get a certificate in easily, but
people near you truly like your vibes and appreciate your presence and I have got a number of
compliments for this skill of mine. This helped me gained more interest in choosing psychology as my
5th main subject ‘coz of this subject I have sharpened my emotional intelligence skills even more. It is
also an important skill a doctor must acquire during his/her college years ‘coz later on, you have to
deal with numerous patients of yours and will have to provide them great emotional support along
with medical assistance

The significant people which motivated me to pursue medicine are my father and my late Aunt which
I mentioned above, the life I lived, seeing my father and my aunt being always in continuous pain
were significant experiences I had which influenced me a lot throughout my adolescent years . The
incidents I share before are quite heart touching, that’s why I want to become a person who can touch
people’s heart not just through my words but through my profession as well and that’s why I want be
a Cardiologist. I want to convert this dream of mine into vision and for its foundation, I want to start
my undergraduate degree in medicine in South Korea., one of the best Asian country with best
healthcare infrastructure not only in Asia but also in the world. Also if I study from South Korea, the
degree I will be holding will greatly be appreciated and accepted all over the world. Hoping to get this
wonderful scholarship which can provide me a path to achieve this dream of mine and to get most
amazing title a person can earn in his entire life- Dr. Yogesh Kumar, graduated from South Korea.