iAlign #72 - The Decision Took Two Seconds And Two Years

The iAlign Podcast with Flint Mitchell · Oct 12, 2026 · 7m · transcript

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I spent two years deciding whether to apply to medical school, and I didn't spend them thinking. I volunteered in hospice care at 22, I shadowed surgeons in the fields I found interesting, and I studied for the MCAT while I was working as a research scientist. Then it was pouring in the Bay Area on the morning of the test and I drove in wearing a red and white Aloha shirt with an eight foot soft top in the back in case the rain let up afterward, and the second I pressed submit on the last question I thought, ah, not for me. That was it, really, that was it. The decision only…