Emotional, Intellectual, and Professional Developments

I can bet money that you, fresh out of high school, were not ready to go to medical school. I'm not great at betting, but this one I feel confident on. So we need to examine not just who you are but how you have changed explicitly. This is an extension of the personal statement deep dive.

• What experiences have made you into the person who is not ready to acquire a medical education?
• What made you realize medicine was right for you?
• What changes made you become a person that you would want your doctor to be like?
• Who have you met along your journey and how have they influenced you?
• What intellectual or academic challenges have you faced and learned from?
• What has caused you to grow emotionally to develop compassion, kindness, and empathy?
• When were there times that you were wrong? What made you change the way you thought?
• What moment's are you not proud of? How has your reflection of those moments influenced your mindset; what did you learn from them?