Do I Have Any Business Being a Doctor?
For a Long Time, I Was Felled By Self-Doubt. Now I Think That Can Also Be a Strength.
I am what schools refer to as a “non-traditional” student. (I prefer “experienced.”) I didn’t have the highest GPA or MCAT scores in the med school applicant pool. Grades I earned eight years ago as a college sophomore masked the 3.74 I worked so hard to earn as a post-baccalaureate student. But, as far back as I can remember, I was sure I would become a physician. I wore my Fisher-Price stethoscope to bed until it disintegrated, shadowed doctors at Children’s National Medical Center as they cared for kids, read …
