People

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; places to live in St. Louis; community engagement.

Hometown: Tucson, AZ

Interested in discussing: returning to school after multiple gap years; living in St. Louis without a car; Jewish life at WashU Medicine.

Hometown: New York, NY

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: taking gap years; transitioning to WashU; buying real estate in St. Louis; MSTP.

Hometown: Miami, FL

Interested in discussing: community engagement outside of established clubs; moving to the Midwest; Gateway curriculum format.

Hometown: Moline, IL

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: how to leverage your skills (both in and out of medicine) to do transformative work in the real world; how to use down time in St. Louis; research.

Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ

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: the Gateway Curriculum; having a partner/family in medical school; places to live in St. Louis; Forest park; coming from a non-ivy league undergraduate institution; matriculating directly after undergrad.

Hometown: Jerome, ID

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: research; MD-PhD dual-program; being an international student; being LatinX in Medicine; transitioning to medical school; taking several gap years; having a partner/spouse while in medical school (partner not in medicine); having a cat in medical school; places to live; Forest Park.

Hometown: Metapan, El Salvador

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

Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; resources at WashU; places to live in St. Louis; exploring the City; Forest Park; community engagement.

Hometown: Dayton, OH

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

Hometown: Middleton, MA

Interested in discussing: taking a gap year; transitioning to medical school and St. Louis; finding work life balance.

Hometown: Houston, TX

Interested in discussing: going straight into medical school without a gap year; coming from a large state school; finding local and fun things that don't cost much as someone not from St. Louis.

Hometown: Cumming, GA

Interested in discussing: Gateway Curriculum; St. Louis; Forest Park.

Hometown: Highland Park, IL