Personal Development Project

Natcha Thanasumpunth (Cartoon)

Table of Content
Page

Interview Script 3-4

Interview Process Journal 5-7

Interview Reflection 8

SOP outline 9

SOP first draft 10-11

SOP second draft 12-13

SOP Process Journal 14-15

SOP reflection 16

Woop

Goal 1 17

- Recorded table 17-19

- Reflection 20

Goal 2 21

- Recorded table 21-23

- Reflection 24
Interview Script
Interview Introduce yourself
Hello, my name is Natcha Thanasumpunth or you can call me Cartoon. I am 17 years old and I
want to apply to the medical field in the future. Now, I study at MUIDS or known as Mahidol
University International school, before that, I studied at Pleanpattana school which is a Thai
school.

Why did you choose this university?

I want to study at PCCMs because I want to go overseas where this university gives me the
opportunity to go to the UK. I think that it will be worth the experience if I have a chance to study
and I want to challenge myself by living far away from my family. Moreover, I want to be familiar
with English, so I can communicate with foreign patients easily in the future.

What can you bring to the university?

I am sure that you will get one more ambitious student who wants to be a doctor. I enjoy
studying even though it is hard, but if it is one part that I have to do, I will do it. Also, I like to help
people since at my school such as I help many friends learn in some subjects.

What is your weakness?

I am not a confident person when I have to do something challenging, so I will avoid it.
Moreover, sometimes I am easy to be stressful when I have to do a lot of work. However, this
weakness can be overcome by myself. For example, when I am stressed, I will listen to music or
play sports because these activities make me feel relaxed and enjoy it. Meanwhile, when I have
to do something new, at first I will try my best and don’t think about opportunities to succeed in
that work.

What work experience have you done? What did it teach you?
Well, I would say that I have done a lot of works, especially volunteers. One of my precious
experiences is DONATION. This is the project that I worked on with my friends. I started this
project because I saw that many people didn’t have enough time to donate their staff, so I want
to be their representative for doing this. It was a very challenging project because I had to
communicate with my teammates and contact places, and had to carefully manage time.
Consequently, we succeed in this project together and learn to work as a team.

What do you see yourself doing after university?

The first thing I imagine is I will be working in hospitals. What I mean is that I want to start my
job as a practical doctor, and then try to collect experience to become an expert. If I have
enough free time, I want to go to urban areas where they don’t have enough doctors. I want to
go there because my passion is that I want to help people as much as I can since I believe that
every life is very important.

What achievement are you most proud of?

This is an interesting question. The best thing that I want to say is about my sport skill. In my
school, we have ASIA which is a competition between other international schools, maybe 7
schools. Once, I was representative of double mix badminton from my school, and I got first
place. It was a very great time that I got a gold medal and proved that I am not only good for
studying, but also good at playing sports.

Why should we offer you a place?

I promise that I will try my best to study through 7 years. I know that it will be a difficult time
through those years, but I will not lose my passion that I want to help people as much as I can. I
will study not only for myself, but for my patients who I will treat in the future.
Personal journal (interview)
16 Oct 2020
I wrote a script for the first interview by answering the answer from the sheet that Miss Fon
gave.

20 Oct 2020
I made the first appointment with Miss Sandy.

21 Oct 2020

I interviewed Miss Sandy, at a biology lab. I already prepared the interview script, and took a
video. As a result, I got 4.5 over 6 because I was quite struggling when there were external
questions and I had to improve it.
18 Nov 2020
Making an appointment with the interviewer (Miss Sandy) and I did not fix the interview script
because I think that it was already ok.

23 November 2020
I had the second interview with Miss Sandy and I got 6.
Reflection
For the first interview, I had already prepared the script of the interview by answering all
the questions on the guideline sheet. After that I had practice more than 1 time before I got
interviewed. However, Miss Sandy did not ask all the questions on the guideline, so some
questions were unpredictable such as “Do you think that you are a roundabout person?” That
distracted me and made me more confused and cannot make it fluence. At the first time, I got
4.5 over 6.
After a few weeks, I made the second appointment. This time I did not prepare much
because I used the same script since it was already fine. Nevertheless, I knew that it would be
unpredictable questions, so I did not get confused and was able to answer questions. Miss
Sandy said that I had a good fluence, but I had to improve in part of “um” that showed my
unconfident and sometimes distracted listener.
Personal Statement
Outline

Program plan to study : Ramathibodi Med →

https://www.rama.mahidol.ac.th/meded/th/Course_4
M.D. - M.M. new branch of medicine course that combine two courses which are Doctor of
Medicine and Master of Management.

เหตุผลที่อยากเรี ยนแพทยแ์ ละบริ หาร

แรงจูงใจ
จุดมุง่ หมายในชีวต
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Introduction
- Questions
- My family
- My father is businessman (inspired me to study about business)
Body paragraph
- pathway for inspiration of being doctors
- Inspiration from King Rama 9
- Participate in Chula medical camp
- Choose elective in my school
- Leadership
- How to be good leader, especially teamwork
- Learn about many theories
- Advanced Biology
- Know more about science
- Let me know that I prefer to study biology more than another
subject
- I believe that in Thailand we still need doctors + organize and manage skills useful for
the future because everyone must communicate with other people, in any job, you must
know how to work and deal with these people.
- ** why do I choose this university ??
- It was initiated to construct by king rama 9 which he was my inspiration, so I
believe that studying here gives me a chance to expose many experiences.
Conclusion
- What I expect to do in the future
- I want to do volunteer work in countryside
- Working in hospitals
- Good leader if I am head of any sections
First draft
When I was such a young child, I heard this quote from my mother - “Choose a job you
love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” That time I did not know why my mom
said that since I was too young. Many years later, I grow up until the day that I dream about
what I want to be. At first, I wanted to be like my mother who is a consultant and also like my
father who is a businessman. However, I find that to become like my parents is not really the job
that I prefer to do; I love to do more in medical pathways.
How did this idea start with? I was around 11 years old and watched television. It told a
wonderful story about a man who visited anywhere in Thailand even though it was difficult to
access; he would go there. What he did was not normal people do. Why? Because he helped
many people in those areas with his intelligence and also initiated many projects that solve
various problems. He was our king - King Rama IX. After the story ended, I was surprised and
that inspired me to follow him. I dream that one day I will help many people like him; I will make
people smile and I will be the one person who assists people even though they live far away.
These are reasons why I choose to be a doctor because I think that this job can cure people
without help from other people. To find more information about this dream, I search a lot of
information about what I have to learn or what I need to prepare for the future admission. I
heard many people say to me that it is very tough and exhausting; they also said you have to
sacrifice your time for this job. Thus, once I wonder if I really love this job or not. Fortunately, I
had a chance to attend Chulalongkorn Medical Camp. I would say that it was very worth
camping because it let me learn more about being a doctor by studying what seniors have to
learn such as surgery and answer myself that doctor is the only job that I desire to be from the
bottom of my heart. Moreover, my school allows me to choose subjects which I prefer to learn,
so I am able to discover more about my interests. Two subjects I want to mention are
Leadership and Advanced Biology. Leadership is an interesting course because it gives me an
idea that it is not hard for any people such as me to become a good leader by knowing about
what we should do in that situation and how we should handle many types of members.
Advanced biology is directly teaching me about the complex context of biology such as the
human body and diseases which is one of my favorite subjects to learn more in the future.
Furthermore, I suppose that studying in the medical field has achieved my life goal, but I
also learn something more than medical courses will interest me. This year, Mahidol Universities
give the opportunity to open the first new major for medicine that combines with Management
courses. When I heard it for the first time, it lured me to study because my father is a
businessman and sometimes he teaches me some business skills; I really want to learn more if I
have a chance. Now, the chance appears in front of me. Indeed, I believe that medical facilities
in Thailand still lack human resources and I also believe that management skill is vital for our life
not only to apply with medicine but it can also apply to daily life such as communicating with
surrounding members. In the future, if I graduate from Mahidol University, I will work in
hospitals; what I mean is that I will collect experiences and skills from the learning process and
develop myself to become excellent doctors someday. Moreover, if I have the opportunity or
enough time, I will set up my own team to travel and visit people in another part of Thailand,
especially in areas where people usually do not go. I will utilize both management and medical
knowledge that I have learnt to become a professional doctor and help numerous people as
much as I can do through my whole life.
Feedback:

Feedback : Earn
Score : 4/6
Good use of questions leading to your story but the story might be too cliche or too simple. I
suggest you add more detail and more on personal experience in order to make it more unique.

Feedback : P’Gib
This SOP is too cliche. I suggest you straight forward to the point that why do you want to be a
doctor and provide reasons which are more practical.

Final draft
What I want to do in the future; this question is repeated to myself over the years. Now,
my answer is quite to be a clearer picture that I want to be a voluntary doctor. When I was
around 13 years old, I had to go on an outside school field trip with my friends. It was a different
field trip contrasted with another field trip which I had been before because this time I went to
the countryside and stayed in a tent. During the field trip, I had to cook by myself by using
ingredients around there, planting rice, climbing mountains and lighting fire by using only coal
and matches. I lived there for 5 days and found out that it was a challenging experience; also
worth it for me. It made me realize that I enjoyed visiting different places even if it was rural or
far away from my home.
At the same time, I preferred to learn academic subjects, especially sciences. When I
studied at high school, they gave me a chance to choose any subjects as elective subjects; I
chose biology, advanced biology, integrated science and leadership. To be extended more,
advanced biology was quite difficult and interesting in part of content and experiments. I learned
about cell molecular biology, diversity and classification, cell cycle and genetic inheritance and
expression which is more advanced than general biology in grade 10. Indeed, many
experiments such as forensic investigation which observed DNA sequences through
electrophoresis while projects such as Platyhelminthes Response Plan and Harlequin
Ichthyosis which I had to study specific cases of diseases and made a possible detailed
response plan. Furthermore, Leadership course did not just enhance me more essential skills,
but it also gave me the idea that it is not hard for any people such as me to become a good
leader. I know what I should do to pursue my dream project and how to learn for my-self
development.
However, when I tried to find more information about pathway to be a doctor, I heard
many people say to me that it is very tough and exhausting; they also said you have to sacrifice
your time for this job. Thus, once I wonder if I can handle this job or not. Fortunately, I had a
chance to attend Chulalongkorn Medical Camp. I would say that it was very worthwhile camping
because it lets me learn more about what a doctor is by studying what seniors have to learn
such as stimulating surgery, discovering human anatomy, and survey clinical care. The most
important thing that I got from this camp was the answer that the doctor is the only job that I
desire to be from the bottom of my heart.
In addition, I believe that medical facilities in Thailand still lack human resources and
also believe that management skill is vital for our life not only to apply with medicine but also
apply to daily life such as communicating with surrounding people and organising my life. In the
future, after I graduated, I will collect experiences and skills from the learning process and
develop myself to become an excellent doctor someday. Furthermore, when I ensure that I have
enough skills, I will set up my own team to travel and visit people in another part of Thailand,
especially in areas where people usually do not go. I will utilize both management and medical
knowledge that I have learned to become a professional doctor and help numerous people as
much as I can do throughout my whole life.

Feedback :
Guy. I see that this is a well done SOP. It includes lots of info about your experience and how
well your base was. I only think that the sentence about climbing and cooking rice skills is kinda
out of place from what doctors need. You might include the real experiment from that camp or
just don't include it at all or just ask miss fon because she knows everything what to do or fix.

Earn : I think the content is okay but, I suggest you change the sentence structure or how they
were written so that they would sound more interesting.

Ms. Fon - Overall is good. I only fixed some small grammar mistakes.
Personal Journal (SOP)
26 oct 2020
I began to research personal
statements in the university that I am
interested in; Ramathibodi University. I
also read my senior SOP to be my
guideline.
Now, I started to make an outline of my
SOP.

Link:

https://www.rama.mahidol.ac.th/meded/th/Register_2

8 November 2020
I changed to rewrite the outline of SOP because I decided to attend new courses in the medical
field. I try to search for more information about what they study about, so I can show how I am
interested in this course.
Linked : ​https://www.rama.mahidol.ac.th/meded/th/Course_4

11 November 2020
I ask my friend to check my first SOP (Earn), miss Fon and my teacher from outside school.
12 November 2020
I asked my friend to evaluate my score for the first SOP; I got 4/6.

18 November
I started to write the second SOP and improve it by following the last feedback.

20 November 2020
I had to ask my friend to score the sheet; I got 6/6.
Reflection
At the beginning of SOP, I researched the criteria of Mahidol University in part of the
medical pathway. The 3 main parts that I had to include are reasons to study, inspiration, and
target in the future. I inserted this information in the body paragraph and in the conclusion. Also,
I had read senior’s SOP before, so I had an idea to write an outline. For the first draft of SOP,
my friends and other people said that it was too cliche or too simple because other people’s
SOP will appear the same as mine in some parts. Therefore, in the second SOP, I changed
structure only for introduction to mention directly about the job that I want to be. Moreover, I
rewrote my words that Miss Fon commented on above.
WOOP
Goal 1
My wish : do not be late in the morning.
Best outcome: I expect that I would not have any tardy marks during 3 weeks.
My obstacles :
- get up late
- Don’t prepare myself in the evening
- Leave my house too late
- Washing my hair
- Traffic jam
Plan :
Divide in to 2 cases
1. Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday
a. Leave home at 7.15
2. Wednesday
a. Leave home at 7.40

Data Record

Day Time (Leave from home) Time (arrive at school)

Monday 9/11/2020

Tuesday 10/11/2020
Wednesday 11/11/2020

Thursday 12/11/2020

Monday 16/11/2020

Tuesday 17/11/2020
Wednesday 18/11/2020

Friday 20/11/2020
Reflection
I would say that this goal did not succeed because most of the time I leave nearly 7.15,
but I would arrive at school after 7.30 which was tardy. I think that I have to change my plan to
save my time. From the data record, I spent approximately 20 minutes from my home to school.
Therefore, if I leave home at 7.15, I will not arrive at 7.30. If I have to improve my plan again, I
will leave home early by leaving at 7.05-7.10 in order to be sure that I will not get tardy.
However, on Wednesday, which is a special day that the class starts at 8.05, so I did not have
any problems on this day because I always arrived on time; before the bell rang.
The obstacles that I found during recording the experiment was about organising my
time. I did not wake up late, but there are external factors such as on Monday and Friday, we
had to send clothes to watch which my driver had to spend time to pick the clothes to the car, so
it means that I cannot leave home immediately.
Goal 2
My wish: Improving planning skill
Best outcome : Achieve all goals that I plan each day → improve responsibilities and organizing
skills
My obstacles :
- school’s homework
- Personal factors
- Outside factors such as friends, places, times
Plan:
1. Try to set goals for each day
2. Evaluate how much I achieve my goals
3. Next day, I will try to set goals that I can achieve all of them

Data Recorded

Date Goals Achieve or not

07/11/2020 - Sat Subject test at Achieve

Shrewsbury

08/11/2020 Clear school homeworks Achieve

- English(writing task 2)
- Thai Social
(worksheet)
- Leadership (first draft
SOP)

09/11/2020 Research paper checkpoint Achieve

10/11/2020 Practice Health Science Not achieve all

presentation

Thai(google slide
presentation)

Research paper (adding

abstract )

Calculus homework

Doing practice Biology paper

Chinese homework

11/11/2020 Wiring recommendation Achieve only making google

(answer 2 questions) slide
 Writing portfolio (write 3
works )

Thai(google slide
presentation)

12/11/2020 Talking with counselor Achieve only talking with

counselor and present Thai
Wiring recommendation
(answer 2 questions)

Writing portfolio (write 3

works )

Presenting Thai

13/11/2020 Wiring recommendation Not achieve

(answer 2 questions)

14/11/2020 Writing portfolio (write 3 Not achieve

works )

15/11/2020 Writing portfolio (write 3 Achieve only English and

works ) Chinese poster

English poster

Chinese poster

16/11/2020 Writing Recommendation Achieve

17/11/2020 Writing Recommendation Achieve

18/11/2020 Doing Chemistry practice test Not Achieve

Doing Biology practice test

19/11/2020 Doing Chemistry practice test Achieve only doing chemistry

and making appointment
Doing Biology practice test

Making interview appointment

20/11/2020 Doing Chemistry practice test Not Achieve

Doing Biology practice test

21/11/2020 Doing Chemistry practice test Achieve except doing

 calculus homeworks
Doing Biology practice test

Calculus homeworks

English essay (thesis,outline )

22/11/2020 Doing Chemistry practice test Achieve only doing chemistry

and biology test
Doing Biology practice test

Leadership : reflection

Thai : presentation slide

Reflection
Overall, I think that I have a better plan in planning my time each week because most of
the targets are achieved. I think that doing this helps me organize my time better since it lets me
know what I have to do each day, so I will not waste my time with other things and properly
order my tasks. Moreover, my strategies are that I will put homeworks school as priority before I
do other things such as preparing for SAT because I feel that I still need grade from my school,
so I cannot lose my grade. Fortunately, the last 2 weeks, I did not have much homeworks, so I
can spend my time preparing for the SAT.
However, the reason that I did not finish my work was because I spent time with my
friends more than doing homeworks, so sometimes I prefered to relax and enjoy with my friends
more than doing anything. Indeed, on weekends, my family usually goes outside of my house,
so I did not spend time at home and did not have enough time to finish my homeworks.