Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories: Interviews

Mar 9, 2022

Interview Day: Showcasing the Real You

Phaedra Johnson

“Should I consider straightening my hair for interviews?” While scouring the internet for advice on virtual interviews, this question popped […] Read More

Nov 10, 2016

A Work in Progress

Christina Hughey

My second rotation as a third year medical student was internal medicine. Unlike my first clerkship, family medicine, internal medicine […] Read More

Jun 6, 2016

Doctoring

Nihaal Mehta

April 15, 2016 This week marks the end of my first-year “Doctoring” clinical skills course at The Warren Alpert Medical […] Read More

May 2, 2016

Acceptance

Slavena Salve Nissan

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 5, 2016

The Interview: Part 2

Slavena Salve Nissan

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

Feb 23, 2016

The Interview: Part 1

Slavena Salve Nissan

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

Jan 13, 2015

Surviving Interview Day

Luke Burns

One of the greatest moments of my life was receiving an email notifying me that I had been invited to […] Read More

May 21, 2014

Bias in the Medical School Admissions Process

Tehreem Rehman

The long and cumbersome process of applying to medical schools has finally come to a close this month for applicants […] Read More