The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college.

On today's show, Alexis is joined Ryan Gray, MD, founder of Medical School HQ.net a site to help medical school applicants guide their way through the admissions process.

Ryan talks about some of the challenges of going through the Medical School application.

Challenges today’s medical school applicants face: long process, many interviews, expensive applications, and it’s really hard to figure out what medical school admissions are looking for

MCAT: The MCAT changed in April 2015 and now has a psychology and sociology section. The exam is heavy in the reading comprehension so take a lot of practice tests.

Ryan’s attributes for a good doctor: empathic, caring, patient, smart

Ryan’s attributes for a bad doctor: egotistical, doesn’t work well with team

Ryan’s advice to teens: It’s a long journey. If you want to be a doctor, start by shadowing other doctors!

More of Ryan’s work can be found on the web:

Website: www.medicalschoolhq.net

Twitter: @medicalschoolhq

Podcast: http://medicalschoolhq.net/the-premed-years/

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