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 …
Everyone has vices, and if I could name one that’s plagued me during college (of the many), it would be discontentment. Throughout various seasons it has waxed and waned, but when I look back on the last two-and-a-half years, I know it’s always been a struggle. I’ve long thought that parts of my life could …
