Stories: Motivation

It was a warm and sunny late spring day. A comfortable 73 degrees, the birds were chirping their harmonious chorus […] Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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