Aspiring Docs Diaries
Stories: Volunteer
Patience Makes Perfect: Turning Med School Rejection into a Success Story
I’m pretty open about the fact that I was not accepted to any medical school the first time I applied […] Read More
A Day In My Shoes
This past summer, my feet hurt like they have never hurt before and I loved every second of it. I […] Read More
Tangible Meanings
I remember walking into my freshman orientation at Boston College (BC) anxious about what the next four years meant for […] Read More
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
How Volunteering Helped Me
I wish I could tell you that it’s been a lifelong dream of mine to become a doctor, or that […] Read More
Volunteering in Peru
Volunteering at my one of my local hospitals and working as a CNA has provided me with a good understanding […] Read More
Women and Medicine
I remember the first time a person questioned my dream of becoming a doctor. It was during one of my […] Read More
My Journey to Self Discovery
As future health care providers, our main purpose is to make a difference in the world by promoting health and healing. Read More
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
Deconstructing Emotional Resilience
I think it is safe to say that most pre-med students are aware of the darkness that comes with disease. […] Read More
Providing More than Hope
I began the eighteen hour journey to Peru on the fourth of July. My second flight took off from Dallas, […] Read More
Disparities start at Gestation
As I walk past the ever growing line of pregnant mothers and young children, I see a sign marked “Obstetricia” […] Read More