In the fall of 2017, the University of the Incarnate Word welcomed its very first class of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program candidates. These learners made history as UIW's first cohort of future osteopathic physicians. That semester, we interviewed four UIWSOM D.O. students about why they wanted to become medical doctors and what they hoped to gain from their journeys. We gathered those four students together again and let them listen to their former selves right before they learned where