“I spent my time doing things that mattered to me, and in the end, I think that’s really what admissions committees want. They want to know you when you’re applying...
“I knew that third year was going to be demanding and I have a personal life outside of medical school which is also demanding. I decided that I didn’t want...
“When you get the questions wrong, I actually learn the most from them because I will never get that question wrong again.”While on 3rd year rotations or clinical rounds, “pimping”...
“I realize that if I found something at some point that I was really passionate about, I can always work towards it. Medicine is very open, there are always those...
“To really make groundbreaking change, you have to have new discoveries” Lorne chose the MD/PhD program to not only learn how to be a clinician, but to participate in research...
“We have a pretty solid group of people here. The faculty is great, the students are awesome, I hang out with my friends still every day during the summer and...
“The people just felt like my people. They were, in my opinion, down to earth and interested in having a life outside of medicine.”As the end of her medical student...
“I realized that this was something that was not going to fit my personality the way I saw it going forward.” Ryan had a natural mind for the sciences and...
“I wasn’t prepared for how emotional the couples match process was. It’s been stressful; you make a lot of compromises.” Riann and Knut started dating during their first year of...
“Medicine is really a way of life, being a physician became part of my identity.”When Noelle entered medical school, she initially thought psychiatry would be the field of choice. We...
“As I look back on medical school and all the happy memories that I have, they all have to do with my classmates.”With his fourth year in medical school nearly...
“It is important to keep an open mind and go into each rotation feeling like you’re going to give it your all.”The final year of medical school is one filled...
