Dec 28, 2016
鈥淚 spent my time doing things that mattered to me, and in the end, I think that鈥檚 really what admissions committees want. They want to know you when you鈥檙e applying; they want to see who you are.鈥滱s Elynn prepared to apply for medical school, she didn鈥檛 take the typical pre-med route by getting involved in a premed club, but rather did things that were important to her that reflected who she was as a person. We talk about the three items she found helpful in her application journey, as well as how being involved in athletics not only assisted her goal in becoming a physician, but gave her insight when working with patients. Finally, we talk about her interest in Family Medicine and how her third year rotations have strengthened that desire, and the benefit of training in a rural area verses a higher patient population location.