Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Aug 16, 2018

Tangible Meanings

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

Aug 6, 2018

Resilience is Key

Having finished my second year of undergrad as a premed, I have been able to reflect a lot on what […] Read More

Jul 30, 2018

My outlook as a DACA medical student

My name is Cesar, I am a fourth-year student in the MD-PhD program at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. I […] Read More

Jul 23, 2018

Learning from Non-medical Volunteering

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

Jul 16, 2018

Is there a right residency program for me?

One would think that after having successfully completed so many application cycles to get to the point of applying to […] Read More

Jul 9, 2018

No Reason for Shame

“Is there anything that has made it better?” I asked. I was trying to be a thorough third year medical […] Read More

Jul 2, 2018

Rerouting

It’s always such a pain when the GPS voice says, “Rerouting”. I think to myself, “How did I miss my […] Read More

Jun 25, 2018

The Necessary Qualities of a Future Physician

As I work with pre-medical students, I often think about what makes an applicant successful. Most everyone applying to medical […] Read More