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Congratulations, and welcome to WashU! My name is Christina, and I’m originally from Fort Lee, N.J. (If you know the Bridgegate scandal with Chris Christie, that’s my town.) I majored in biology at Stanford (class of 2020) and then took three gap years: one in health care consulting and two more doing strategy at a women’s telehealth start-up (very Bay Area, I know), splitting my time between NYC and SF, before coming to med school. Having only lived on the coasts, I was definitely apprehensive at first about moving to the Midwest. However, St. Louis has actually been very pleasantly surprising, and I’ve really enjoyed going on runs around Forest Park and exploring the surrounding area; St. Louis is a great place to be a student. Outside of class, I’m a huge foodie, and love to both cook/bake new recipes and try new restaurants. I’m also currently training for the St. Louis half marathon in the spring! Feel free to reach out if you want to chat!

Hello, and congratulations on getting accepted to WashU for medical school! My name is Brian, and I’m an MSTP student from Sunnyvale, Calif. Outside of class, I play table tennis competitively against other universities as part of WashU Table Tennis and (slowly) run long distances in Forest Park. You likely already know about WashU’s reputation as a great place to learn and conduct research in medicine, and I hope the Dis-O guide gives you a ground-zero perspective on how WashU medical students live life both on- and off-campus.