Aspiring Docs Diaries

Stories: Motivation

Jul 30, 2018

My outlook as a DACA medical student

Cesar E. Montelongo Hernandez

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

Jun 25, 2018

The Necessary Qualities of a Future Physician

Renee Marinelli

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

Mar 29, 2018

Learning Self-discipline

Michelle Martinez

Moving away from home and coming to college was special and exciting to me. I was ready to follow my […] Read More

Dec 27, 2017

Disclosure of the Self in the Personal Statement

Amber Dunbar Ph.D.

What a risk it is to put oneself on the line, to let oneself hang vulnerable to the judgment of others who decide our fate. Read More

Nov 13, 2017

Natural Disasters

Angela Arata

Natural disasters can change a person’s life in an instant. Communities like mine will take years to rebuild. Read More

Mar 6, 2017

Be the Best

Munir Buhaya

We all have people in our lives who we admire: perhaps a friend, family member, or mentor. Often, they provide […] Read More

Jul 14, 2016

Remember Why You Started

Sarah Mongiello Bernstein

I shifted uncomfortably in the abrasive, starched, blue hospital gown. The sheets were itchy. The pillow was lumpy. There was […] Read More

Feb 29, 2016

The Sick Child

Jacqueline Suttin

Growing up, I was a sickly child, with the fear of hospitals and latex gloves. I associated them with pain, […] Read More

Nov 23, 2015

Getting Back Up

Susan Alsharif

Doubt went through my mind. Not the “I am so tired of studying, do I really want to do this?” […] Read More

Oct 26, 2015

10 Years

Slavena Salve Nissan

Last October, I went to a financial aid workshop in which one of the speakers asked us to make a […] Read More

Oct 13, 2015

Medicine is a universally spoken language

Sarah Mongiello Bernstein

Lately, there seems to be a lot of negativity surrounding the practice of medicine. From the staggering student debt, to […] Read More

May 28, 2015

Imprinted on the Heart

Tee Griscom

To a young man, I left school after morning classes were finished and arrived home expecting to take a short […] Read More