The Premed Years

In this episode we talk to Deandre, a 1st year BU Medical Student who was lost as a premed. He spent several years at community college before finding his way!

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Connect with Deandre on Twitter @doctororbust

Deandre’s blog: doctororbust.wordpress.com

Related episode: Interview with a 56-Year-Old Medical Student

Related episode: Deciding if Medicine is Right for Me at 30 Years Old

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In today’s episode, I talk with Ryan Michler, a financial advisor who specializes in working with physicians.

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• 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: Setting Yourself Up for Financial Success, Starting Now.
• Related episode: How Do I Pay for a Postbac and Can I Repay Loans?
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In today's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Chad Hendrickson, who recently got out of army as a dermatologist and is now working private practice.

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• Military Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Related episode: Military Medical School and Being a Medical Officer
• Related episode: How Do I Transition from the Military to Being a Premed?
• Related episode: Life as a Flight Surgeon
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In this episode, Ryan is joined by Allison as they talk about Allison’s first work anniversary in private practice. This episode is framed for premed students and medical students or even residents as to what certain things need to be considered when thinking about work in private practice.

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Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

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Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information. Read one of articles gleaned from this podcast, 8 Pieces of Information Every Premed Should Know

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Back again for the fourth time, Dr. Greg Polites graces today’s show.

Dr. Polites is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. He serves as Chairman of the Central Subcommittee for Admissions to the School of Medicine and is the former coursemaster for the Practice of Medicine for the 1st and 3rd-year medical students there.

In today’s episode, Greg and I talk all about preparing for the medical school interview. Before we get started, I also want to mention my book all about the medical school interview. Check it out on Amazon: The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Interview.

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• Check out my book about the medical school interview: The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Interview.
• Other Premed Years episodes with Dr. Greg Polites:
  • Session 23, our first interview.
  • Session 35 on Fixing a Med School App.
  • And Session 88 on Personal Statements.
  
  
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In today’s episode, Ryan talks with Lea, a premed student at Pitzer College in California. Today she shares with us tips for developing study habits, preparing for the MCAT, the 7-year BA/DO program that she’s currently attending, the tools and resources she used along the journey, and just a little bit of everything.

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• College Info Geek from Thomas Frank
• Study Hacks Blog from Cal Newport
• Related episode: How Do I Remember Material I Studied Four Months Ago?
• Related episode: How Can I Best Utilize Mnemonics for the MCAT?
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In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison talk about choosing a medical school, the thought processes behind why they chose the schools they applied to, and things you need to consider as you’re going through the process of figuring out where to go to.

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• USA Today article: “Poor people with diabetes more likely to lose a limb“
• MSAR (for MD schools) / CIB (for DO schools)
• Related episode: The Journey to a Caribbean Medical School
• Related episode: What are My Chances of Getting into Med School?
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In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Greg Polites. For his third time on the show, Greg talks about the dos and don’ts of writing personal statements and why students make mistakes on personal statements.

• Full Episode Blog Post
• Check out my book on personal statements, The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement.
• Check out my Personal Statement Writing Course.
• Check out my Personal Statement Editing service.
• Related episode: How to Write Personal Statements with Dr. Arora
• Related episode: How to Start Brainstorming Your Personal Statement Draft
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In today’s episode, I talk with Bryan from Next Step Test Prep about the changes made to the MCAT for 2015.

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• Check out my book about the MCAT, co-written with Next Step Test Prep: The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT.
• Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide to help you maximize your MCAT score!
• Related podcast: The MCAT Podcast, co-hosted with Next Step Test Prep.
• Related podcast: The MCAT CARS Podcast, co-hosted with Jack Westin.
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In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison answer some questions that have been emailed to us over the last couple of months. This week, we touch on topics involving taking prerequisites at a community college, personal statements, volunteering opportunities, finding a mentor, choosing an undergrad school, and more

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MSHQ 019: Interview with a Medical School Interview and Admissions Expert

MSHQ 023 : Interview with Dr. Polites of MedPrep at Wash. U.

MSHQ 035 : How to Fix an App After Starting Premed Poorly

MSHQ 047 : Avoid Burnout as a Premed, Med Student and Beyond

MSHQ 068: The Changing Landscape of Medical School Admissions

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

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.

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.

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.

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

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