It can be hard to keep a consistent routine in medical school while the rest of the world is going about with their lives and milestones. It’s hard to have to say no to family and friends, events and vacations. Sometimes it feels like a never-ending journey, and it makes you feel bad having to […]
Motivations for Medicine
My decision to apply to medical school was motivated by a broad range of factors stemming from both my academic and extracurricular experiences. My work first as a mentor and later as program coordinator for STRIVE, a program for teens with sickle cell disease (SCD), offered me insight not only into the lived experiences of […]
Finding Motivation
A few weeks ago, after taking my CBSE (comprehensive basic sciences exam), I was feeling a little discouraged when I found out I did not pass. I was talking to my dad and his best friend one night over dinner, and we were on the topic of me failing. His best friend, who is an […]
