As a first-generation student, I struggled a lot transitioning from high school to college. No one warns you about the different expectations, workload, independence, and sometimes even the loneliness...
The MCAT is one of the toughest (if not the toughest) exam for pre-med students. It’s a seven-and-a-half-hour test composed of four sections: Chem/Phys, CARS, Bio/Biochem, and Psych/Soc. This...
Last year, I made the difficult choice of taking a gap year before applying to medical school. It was difficult because at that time a gap year, for me,...
Emma Stemen, a sophomore Biochemistry and Hispanic Studies double major, has a lot ahead of her. With dreams of becoming a doctor, she makes sure to stay involved at...
A pre-law student living as a pre-med student for a week.
Going into college, nobody tells you what you need to do. You find out what to do, like a week before it needs turned in or done. What’s...
What you may think of as doing good may actually be doing a lot of harm
For all my fellow soon-to-be graduates, congratulations! You’ve worked hard and you’re almost done.
This past summer, I was given the amazing opportunity to participate in a surgical research internship at a local hospital. The internship...