Every so often, my Photos app reminds me of what I was doing on this day in other years. Recently, it showed a picture of me hanging out on the beach with my family four years ago. I remember that trip: I was getting ready to go to college. I spent the week talking to …
I take the MCAT on Saturday. Seven hours and thirty minutes of an exam, the culmination not only of nearly five months of studying six days a week but also three years of undergraduate science classes. All to produce a three-digit score that could bend the trajectory of where I could go to medical school, …
A few months ago, I had a week to decide between two jobs that would set me on two divergent career paths. From what I could tell, each job would allow me to use my passions and my gifts, leaving me without a clue about which choice was right. So I called mentors and friends, …
38 days from now, I should be sitting in William’s Stadium, wearing a cap and gown, listening to the Secretary of State deliver the commencement address for the Class of 2020. Instead, I will be at home, with my family, practicing social distancing. The closing chapters on my college years are certainly not going as …
It was just two weeks ago that I got home from a busy day of class and meetings– to my roommate cancelling a huge conference she had planned for months because of the spreading coronavirus. That was the first big cancellation that made the illness feel like a more immediate threat. It was also what …
