Some background: I never wanted to be in premed, but I forced myself to go to a science focused school as a biology major for the sake of my medicine-focused family and culture. I spent a year and a half as a permed, using what was meant to finally be focused around learning at my own will feeling like I can had less than I ever had. My one business course a semester, which my parents allowed as courtesy, was all I looked forward to then. I became close friends with the professor of this course, and used my one slot on her classes two semesters in a row. She encouraged me constantly and told me how much potential she saw, and every time she emailed me about a new opportunity she thought I should go for, I wondered what I was doing with my life. I dropped premed the following semester, without the blessing of my parents.
From here, I want to transfer to a not so science based school where I can make connections and give myself the best chance I can in the business world.
Back to my question: As you saw, a good part of my journey to changing my major deals with Indian culture (I’m Indian) and the tendency to push medical school above all else. Questioning a lot of these social norms and the way my peers followed them, without ever stopping to think about whether that was what they really wanted; the social status, etc. Is this too… controversial/combative for a college essay?