Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: B1, field of study: Sciences humaines et sociales)

I always wanted a work that would help others, at first i wanted to become a vet during primary school. In high school, my grandpa died due to cancer, it affects me a lot and i had the idea to continue my studies in the medical branch to become an oncologist, i even did my intership of the first year of high school in the Institut Bergoni of Bordeaux, an oncology institute. I really enjoyed it and it confort me in my way to medical studies. But then i fall into depression, and i started to see a psychologist and a psychiatrist. I had the chance to found the best psychologist for me i think who helps me a lot. I was feeling better with her and i had the impression that she kinda looked like me in the way she talks, her apparence (has a lot of tattoos) and her kindness. I saw her during 4 years but at the very beginning of the meetings i knew i would be a psychologist later. I leave the medical studies behind me and start my first year of college in psychology studies. I never regretted my choice because i know i wouldnt be able to do the first year of medecine because of the pressure and the risk of burn out. Now, at the end of my thirst year of degree (and the last one) i hope i will be accepted in the first year of a masters degree in handicaps and neurodeveloppemental troubles in Paris.