All Episodes

634: How to Keep Going After Your MCAT Score Refuses to Budge

633: How Justin Balanced Social Media Fame and the Premed Path

632: Caribbean Medical School Is Not a Vacation — A Student Speaks

631: Three Gap Years, One Acceptance: Shemiele's Premed Story

630: From Nigeria to Stanford Med: Applying Late and Going 3 for 3

629: Financial Hardship and Stepping Away from an Acceptance to Apply Again

628: From Nigeria to D1 Athlete to Med School: Dami's Nonlinear Path

627: Physics Major to Med School: Building an Application That is Authentic

626: Coming Off the Waitlist in June: One Premed's Honest Reckoning

625: BSDO Over MD: Why Riya Chose the Osteopathic Combined Program

624: From 506 to Navy HPSP: A Reapplicant’s Reset

623: Second-Time Applicant: COVID Delay, Perspective, Acceptance

622: From 495 MCAT to Med School via a Bridge Program

621: Balancing 21 Credits and a Paycheck: Making Premed Work

620: Four MCAT Retakes and Still Standing Strong!

619: Targeted List: 12 Schools, 2 Interviews, 2 Acceptances

618: Mission Fit Over Metrics: What This Dean Looks For

617: Five MCAT Attempts, No Plan B: Maya’s Path to Med School

616: Inside DO Admissions: What the Osteopathic World Wants You to Know

615: Why His Application ‘Made Sense’—and Scored 16 Interviews

614: ADHD, Anxiety, and the MCAT: Getting Help, Getting In

613: From Small Border Town to M4: Owning Your Path

612: When Your Advisor Says “Wait”—And She’s Right

611: From Toronto to a US Med School After Three Cycles

610: What Makes a Successful Premed Student?

609: From Puerto Rico to MD/PhD: Owning Your Path

608: From Community College to Brown: Owning a Nonlinear Path

607: Why Being Yourself Is the Most Underrated Strategy in Premed

606: The Ugly-Cry Run That Saved Her Med School Dream

605: “Why Not Me?” Rejections, Resilience, and a New Beginning in Grenada

604: Federal Loan Caps, Private Lenders, and Your Medical School Future

603: Climbing from a 2.7 GPA to Six Medical School Acceptances

602: Breaking Barriers in Medicine: Katya’s Path to Stanford

601: Why I Put My PhD on Pause to Pursue Olympic Rowing (Then Became a Doctor)

600: Beyond 4.0s & 528s: Empathy’s Rise in Modern Admissions

599: Shadowing, CNA Shifts, and Three MCATs—A First-Gen Roadmap

598: 15 Med School Acceptances: A Student-Athlete's Road to Med School

597: First-Gen Fearless: How Rosemary Built Her Own Pathway to Med School

596: Advice MS3 Would Give Her Stressed-Out Premed Self

595: Premed Without a Plan: How Emily Found Medicine Late and Made It Work

594: Medicine Beyond the White Coat: The Power of Research and Advocacy

593: Uncertainty to Conviction: A Stanford MD/PhD’s Journey

592: Why MCAT Scores & GPAs Won’t Make You a Great Doctor

591: From High School to MD: Inside the BSMD Experience

590: MCAT Anxiety, Gap Years, and the Journey to Medical School

589: No Plan B: The Grit and Grind of a First-Gen Premed

588: Beyond the Checklist: How Following Your Passion Makes You a Stronger Premed

587: From Kitchen to Clinic: Andres's Journey from Culinary Dreams to MD-PhD Pursuit

586: Rico's Inspiring Journey: Overcoming Challenges on the Path to Medicine

585: Kaitlin's Co-op to White Coat Journey

584: Lacrosse to Lab Coats: Alexis' Journey from Engineering to Medicine

583: Unofficial Interpreter to Aspiring Physician Sparked Her Commitment

582: An Immigrant's Journey from Community College to Med School

581: Resilience and Persistence through Med School Rejections and Acceptances

580: The Path to Med School: Insights from Georgetown's SMP Director

579: 3x MCAT taker to Dermatologist. A story of perseverance!

578: Realities and Myths of Osteopathic Medical School Admissions

577: From Crohn’s Diagnosis to Medical School Triumph—Yvonne’s Journey

576: How Noor Conquered Her Fears and Crushed the MCAT

575: How Resilience Turned a Professor into a Medical Student

574: Navigating Challenges in the Premed Life on the Way to Hopkins

573: Inside the Canadian Medical School Admissions Journey

572: BSMD Bust? Sujay talks about his Pivot and Success with FlexMed

571: Air Force Chemist to Med School: Morgan's Journey of Resilience

570: Green Beret to MD/MBA: Shea's Journey

569: From Accounting to Medicine Through Resilience and Purpose

568: This EDM Loving, Rave Going Med Student Carved Her Own Path

567: The Importance of Authenticity in Medical School Applications

566: Pioneering Medicine as a First-Generation Latina Student

565: Finding Balance and Peace on the Medical Journey with Dr. Wendy Lau

564: Balancing Air Force Duties and Medical Dreams

563: Re-routing to Medicine: The Unexpected Journey of an Athlete

562: Navigating Self-Doubt in the Pursuit of Dreams

561: Inside Look from UCF's Director of Admissions

560: From a 2.7 Undergrad GPA to Med School Acceptance

559: Einstein Admissions Co-Chair Reveals a Shift in Priorities

558: Picking Up the Pieces

557: Breaking Barriers: From First Gen to Future Doctor

556: Mastering the MCAT After Three Tries

555: From 2.4 to Thriving

554: Finding Joy in Challenging Circumstances

553: From Nontrad to NASA: Aerospace Medicine

552: Clinical Disconnect: Why Are Pre-Health Students Struggling?

551: Offered a Free Bridge Program to Get Into Med School

550: When Burnout Hits a Child of Immigrants

549: What Do Advisors Really Know?

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548: What Really Matters To a Director of Admissions

547: Big Announcements!

546: Mindset Matters: Conquering Medical School at 52

545: Finding Mental Resiliency As a Premed and Beyond

544: The Secret Psychology Behind Test Day

543: How to Change Healthcare from the Inside

542: From Chronic Career Changer to MS1

541: The Secret to Becoming a Master at Studying

540: Shaking Up Med School Admissions for Nontrad Applicants

539: What's Going On In The Heads of Admission Committees?

538: How To Stop Romanticizing Your School List

537: How to Increase Your Chances of Getting An Acceptance

536: How This 41 Year Old 4th Year Found Balance