People

Interested in discussing: having a partner/family in medical school; resources at WashU; places to live in St. Louis; St. Louis food scene; Forest Park; WashU student/faculty community feel.

Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; taking a gap year; work-life balance; coming from a smaller city/the West Coast/not being from St. Louis; resources at WashU; things to do in St. Louis.

Hometown: Gilbert, AZ

Interested in discussing: Gateway Curriculum; having pets in medical school; how to use your downtime; things to do (Forest Park / tennis / running / sports).

Hometown: Vestal, NY

Interested in discussing: taking a gap year(s); Gateway Curriculum; student interest groups (particularly AMWA and LGBTQmed).

Hometown: Potomac/Bethesda, MD

Interested in discussing: research; things to do in St. Louis; St. Louis food scene; dual degree program(s) (MSTP).

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

Interested in discussing: life in St. Louis; Gateway Curriculum; medical school with a non-medical school partner.

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; Gateway Curriculum; moving to a new place away from family; opportunities at WashU.

Hometown: Houston, TX

Interested in discussing: Gateway Curriculum; taking several gap years; moving to St. Louis as someone from the South; WashU Med as someone who attended at large state school; starting medical school as a reapplicant.

Hometown: Cary, NC

Interested in discussing: research; work-life balance; living in St. Louis.

Hometown: Summit, NJ

Interested in discussing: being a nontraditional applicant (5+ gap years); engineering undergraduate degree (non-biological science background); transitioning to medical school; Gateway Curriculum; having a partner in medical school; having pets in medical school.

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Hometown: Alamo, CA

Interested in discussing: having a partner in medical school; places to live in St. Louis; Forest Park.

Hometown: Germantown, WI

Interested in discussing: research; St. Louis quality of life (park/eating/living/activities); transitioning to medical school.

Hometown: Hingham, MA

Interested in discussing: nontraditional gap years; medical school with a non-medical partner; how I use my downtime (e.g., sports with classmates, fitness, Forest Park; outdoors in St. Louis; Cardinals games).

Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC

Interested in discussing: Forest Park; how you use your downtime; St. Louis quality of life; having pets in medical school; having a partner in medical school.

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

Interested in discussing: buying real estate in St. Louis; community engagement and health equity work in St. Louis; taking care of yourself in medical school; finding a community at WashU; pediatric clinical; volunteering opportunities.

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Interested in discussing: moving from the West Coast; downtime in medical school; Cardinal baseball; primary care.

Hometown: Bend, OR

Interested in discussing: things to do in St. Louis; transitioning to medical school; places to live in St. Louis.

Hometown: Potomac, MD

Interested in discussing: medicine as a second career; medical school with a partner; living outside the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis.

Hometown: St. Joseph, MO

Interested in discussing: research; transitioning to medical school without a gap year; Gateway Curriculum.

Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA

Interested in discussing: research; St. Louis restaurants; Core Apartments.

Hometown: Middleton, MA

Interested in discussing: Missouri Botanical Garden; gap year; transition to medical school; downtime in medical school.

Hometown: Boyds, MD

Interested in discussing: taking a gap year; food scene in St. Louis; finding mentors; places to live in St. Louis.

Hometown: Birmingham, MI

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; coming from a large, public university; Gateway Curriculum; Forest Park; a day in the life of a Phase 1.

Hometown: Indianapolis, IN