Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories by: Med Students

May 9, 2016

Further

January 8, 2016 After the last exam of our first semester of our first year, we joked that we were […] Read More

May 2, 2016

Acceptance

I’m sitting in a bustling restaurant on the Upper West Side between two first-year medical students. It’s revisit weekend at […] Read More

Apr 19, 2016

Yes, and…

“Thank you for role-playing with me,” said the standardized patient, a hired actor playing the role of a patient in […] Read More

Apr 5, 2016

The Interview: Part 2

Read Part 1 of this piece here. The Questions All of my interviews were one-on-one, thirty to sixty minute sessions […] Read More

Mar 8, 2016

Humanity in Medicine

Every week, for two hours, I am granted reprieve from the hard sciences and voluminous textbooks traditionally associated with the […] Read More

Feb 23, 2016

The Interview: Part 1

My interview days were some of the best days in the entire med school admissions process. They were exhilarating, exhausting, […] Read More

Jan 12, 2016

Forest People

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 22, 2015

Making Time

When I arrived at medical school, I was bombarded with resources. Websites, books, and applications as study resources. Mentors, advisors, […] Read More