Featured Students

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: 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: 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: 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: research; St. Louis restaurants; Core Apartments.

Hometown: Middleton, MA

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

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

Hometown: Richmond, VA

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

Hometown: Gainesville, FL

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; community at WashU; Gateway Curriculum; day-to-day life as a medical student; study strategies; how to use downtime; WashU’s resources for work-life balance.

Hometown: Canfield, OH

Interested in discussing: the Gateway Curriculum; how you use your downtime; St. Louis in general.

Hometown: Foster City, CA

Interested in discussing: taking multiple gap years; places to live in St. Louis; getting involved in St. Louis outside of medical school.

Hometown: Detroit, MI

Interested in discussing: prioritizing wellness; having a dog in medical school; taking a gap year; places to live in St. Louis.

Hometown: New Orleans, LA

Interested in discussing: transitioning to medical school; Forest Park; how to use downtime.

Hometown: Grapevine, TX

Interested in discussing: medical student wellness; finding hobbies in St. Louis; not taking a gap year; the Gateway Coaching Program.

Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA

Interested in discussing: Gateway Curriculum; taking a gap year; MSTP.

Interested in discussing: taking a (non-research) gap year; coming from WashU undergrad; having pets in medical school; places to run/exercise in St. Louis.

Hometown: Wilmington, DE

Interested in discussing: things to do in St. Louis; how to use your downtime; St. Louis food scene; research.

Hometown: Cranbury, NJ

Interested in discussing: research; transitioning to medical school; resources at WashU; taking a gap year; things to do in St. Louis.

Hometown: Sanford, FL

Interested in discussing: school/life balance; coffee shops; being a Latina in St. Louis.

Hometown: Miami, FL