Reflections from Stanford: Choosing the Right Medical School
by Hanan R. I found out that I was accepted to Stanford for medical school while teaching a grammar lesson on colons and semicolons to my high school students. Because I’m a southerner with no contacts in the Bay Area, the 650 area code that appeared on my phone was a near-total giveaway that the dean of admissions was calling to share my acceptance, a tradition upheld at the school.