On the 26th overall episode and our first episode of Setting the Scene’s new series: “The Community College Route as a Premed,” we are joined by Madeleine Babb, a recent graduate of UCLA and current medical school applicant. Madeleine began her journey as a premed at Santa Barbara Community College and completed her Bachelor’s degree at UCLA in 2019. During her time in community college and university, Madeleine explored her interest in a career in medicine, through first working with students with disabilities to then later working as a Lab Assistant at a dermatology clinic. On this episode, we go in depth into Madeleine’s experiences from transferring from one community college to another, the different kinds of resources and opportunities offered to premed students at community colleges, as well as obtaining clinical experience and the medical school application process for Madeleine thus far.

Join us as we’ll cover the journey towards medicine of a student who began in community college and has now made her way into being a current medical school applicant!