A premed student shadowed me recently, and it reminded me of everything nobody told me when I was in their shoes.

In this episode, I break down what med schools are actually looking for once you have cleared the GPA and MCAT cutoff. Spoiler: it is not more grades.

We cover:

• Why GPA and MCAT only get your foot in the door

• The physician roles framework and how to use it in premed

• Depth over breadth in clinical exposure, research, and volunteering

• Why you are a product and how to market yourself

• Using unfair advantages the right way

• Why your premed years do not have to be miserable

0:00: Introduction and Why This Video Exists

1:14: The Physician Roles Framework

2:49: Clinical Exposure: Depth Over Breadth

5:02: Research and Volunteering Done Right

7:01: You Are the Product: The Marketing Mindset

9:22: Unfair Advantages and How to Use Them

11:29: Stop Making Premed Harder Than It Has to Be

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About Me

I am a physician (M.D.) practicing a mix of hospitalist medicine, and urgent care . I learned a lot in my journey to becoming a physician and about more than just medicine. Follow along as I reflect and teach what I wish I knew, which for the most part, is the stuff you don’t learn in school.

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