I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and graduated from St. John’s College, in 2010. I have a terrible GPA, no pre-reqs, and I have not studied for the MCAT. I plan on going to medical school. Follow me as I do GPA recovery, study for the MCAT, and take complicated science classes.
I did not have any career goals until a family incident changed my life. In the spring of my freshman year at St. John’s, I received a phone call from my father. He told me that he just finished talking to my cousin Heidi on the phone. My father informed me that Heidi was recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Learning more about Heidi’s diagnosis really put things in perspective for me. I had always wanted to go to law school but I quickly realized that I no longer wanted to pursue a legal career. I wanted to go into medicine. Watching Heidi’s health slowly deteriorate, I felt helpless. I wanted to be able to do something that would help their physical conditions. From then on I decided to pursue a career in medicine.
