My major

 Hello again! As you already know, my name is Francisca.

At the age of 6, after giving up my aspirations to be an astronaut - because I considered it something close to impossible to achieve and I have always given up easily, as well as thinking it would be too complicated and that space is a bit scary - I decided that I wanted to help people get better and that, together with my curious nature, led me to a choice of university career that lasted for 14 years: Medicine.

Doctors were people who I found admirable, because they were dedicated to healing people and because they knew a lot about diseases, which is interesting to me even today.

With this university major in mind, I took the "Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU)" three times, but my results were always insufficient to get me into medicine at university. My mother, tired of my multiple attempts, "suggested" that I enter the "Programa Académico de Bachillerato" at Universidad de Chile, as she was told that, once I finished the two years of this programme, I could transfer to any major of my choice. As I didn't have much motivation left to try again, because the frustration was too much, I simply agreed and entered Bachillerato.  It was thanks to the biology and chemistry labs we had that I realised that I liked the idea of working in a lab and doing research. After a short period of reflection, I decided to look for majors that would be compatible with my newfound desire to do research and where I could also specialise in subjects such as the immune system, because it has always been something that has been of interest to me. With this in mind, I selected two majors of interest: Biochemistry and Medical Technology.

Of the two, Biochemistry appealed to me the most, and after finishing my bachelor's degree, I transferred to Biochemistry.

I don't regret my decision and, for the moment, I'm happy here... Well, as happy as possible with university life.

 

Thanks for reading!