So here I'm 👀 {a new user btw lol} imma premedical student tryin to learn and explore new things; wanna start a studygram/studyblr so that' it. You guys can follow me on Instagram (Ig-studyhuex) and also subscribe to my youtube channel (Yt- studyhuex) Hope you guys support me🐼🦋
Hi my name is caslyn. 18 y/o . 12th grader and a pre med student. Aspiring to become a doctor . Preferred pronouns are she / they. I m bi 🏳️🌈 I love listening to music. I have my boards of xam soon. Hoping to score good marks.
I applied to medical school twice. In retrospect, I was unsuccessful the first time for a few reasons: my timing was terrible, I had too much humility about my achievements and I didn’t ask for enough opinions about my application from people who were rooting for me. My trauma was also too raw and recent to write in a way for strangers to understand.
“I worried that my personal essay would come across as a sob story instead of the story of triumph that I was living. I didn’t want my personal statement to become a list of sad reasons why I deserved an opportunity or pity. It was supposed to be a presentation of obstacles I overcame, show that I was tough as nails, and declare that I was ready to become a physician-scientist.”
A second-year MD/PhD student gives practical advice to premedical students on how to navigate trauma in their medical school applications, newly-published on in-Training, the online peer-reviewed publication for medical students.