Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories: Volunteer

Jun 11, 2020

Patience Makes Perfect: Turning Med School Rejection into a Success Story

Michael Foster

I’m pretty open about the fact that I was not accepted to any medical school the first time I applied […] Read More

Mar 18, 2019

A Day In My Shoes

Carlissa Auguste

This past summer, my feet hurt like they have never hurt before and I loved every second of it. I […] Read More

Aug 16, 2018

Tangible Meanings

Gaurav Majmudar

I remember walking into my freshman orientation at Boston College (BC) anxious about what the next four years meant for […] Read More

Jul 23, 2018

Learning from Non-medical Volunteering

Stephanie Cantu

After years of volunteering in different medically related fields, I discovered that you shouldn’t only volunteer in medical settings. In […] Read More

Sep 11, 2017

How Volunteering Helped Me

Diana Santacruz

I wish I could tell you that it’s been a lifelong dream of mine to become a doctor, or that […] Read More

Jul 17, 2017

Volunteering in Peru

Stephanie Cantu

Volunteering at my one of my local hospitals and working as a CNA has provided me with a good understanding […] Read More

Feb 13, 2017

Women and Medicine

Belle Pace

I remember the first time a person questioned my dream of becoming a doctor. It was during one of my […] Read More

Dec 27, 2016

My Journey to Self Discovery

Araks Ghazaryan

As future health care providers, our main purpose is to make a difference in the world by promoting health and healing. Read More

Jan 12, 2016

Forest People

Stefan Kale Wheat

My father and I woke at 4:30 each morning to the sound of a loudspeaker on our neighbor’s roof announcing […] Read More

Dec 7, 2015

Deconstructing Emotional Resilience

Noor Jandali

I think it is safe to say that most pre-med students are aware of the darkness that comes with disease. […] Read More

Nov 9, 2015

Providing More than Hope

Madison Camarlinghi

I began the eighteen hour journey to Peru on the fourth of July. My second flight took off from Dallas, […] Read More

Oct 19, 2015

Disparities start at Gestation

Madison Camarlinghi

As I walk past the ever growing line of pregnant mothers and young children, I see a sign marked “Obstetricia” […] Read More