This Essay Got Me Into Stanford Medical School
This is James Pan’s application essay for Stanford Medical School, written in 2012.
Instead of action figures, I played with stethoscopes. Instead of reading the latest Harry Potter novel, I checked out an 800 page medical microbiology tome from the library. I remember renewing it for a solid six months and pandering my parents with esoteric medical lingo: “Hey mom, cook the beef thoroughly! I don’t think a T. saginata infection would be very fun.” Flirting with medicine was fun but it’s finally time to tie the knot.
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