This medical student ’s biggest regret? Not watching enough college basketball.
I made it through the rigors of pre-med. I made it through (almost all of) med school, with a few scars to show for it. And now that I’m a big, bad MS4, I finally have the time and the distance to reflect on all the literal blood, sweat, and tears it took to get here.
I am a loud and proud Duke Blue Devil. It was my dream school despite my born-and-raised New Yorker parents saying, “South of the Mason-Dixon line? Absolutely no way!” My four years there surpassed my wildest expectations. But I failed to live all of my Duke dreams out.
I’m proud of the person that I have become as a result of persevering through the MCAT, Steps 1 and 2, clerkships … you get the picture. But throughout all of this, since the moment I decided to go into medicine, the pressure to succeed has been a heavy weight dragging me down. I had to have a 4.0 every semester in college, or I wouldn’t get into medical school. I had to run myself to the bone trying to excel as a medical student, or I wouldn’t be a good residency applicant. I had to get at least XXX on Step 1, or I would be worthless.
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