Catching Up on Nadia's Last Semester

Alyssa and Nadia are back after a long break, and Nadia is officially in her last semester at Northeastern. Most of her high school friends have already graduated, her roommate included, and she's still on campus with four classes left. It feels a little weird, but she's trying to hold on to the routine while she has it.

Nadia opens up about postponing her MCAT after studying all summer and hitting a wall. Now she's aiming for January with a new study schedule and a better mindset. Alyssa shares a friend's comment that the delays might mean Nadia doesn't want to be a doctor, and Nadia explains why that isn't true.

They talk about Nadia's final public health classes and her projects on maternal nutrition and food insecurity. Alyssa asks whether Nadia's interest in women's health is her own or shaped by social media.

They wrap up with ways to work in women's health without being an OB/GYN, a local women's health symposium Tanya helped organize, and an idea for this season about hearing people's good, okay, and bad experiences with healthcare.

Takeaways

• Watching your friends graduate while you're still in school can feel strange even when you saw it coming
• Postponing the MCAT is really common and says nothing about how much someone wants to be a doctor
• Having no hard deadline gives you room to take a test when you're actually ready
• Burnout is real, and a few days to reset can change how you see the whole thing
• Writing gets easier the more you do it, even when it's not your favorite
• Getting to choose your own project topics can show you what you actually care about
• There are a lot of ways to focus on women's health in medicine beyond OB/GYN, including family medicine and endocrinology
• Not loving going to the doctor yourself can be a pretty good reason to want to make it better for other people

Chapters

• 0:10 – 1:50 Back after a long break and Nadia's final semester at Northeastern
• 1:50 – 3:50 Still in school while high school friends and her roommate have graduated
• 3:50 – 8:12 Working at Vuori, postponing the MCAT, and coming back from burnout
• 8:12 – 14:50 Alyssa's friend questions whether Nadia really wants to be a doctor
• 14:50 – 20:54 Last semester classes and choosing topics on maternal nutrition and food insecurity
• 20:54 – 23:00 How past co-ops and projects kept pointing her in the same direction
• 23:00 – 26:29 The gymnastics gym assistant and whether women's health is a natural interest or a trend
• 26:29 – 30:04 Family medicine, endocrinology, and Tanya's local women's health symposium
• 30:04 – 33:18 Planning this season and why good and bad healthcare experiences are worth talking about

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