A guaranteed seat to medical school can sound like a shortcut, but the real story is what you do with the breathing room. We talk with Son of Zolfakar about his early acceptance journey to LECOM, from growing up around medicine to confronting t...

You can chase medical school without shrinking your life down to nothing. We sit down with Adidi Ayer, a competitive college swimmer who found the LECOM pathway in high school, said yes to an affiliated undergrad, and proved that a demanding sp...

You can be smart, motivated, and genuinely called to medicine and still feel crushed by standardized testing. That tension sits at the center of our conversation with Anuya Akala, a LECOM student who found a path that finally matched how she le...

She didn’t grow up assuming college was possible. She didn’t start out aiming at medicine. And she definitely didn’t feel confident walking into medical school. Katie Raymer, a third-year LECOM medical student training at Mercy Jefferson in Fes...

Medicine can feel like a maze of costs, gatekeeping, and tests that decide your future in a single morning. We sit down with third-year medical student Senna Zofikar to talk about a different route: an early entry medical program that offered s...