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Phillips: I did well on it. I applied that year to UT Southwestern Medical School. In my interview they asked if I was applying to
only one medical school. I said yes. Because I had no background in
medicine—no one in my family was a physician, and I didn’t know
anyone who had trained to be a physician—it just didn’t strike me
that applying to only one medical school might not be sufficient. I
just laid out a plan and was accomplishing the plan.
Roberts: What year did you start at UT Southwestern?
Phillips: I was supposed to be in the class of 1992, but the
week after I got my acceptance letter to UT Southwestern I
realized that I wasn’t feeling well. I wasn’t sure what was wrong,
but I did a test and found that I was pregnant, something
unexpected. When I talked to the dean of student affairs at
Southwestern, I told him that my baby was due in November
1992. I was supposed to start classes in August 1992. I asked
him what he thought I should do. He suggested th