So, that is something that I want to be involved with in my future medical career. I want doctors that will be able to empathize with the patient, work with them, and treat them as a whole—not just as a part.
I was actually pre-med in high school. I went to a college prep school where I took all the classes: biology, forensic science, physical exam.
You name it, I took it. I went to college thinking that I would be a biology major, and then I took my first ethics class, and I loved it. I know that my life is going to be medicine, so let me just spend four years doing something different, such as humanities. It was part of a joint program where I did four years of undergrad at GW and four years of medical school at GW.
It worked out really well because GW offers everything that I would want in a medical school since it is in a city, and I get exposure to so many things because of its location. I often tell prospective students that if you are interested in anything under the sun or even a combination of things, there is somebody in the D. My path is very different from the normal interview process.
I did not have a student interviewer; I only had a professor interview me. I remember that her name was Dr. Werling, and her specialty was Neuroscience. Honestly, the whole interview was a conversation, but I remember that I was really nervous about it. I think the reasons I got into GW were that: 1 I was a humanities major, 2 I was an athlete, and 3 they could tell through the past ten years that I have been on the path for medicine.
This specific program will only grant admissions to people that they know want to be doctors and are going to follow through on this commitment. I did the Atlantis Fellowship after my acceptance to medical school. For my specific program, we needed to get a specific number of hours of patient contact, and I was never able to do a semester abroad because of softball, so I decided to do a summer abroad through Atlantis.
Also, I had to technically apply to medical school during my senior year, even though I was already accepted. On my application my Atlantis Fellowship was really important, because I was able to accumulate a lot of hours on my six-week fellowship. GW saw that I continued to accrue patient contact hours throughout my college career.
On top of that, we did volunteering with some of the physicians in the hospital. My biggest takeaway from my Atlantis Fellowship was learning about the difference in the healthcare system in the U. In Spain, I had the opportunity to see how physicians approach medical problems through more of a holistic and patient-centered point of view, which the U. I am currently a student interviewer, and it is obvious if someone is just trying to go into medicine because their mom or dad is a physician and that is all they have ever known, rather than someone with personal experiences that will motivate them to continue on their path.
It is really important because you need to cling to your own motivations for why you want to be a doctor. Med school is really, really hard, and you need a reason to get through it. You need to make sure that the interviewer understands your passion and motivation for pursuing medical school, and why you want to do it is really important.
I remember I was shadowing a cardiologist at home in Florida. I just realized that everything that I had done for so many years had finally paid off, which was really amazing. It is important because you read all these blogs that say: research, shadow, study in biology, and all of these cookie-cutter things.
Of course, there are requirements that schools need to see, but if you have an interest in music, arts, or the humanities — major in it. A lot of times, schools think that is better than a science major, because they know that you are going to do all of the pre-med reqs, but they want you to understand how to be a human being. If you have to take a gap year, that is okay too. The ages of students in my medical school class range from students like myself, 23 and right out of undergraduate, to people who are married at 30 with two kids.
There is a wide array of backgrounds and interests, so never think you are enclosed by the stereotype of what a doctor is. For me, my Atlantis experience played a key role in confirming my decision to go into medicine. This was important for me to discuss during the admissions process. I chose the Atlantis program because it combines opportunities to shadow physicians and travel abroad, both of which I had little prior exposure to.
My favorite experience as an Atlantis participant came in the stories exchanged over meals or excursions and the breadth of conversation that reflected the diversity of backgrounds within our cohort and site managers.
I appreciated the chance to speak with physicians in Budapest and hear their personal motivations for pursuing medicine because it really helped better contextualize and validate my own interest in medicine. GW maintains a calendar with campus-wide events and opportunities and sends out a weekly digest via email announcing campus events.
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