Prospective Medical Students

Blog Post Focus This post will focus on getting a letter of recommendation from a physician you have been shadowing. It may be easier than you think. Introduction – Importance of Shadowing and an Opportunity for a Letter of Recommendation Shadowing a physician is a chance to see what medicine is really like for a […]

Blog Post Focus This blog post will focus on how to get to shadow a physician. Shadowing a physician is very helpful for determining if you want to go to medical school and gives some sense of what sort of doctor you want to be. Introduction – A Valuable Opportunity Shadowing a physician is a

Blog Post Focus: Permission to Nap and Rest This post will discuss the habit of napping as an undergraduate student. This is directed toward the more Type A perfectionists and workaholic students who feel compelled to always work and never stop. For them: yes, it is okay to nap. It is good to rest. You

Blog Post Focus – Thinking Ahead: Accepted but Hate the Experience? This prospective medical student post is mainly to explore the idea of what you would do were you accepted to medical school and found that you intensely disliked it. Medical school is a very challenging and stressful time preparing for a very challenging and stressful

Blog Post Focus: For Those Not Accepted to Medical School This post will discuss options for the applicant who is denied acceptance to medical school. This may feel devastating–another challenge to overcome. Perhaps a sense of having wasted time pursuing this or feeling behind. Yet, it may be a good thing. This may be the

Blog Post Focus: Using Advisors In this blog post I will discuss the resource of an undergraduate institutions advisors for those interested in medical school. It is a resource available to you that can be particularly beneficial. It may not always be enjoyable or easy, but it is generally required. Introduction – Importance of Pre-Medical

Blog Post Focus: Choosing Resources as a Resource Overloaded Student In this post I shall discuss resources to use and thoughts to consider when preparing for medical school. As a prospective medical student you are used to studying and feeling overwhelmed.  When it comes to figuring out which resources to rely on for figuring out

Blog Post Focus: College Athlete–Worth It? In this post I shall discuss why I don’t think being a student-athlete in college is a good idea if one is set on going to medical school. Now the environment is different than when I was a college athlete. Then, student-athletes basically were only able to earn scholarships.

Blog Post Focus: MCAT Preparation Styles This post will explore my thoughts on professional courses versus self-study for the MCAT. It will also explore the competitive nature of medical school and why the MCAT is important. I will also give some of my story. I chose self-prep, but may have been better off with professional

Blog Post Focus—Should You Go To Medical School To Earn a Lot of Money? I want to give you my thoughts for considering whether or not medical school is a good option if you want to earn a lot of money. I’ll start by giving you some of my story and then lay out my