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White Coat Ceremony, but Make it Virtual
Here’s Part #1 to my Reflection Series! Believe it or not, this piece has been sitting in my drafts since August. School got real really...
Nia Buckner
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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Update: First Dose of the COVID Vaccine
Hey everyone! On Sunday, January 24 I received my first dose of Moderna's COVID vaccine. Can we talk about an adrenaline rush?! I still...
Nia Buckner
Feb 3, 20213 min read
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What have I been up to?!
Happy New Year everyone! Goodbye 2020 and hello 2021! So much has happened since my last post and I can’t wait to catch y’all up! From my...
Nia Buckner
Jan 21, 20212 min read
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Write the Vision and Make it Plain
April 19, 2019. During an end-of-the-year celebration for completing my Honors Thesis, I was given this red graduation cap to write down...
Nia Buckner
Aug 26, 20202 min read
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Prologue to Medicine
Before I dove head first into medical school, I was afforded the opportunity to participate in PittMed's Prologue to Medicine Program by...
Nia Buckner
Aug 5, 20205 min read
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Why I Chose Pitt's BMP
As I'm stepping into a new chapter of my academic career, I can now answer the long-awaited question...Why Pitt's Biomedical Master's...
Nia Buckner
Jul 15, 20204 min read
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Two Words: Personal Statement
Two of the simplest, yet most meaningful words to anyone applying to medical school. Besides studying for the MCAT, your personal...
Nia Buckner
Jun 10, 20206 min read
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Post-Bacc or Master's? Which is Best?
Decisions, decisions, decisions...In my last post, Road to Medical School, First Stop: Grad School, I mentioned that I had to make the...
Nia Buckner
May 19, 20204 min read
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Road to Medical School, First Stop: Grad School
"Why would you do that?" "You're going to waste your money." "You should only do that if you have a bad GPA, and you don't, so you don't...
Nia Buckner
Apr 17, 20204 min read
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Baby, Take it One Day at a Time
"Take one day at a time" idiom: to deal with each day's problems as they come instead of worrying about the future. Who would've thought...
Nia Buckner
Mar 21, 20202 min read
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Signed, Sealed, & Delivered!
My official letter came in the mail right on time for this beautiful Arizona weather!
Nia Buckner
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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Let the Adventure Begin!
February 27, 2020 at 5:01 pm, I received an email beginning with the most long awaited phrase that I had been looking forward to for...
Nia Buckner
Mar 6, 20202 min read
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