People

Interested in discussing: taking a gap year; arts & culture in St. Louis; research; transitioning to medical school.

Hometown: Richmond, VA

Interested in discussing: being a parent in medical school; specialty exploration.

Hometown: Cap Estate, Saint Lucia

Interested in discussing: St. Louis parks (other than Forest Park); St. Louis neighborhoods; transitioning to medical school from a career-changer perspective; buying real estate in St. Louis.

Hometown: Chaffee, MO

Interested in discussing: going to WUSM from WashU undergrad; getting involved in volunteering and more in medical school; interest in internal medicine.

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ.

Interested in discussing: quality of life in St. Louis (museums, Forest Park, food scene); research opportunities; studying on campus (Becker Library, student lounge, going to class, lockers and Core gym, coffee on campus, lunch on campus); dual degree program(s) (MSTP).

Hometown: Edmond, OK

Interested in discussing: taking a gap year; St. Louis sports; places to live in St. Louis; research.

Hometown: Easton, MA

Interested in discussing: the Gateway Curriculum; places to live in St. Louis; St. Louis sports; downtime and St. Louis quality of life; living with a roommate in medical school.

Hometown: Minnetonka, MN

Interested in discussing: clinical research; things to do in St. Louis; Gateway Curriculum.

Hometown: Conway, AR

Interested in discussing: social life in medical school; taking a gap year; long distance relationships; first generation medical student; research; Medical Student Government.

Hometown: Charlotte, NC

Interested in discussing: how to maintain balance/use your downtime; moving to St. Louis/the Midwest as someone who did not grow up or go to college here; not taking any gap years.

Hometown: Irvine, CA

Interested in discussing: research; taking gap years; transitioning to medical school; places to live in the Central West End; Gateway Curriculum; Immersions.

Hometown: Arlington, VA

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school as a non-science major; St. Louis sports teams; Forest Park.

Hometown: Newton, MA

Interested in discussing: research; transitioning to medical school; the Gateway Curriculum; taking a gap year; places to live in St Louis; how you use your downtime; St. Louis; Forest Park.

Hometown: Birmingham, MI

Interested in discussing: Gateway Curriculum; life in St. Louis; transitioning to medical school.

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; places to live in St. Louis; Forest Park; how to use your downtime; not taking a gap year.

Hometown: Houston, TX

Interested in discussing: transitioning to WashU from a large state school; interest in general surgery; downtime in St. Louis.

Hometown: Dacula, GA

Interested in discussing: first generation college student, Harvard undergraduate; being from Colorado; adjusting to medical school after several gap years; being an EMT before medical school; medical education; Emergency Medicine; Wilderness Medicine; moving to St Louis; living outside of the Central West End.

Hometown: Boulder, CO

Interested in discussing: how you use your downtime; transitioning to medical school; what to do in St. Louis; Forest Park; living with/finding roommates; where to live in St. Louis.

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Interested in discussing: dual degrees; St. Louis; transitioning to medical school; research; choosing a lab; downtime in medical school.

Hometown: Pewaukee, WI

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; Gateway Curriculum; resources/extracurricular opportunities at WashU; things to do in St. Louis; Forest Park; St. Louis food scene; how I use my downtime; study strategies; mentorship.

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Interested in discussing: bioethics and medical humanities; food and drink in St. Louis; wellness (downtime, fitness, hobbies and social life).

Hometown: Vienna, VA

Interested in discussing: going straight through to medical school from undergrad; Forest Park activities; participating in intramural sports.

Hometown: Dayton, OH

Interested in discussing: Gateway Curriculum; transition to medical school; medical school with a medical partner.

Hometown: Memphis, TN

Interested in discussing: climbing/outdoors; taking a gap year (or multiple); native students; students from Harvard; rural students; students from South Dakota; students interested in the Grove.

Hometown: Rapid City, SD

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; music/arts in medical school; having a long-distance partner (who is also a medical student); coming from a big state college; Gateway Curriculum; going to school far from home; living at The Core; going straight through from undergrad.

Hometown: Granville, OH

Interested in discussing: Gateway Curriculum; medical student government; starting a relationship in medical school.

Hometown: New York, NY (Queens)

Interested in discussing: taking a gap year; places to live in St. Louis; buying real estate in St. Louis; eating scene; Gateway Curriculum.

Hometown: Columbia, MO

Interested in discussing: taking a gap year; staying physically fit/exploring the outdoors; engaging in research.

Hometown: Gainesville, FL