633: How Justin Balanced Social Media Fame and the Premed Path
(00:00) — First Spark: How a hospital shadowing program in high school shifted Justin's view of medicine from negative to hopeful. (00:27) —...
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If you're struggling on your premed journey, trying to figure out the best way to study for the MCAT, or trying to understand how to best apply to medical school, the award-nominated podcast...
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20 of 612 episodes632: Caribbean Medical School Is Not a Vacation — A Student Speaks
(00:00) — Born in India, raised in Canada: How early experiences with navigating healthcare planted the seed for a medical career. (03:03) —...
631: Three Gap Years, One Acceptance: Shemiele's Premed Story
(00:47) — Grandfather's Illness as Catalyst: Shemiele traces her interest in medicine to caring for her grandfather in Jamaica and losing hi...
630: From Nigeria to Stanford Med: Applying Late and Going 3 for 3
(01:57) — Father's passing at 13: the moment that pointed toward medicine (03:22) — Growing up in Nigeria with no doctors in the family (05:...
629: Financial Hardship and Stepping Away from an Acceptance to Apply Again
(00:00) — First spark for medicine: Medical kit, microscope, and a fascination with how life works. (03:01) — Surgical tech discovery: How a...
628: From Nigeria to D1 Athlete to Med School: Dami's Nonlinear Path
(00:00) — Welcome and framing: What this conversation is for and who Dami is (00:40) — Growing up in Lagos: How health inequity planted the...
627: Physics Major to Med School: Building an Application That is Authentic
(00:00) — From physics to premed: Riley describes deciding to pursue medicine at the end of sophomore year after shadowing in medical physic...
626: Coming Off the Waitlist in June: One Premed's Honest Reckoning
(00:00) — Family in medicine: How a neurologist mom and a sister in pediatrics shaped Justin's early interest (03:28) — The chemistry PhD qu...
625: BSDO Over MD: Why Riya Chose the Osteopathic Combined Program
(00:00) — Pre-k graduation and "I want to be a baby doctor": Where the idea of medicine first appeared for Riya. (01:07) — Seventh-grade bio...
624: From 506 to Navy HPSP: A Reapplicant’s Reset
(00:00) — Welcome and origin spark: Kiki’s path starts without an “aha” and a teacher’s nudge changes everything. (02:24) — First shadowing,...
623: Second-Time Applicant: COVID Delay, Perspective, Acceptance
(00:00) — Ear cleaning origin: A childhood earwax ritual lights the first spark for medicine. (01:25) — Writer first, then premed: Entering...
622: From 495 MCAT to Med School via a Bridge Program
(00:00) — Welcome and setup: from premed dropout to med student (00:47) — Corporate grind sparks the spreadsheets vs patients question (01:3...
621: Balancing 21 Credits and a Paycheck: Making Premed Work
(00:00) — Early spark for medicine: Jasmine’s childhood curiosity and desire to help takes root at age four or five. (02:40) — High school s...
620: Four MCAT Retakes and Still Standing Strong!
(00:00) — Avoiding medicine to committing at 22: Sports injuries, engineering Cs, and a hospital trauma that made medicine click. (03:06) —...
619: Targeted List: 12 Schools, 2 Interviews, 2 Acceptances
(00:00) — Family roots and Flint crisis: Medicine in the house, art dreams, and volunteering during Flint’s water crisis point Omar toward h...
618: Mission Fit Over Metrics: What This Dean Looks For
(00:00) — Meet Dr. Leila Amiri + her route from peer advising to admissions: How a peer advising job led to a career shaping medical school...
617: Five MCAT Attempts, No Plan B: Maya’s Path to Med School
(00:00) — Opening and early spark: Maya recalls childhood, cultural expectations, and her mom’s cancer shaping her why. (03:05) — High schoo...
616: Inside DO Admissions: What the Osteopathic World Wants You to Know
(00:00) — Welcome and origin story: Kyle’s path into med ed without being a physician (00:46) — Early admissions work and philosophy: get st...
615: Why His Application ‘Made Sense’—and Scored 16 Interviews
(00:00) — Late to medicine: Chris didn’t consider being a doctor until college, shaped by early family experiences with inadequate care. (01...
614: ADHD, Anxiety, and the MCAT: Getting Help, Getting In
(00:00) — Opening + Early Spark: PBS Nova lights up neuroscience and a reluctant interest in medicine. (01:11) — Family Expectations vs Auto...