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Making Big Decisions in a Season of Uncertainty
Spring has sprung. And, I’m pretty sure it happened overnight. This isn’t the spring I expected, nor what anyone could have expected. The world is living in unprecedented times right now with the coronavirus pandemic. I feel that this spring has been replaced with a season of uncertainty. This weekend my other friend who has been applying to medical school with me this year, Madi, told me her mom always tells her “life is what happens when we are busy making other plans.” It turns out that it is actually a John Lennon quote, but I like to think that Madi’s mom is just really poetic. In some ways, this…
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The Reveal: I’m Going to be a Doctor!
I used to skip lunch to go to my professor’s organic chemistry office hours. My professor happened to hold it twice a week during my only open slot on Mondays and Wednesdays. Looking back now, I was always SO busy. Seriously, what kind of schedule were they giving us? Between all day classes, labs, and working two jobs during school, my schedule was packed. Somehow, I still managed to make it to this professor’s weekly office hours, with my stomach growling loudly each time. I had this teacher before, once freshman year, and yeah that was a nightmare. I struggggggled. I cried, I almost failed, and I almost gave up.…