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