How to Survive your Surgery Rotation

I can start off by saying I absolutely love this rotation & I am so exhausted (yes, you have both at the same time). The hands on aspect of medicine and procedures are so fun and intriguing for me and I learn best from them. This is my second rotation and completely different than my…

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Rejection made Medical School mean MORE

The PreMed process is awful. You question yourself a thousand times, it builds a foundation of self doubt and these habits of comparison we all know all too well. If you fail you think you’re not good enough.  We all have done it.  Two years ago I had been rejected from 24 medical schools. 24-…

7 Tips for surviving your first TWO WEEKS of Medical School

Our first two weeks have been- well, interesting! We have all learned so much medicine, about ourselves and honestly can say that we are so meant to be here. However, we would be lying if we said it was all easy all the time- even as I’m writing this it’s a beautiful Sunday and I…

Processing the Pre-Med Years

Junior year of college me would be questioning my insanity with this article but most people at twenty years of age have no idea how to own who they actually are, let alone owning their vulnerability on the internet of all places. So me at twenty four? I say hell, let’s go for it. I…

My Relationship with Standardized Test Anxiety

I took the MCAT four times. I used to be so embarrassed of that sentence. I didn’t properly prepare and that’s a story for another blog post. I got into Medical School after the third retake but was preparing myself for another application cycle so I threw in an extra three months of studying and…

Breaking Down the Barriers: Advice from Nontraditional Applicants

Part of the reason I started this Blog/Instagram account was that I was seeing a common theme of Nontraditional Applicants being thought of as “less than.” Over and over again it was: What do you mean you took the MCAT multiple times? Why are you in a Post-Bacc? In a masters? You weren’t smart enough…

A How-to guide for Research: Advice from Female Physicians

I’ve shared before that I was intimidated by research for years. I thought you needed to be brilliant or at least have some clue of what you wanted to do with your career before getting anywhere with research. In almost a year of having this blog, I have learned that I’m not alone in thinking…

Be content with the side of the grass you’re on

I believe social media has it’s pros and cons and it really stems from the mindset of the user and the accounts they follow. This directly effects what they are exposed too and how they let it effect their perception of themselves. According to a Huffington Post article, “Social Media’s Impact on Self Esteem” 60%…

Learning about Healthcare in the Dominican Republic

Spending the summer running social media and indirectly observing healthcare in Fiallo Cabral public hospital and Canela private hospital in the Dominican Republic allowed me to learn so much. I realized I never fully wrote an article composing all of the ways Dominican healthcare juxtaposed from healthcare in the United States and decided to do…

A letter to the student who thinks Grade Shaming is Okay.

Dear Student, With exams coming up, I know you are currently consumed with your own life and that’s okay. Your grades are important, the competition is rough, and you’re probably overwhelmed. That’s okay and it happens to the best of us. Your friends are probably your entire life right now and their also your competitors-…