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The love I could not see. The love I could not hear. The love I could not feel.

Posted on July 22, 2020August 13, 2020 by Bilal

I wrote this piece in an effort to express my “circumstances indicative of some hardship”- a supplementary prompt in my 2017 medical school application. It was quite difficult trying to pinpoint what aspect of my life could qualify as hardship. I was a fairly average student with a typical middle class upbringing. Reflecting about what […]

Medical School Personal Statement

Posted on July 12, 2020October 16, 2020 by Bilal

The following is one of my earliest pieces of writing that I can confidently call literature. After my first 3 years of undergrad I wrote this personal statement to justify my admission into medical school. I (with the help of a close friend) spent maybe 48 hours polishing this piece from its original draft to […]