is it bad that I don't have a "why medicine" story

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Everyone in my premed classes has this dramatic story about why they want to be a doctor

like "my grandma had cancer and I watched her suffer" or "I volunteered in a clinic in Guatemala and it changed my life"

and I'm just like... I think medicine is interesting and I want to help people? that's it?

I don't have some life changing moment. I just think the human body is cool and I like science

do med schools actually care about having a dramatic backstory or is that just premed culture being extra

Posted Feb 21, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC

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