The 3 months between interviews and the Match is very anxiety inducing. Second only to the 3 weeks between submitting your rank list and the Match List, when you have no control on your future. We’ve spent years on coursework–high school, college, med school–to become doctors, only to now wait for a computer algorithm to […]
My Journey: Match Day
The weeks leading up to match week seemed to last forever. I was doing the ACGME match so we already had to wait more than a month after our colleagues partaking in the AOA match found out where they were going. I was thankful to still be on rotations so I’d be distracted throughout the […]
My Journey: Getting to Medical School
Hi everyone! My name is Jessica and I am honored that I was asked by Merck Manual to tell the story of my journey to medical school and beyond. I have decided to start from the beginning and through a series of posts, I will tell you about my experiences first getting to medical school […]
