Becoming a Doctor

Abstract

This is a story about the early stages of one young woman's journey towards becoming a doctor. The story is told by the girl and her mother using a chronological diary format. It makes an unashamedly subjective and personal contribution to the ongoing discussion about widening participation in higher education and it looks, unusually, at the perceptions and experiences, the stresses and the challenges that can be faced by an academically able, middle-class individual.