Using your life experiences to mold and shape your future will make a strong impression on your interviewer. This is a great chance to show where your passion for helping people comes from. With you having around eight minutes to answer this question during an MMI interview, be prepared to answer follow-up questions the interviewer might throw your way.

"I was inspired to pursue a career in medicine by my mother, who has been a nurse for her entire career. From a young age, she instilled a passion for caring for others and helping them when they were sick. Whether it was taking care of my dolls as a little girl or helping my younger brother when he was sick, I felt right at home being a nurturer to them from a young age. As I grew older, my academics flourished, and I developed a mind for biology, chemistry, and physics. During high school, I made it a priority to seek any opportunities to volunteer in the medical community. During those years, I got great experience transporting patients in the hospital and holding babies in the NICU. Being around medical professionals at that age was a great experience and solidified my pursuit of an undergraduate degree in pre-med."

Take your time walking through your life experiences, relationships, and other factors that have led you to this point in your academic career. Make sure to discuss your passion for the sciences and medicine in general. If you had a person or a few people who helped inspire you in this career path, this is a great opportunity to talk about those individuals and the impact they had on you. Your interviewer at this station will be keying in on your tone of voice, so speak with passion as you describe why medical school is the right path for you.