What I find challenging about getting into medical school is that it seems you have to satisfy a long list of expectations. This list consists of a remarkable GPA, a stellar MCAT score, active participation in scientific research, involvement in community service, a somewhat-strong connection with at least two professors, evidence that you possess decent social skills/proof you are, or at least can be, a people-person, and have a satisfactory amount of time spent in a healthcare environment that convinces your medschool interviewers that you have an idea of the field you’re getting yourself into.

With a list this long, it is not much of a surprise to find pre-med students demonstrating a daily commitment throughout their undergrads.  In my opinion, it is motivation more than anything that will determine if someone can make their way into medical school.  Brilliant  people can lose their interest quickly and the hardest of workers can burn out long before it is time to turn in their applications and from what I hear, motivation is a factor that most medical schools are curious about, as it comes in the form of a common interview question:  why do you want to become a doctor?