The Premed Years

Brian talks about his long journey to medical school that includes 4 applications cycles and 9 MCAT tests! Listen to what he has learned on his path.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: MCAT Retakes: Change and Improve to Get the Score You Want.
• Related episode: 54-year-old Med Student Overcame 5 MCATs, Rejection, and More.
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Ryan answers questions that have come in through our Facebook group. Students ask questions about MCAT prep, shadowing and volunteering hours and much more!

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• Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.
• Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.
• Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Get $50 off their tutoring program when you mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website.
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Ryan and Allison talk about bedside manner, and what you, as a premed, can do now to help you with your bedside manner for the future. Take a listen!

• Full Episode Blog Post
• MSHQ Episode 132 with Dr. Joel Topf
• Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.
• Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website.
• Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.
• Get us free on your device. Subscribe and listen to new episodes each week. Visit www.medicalschoolhq.net/listen
• Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!
• Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.
• Email me at [email protected] or connect with me on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

Ryan is joined by Dr. Topf, who blogs about his craft at pbfluids.com. They discuss a non-traditional path through the medical education system.

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Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Get a good deal of their tutoring program when you mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website.

Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-Base book

The Microbiology Companion

@kidney_boy and @DrSnit superhero avatars article

Burton Rose’s UpToDate

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Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Email me at [email protected] or connect with me on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

Ryan and Allison talk about a piece on KevinMD about a medical school dropout, who talks about her dream being crushed by the process.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• 15th Annual Premeds Conference
  June 11-13, 2015 Los Angeles, California
• KevinMD Article: Leaving Medical School for a Startup.` And With No Regrets
• Op-ed article written by Karen Sibert: Don’t Quit This Day Job
• Episode 29:  Interview with ZDoggMD, Yes – He is a Real Doctor
• Get us free on your device. Subscribe and listen to new episodes each week. Visit www.medicalschoolhq.net/listen
• Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.
• Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!Email me at [email protected] or connect with me on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

Darby joins Ryan on the podcast to discuss what life was like as a non-traditional applicant to Canadian medical school, and life as a Canadian premed.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: From Canada to the Caribbean: This Doctor’s Journey.
• Related episode: Two Canadian Medical School Acceptances for This Premed.
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We dig deep into their email boxes and pull questions that you, the premed, have asked. We answer a handful of great questions coving a lot of different topics.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Episode 71: Crushing the Myths of TV Doctor Dramas
• MSAR
• Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips and trips to help you maximize your MCAT score.
• Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.
• Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Ryan and Allison are back together talking about the AMCAS and AACOMAS applications. These medical school applications are a difficult and you need to be prepared!

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.
• Check out jointheacademy.net because we may be opening up soon!
• Get us free on your device. Subscribe and listen to new episodes each week. Visit www.medicalschoolhq.net/listen
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Ryan and Allison give a sneak peak inside the Academy, the premiere premed advising community, and share a webinar given on the medical school personal statement.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my book all about the personal statement: The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement.
• Related episode: 5 Biggest Medical School Personal Statement Mistakes
• Related episode: Writing Personal Statements for Medical School
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!

Ryan discusses a question from a premed who only applied to DO schools, got accepted, and is now thinking about waiting a year and applying to MD schools.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: DO vs Caribbean Medical School? What Should I Do?
• Related episode: Should We Even Have a DO Degree?
• Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” at Next Step Test Prep!