Why do you want become a doctor?
As spring is rolling around, many of you out there are probably
asking this very question, as it is the question you have to answer on your
medical school application. If you haven’t started to think about it, and you’re
applying to medical school this year, get your rump working! The earlier you
apply, the better. (As I write this, I can feel 100s of college advisors saying
the exact same thing. I know it might seem like overkill to say it again, but
it’s so true to the application process, it might as well be a truism. Apply
early!)
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| A California Spring last year. |
The process of applying to medical school makes you jump
through so many hoops, I feel like it has dichotomized the average applicant
into two groups. Firstly, those whom unquestionably know they want to become a
doctor, who have been fixated on the idea since infancy, and who never deeply question
the decision, no matter how large the barrier to entry. The second group, one
which I think the majority of applicants fall into, is one which involves very
deep seeded questioning. Each barrier to
entry, whether it be a sustained high GPA, the Mcat, or the high cost, has you
analyzing the opportunity cost, and other possibilities.
