Inspiring Stories

There's a story behind every application. Read about some of the inspiring journeys others have made from applicant to medical student to physician.

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Inspiring Stories

Subha Hanif

Subha founded a women’s health seminar for female Bangladeshi-Americans to help mitigate health disparities and to promote the prevention of disease.

Inspiring Stories

Tiffany Chan

Tiffany had a brain tumor removed during college. After a lot of hard work, she started medical school eight years later.

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Sarah Mongiello Bernstein

Sarah talks about overcoming her illness and tells others that it's okay get to medical school on their own timeline.

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Jasmine Johnson

How one medical student balances a life as a newlywed, newly med, and a mommy.

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Ricci Regina Rivera Sylla

Ricci was rejected the first time she applied to medical school. Luckily, a program at her state's medical school helped her figure out why she didn't get in.

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Tyler Mains

Feeling limited in his role as a teacher, Tyler decided to pursue medicine to help those without easy access to health care.

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Verne' Rochford

Verne' achieved her goals of going to medical school despite becoming a single teenage mother.

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Wells LaRivière

Wells found inspiration in his experience as a patient of polycystic kidney disease and receiving a kidney transplant at age 17.

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Yasaman Ataei

Yasaman, an immigrant with English as her second language, struggled with the verbal section of the MCAT exam, but strengthened other parts of her application.

Overcoming Illness

Kyle Gospodarek

Kyle survived multiple surgeries and a stroke during medical school, but ultimately graduated in 2016. He says, "It was an absolutely grueling experience, but I

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