As you can imagine, going on residency interviews requires a decent amount of time off. During the interview season, I scheduled research blocks so that I could travel for my interviews. Since I’ve been traveling and doing research, I’m starting to get worried that my clinical side is getting rusty. I always found that my […]
Dear Premed Me, Medical School Can Be Lonely
How strange. How can a person be lonely if they spend most of their day talking to people? As I was driving to Chipotle at 8 pm tonight, the thought crossed my mind. My roommate is on in-house 24-hour call at the hospital so tonight I finally get a chance to breathe from this chaotic […]
Match Day Reflections
Match day was one of the most memorable days in my life. The day started an hour before match (9 am on the west coast) as our class, accompanied by friends and family members, gathered in an auditorium on campus. An air of tension and excitement was omnipresent – you could read on people’s nervous faces, […]
