On this day last year, I was questioning whether I would achieve the goals I’d worked so hard for. Every day felt like a waiting game. My future was sitting in the hands of medical school admissions committees and immigration officers, and no matter how hard I worked, so much was out of my control.

For the longest time, I thought studying meant consuming information. Read the chapter. Highlight aggressively. Re-read until my eyes dissociate. Then I learned one of the most effective study methods is actually forcing your brain to retrieve information. Enter: brain dumping. The method: Tak

And yes, there are real challenges. But one thing I hear repeatedly from women with ADHD? “I notice patterns FAST.” This may show up as: connecting ideas quickly spotting inconsistencies noticing subtle social shifts recognizing trends in data seeing solutions others miss Why? Potential

One of the biggest myths in premed culture is that you need flawless stats, a perfectly linear story, and zero setbacks to be “worthy” of applying. That wasn’t my story. My GPA was strong (3.98), yes. But my journey was far from some polished, effortless pipeline. I was a community college

I thought my brain was just “all over the place” Turns out… it just thinks differently ADHD is strongly linked to something called divergent thinking which basically means your brain is wired to come up with MORE ideas and MORE connections so no… you’re not random you’re just processing faster