Hey, my name is Hannah and I am so glad you are here! (: I am a first year medical student and want to take you along with me for this journey!
My vision for this space is to be an informative, encouraging, and collaborative place for pre-meds, medical students, and those exploring health care to get a realistic view into the day to day life of a medical student. This is your space too! So, feel free to leave comments and questions of what you want to know and see. (:
Whatever today holds for you, continue to work hard and put your heart into whatever you do!
First, congratulations on getting into medical school!! (: I am so excited for you! While it will be a lot, it will be enjoyable. If you need anything at all feel free to reach out here on YT or ion IG.
Hi Hannah! New subscriber here 😊 I’m enjoying all your videos. Thanks for sharing your journey. Also, have you ever considered making a little intro for your videos and maybe introducing yourself like just saying what year med student you are, your name and what kind of content you make? 🫶🏼
Lol the otoscope charging bit. Found a few of those lying around during my time in grad school not too long ago (my study spot was in the building where the med students were and I'd see them constantly plugged into outlets)
Hi Shana! I applied with a 507. I actually created a video entitled “What I Wish I knew before Medical School” where me and 3 other of my medical school peers talk about our score and our applications! Hopefully that will give you a fuller story about my application and others applications as well. I am also planning to do an application walk through on this channel.
I'm an Australian law student, I don't know how I found this but you make med school look terrifying and stressful, but also fun and doable lol. Best of luck with it all!
A cup of joe in the morning and fighting for a minimum of 7 1/2 hours of sleep a night! 😅 Honestly though, when you are in it it does not feel like as much as it really is because everyone around you of putting in the same hours so it feels “normal”.
It is a Dell Latitude 7440 2-in-1 laptop. Our medical school gives one to every student at the beginning of our first year. I have really liked it- it has worked well for the way that I study. There are mixed reviews from my classmates though. Hope this is helpful!
I had a patient the other day ask me a phrase that is meaningful to me and the first thing that came to mind was "work hard and put your heart in to everything you do" so thank for the message and positivity
Wow, honored to know that those simple words are encouraging not only you but others through YOU! Thank you for sharing this small moment with me, it honestly was a much needed reminder and encouragement to me to work hard & put my heart into the work I am doing right now at the end of a long day. (:
that ultrasound module looks really neat. Kind of wish I had those to play with instead; you never really escape pipettes if you go the research route lol
Hey Hannah, could you please do a full AAMC application review, where you go over you stats and extracurriculars. As a premed student applying next cycle, it would be very beneficial to so many Premed!
Hey Moin! Yes, I am open to doing that and think it would be helpful because I definitely did not have all the “amazing” stats that everyone thinks you need to get in. I will add that to the list of video to make. I am guessing I would get around to making the video this summer. Would that timeframe be helpful or would it be better if I made it sooner?
Thanks! And yes, they are constantly changing things from year to year to continue to improve. Our class structure and grading structure look very different from what the current second years even had last year. The under class-men are definitely looking forward to seeing how Match Day shakes out for y’all in a couple months! Can you believe that you are almost a Dr. ? 😅
That's great! I'm really glad I took a chance on a brand new school, it's been an overall really good experience. And no I can't believe I'm a few months away from being a Dr. It's gone so fast. @@Hanhumphries_
Hi there! If there are any questions or things you would like me to make videos about feel free to post them in the comments section here and I will answer them to the best of my ability! This will also allow others to benefit from your questions. (:
Hey, great question! You are right, I did not share my score and there are some reasons for that: (1) I don’t believe the sharing the score has any beneficial significance to my viewers. Scores are variable depending on what program someone is in, therefore sharing a number does not provide any useful information. (2) Some of my viewers are my fellow peers and I want them to be able to enjoy watching these videos without invoking any feelings of comparison. I hope you can understand my reasoning. Thank you so much for watching my videos! I hope they are encouraging and helpful for you. If there is anything you specifically want to see/know more about please let me know in the comments section!
I am married. (: I will probably make a video about managing medical school while being married sometime in the future and bring my husband on to talk about it too.
bless ya so much hard work to become an dr I'm sure in end your get there i hope one day to help teach medical students as one of there body donors as I'm thermally ill young man so decided to give consent to body donation in hope to help teach medical students Anatomy i wish all well in there studies and pray you carry on to become great dr take care
Not sure how this came up on my feed, but MD/Phd class of '99. My best advice is that you do not need to remember every single detail, but think about learning systems---how they operate and interact. So when you get to step 1 on the USMLE, you can look at the answers and deduce the best answer rather than rote memorization. But I also think they throw a lot at you in the first year because they want to see how you react to stress, and whether you can prioritize information---two skills that you cannot necessarily test for but are nonetheless critical to your everyday practice as a physician. As you progress, the workload doesn't necessarily lighten up, but you just become better at filtering and prioritizing. Best of luck!!
Great video! I’m curious as to how you would compare medical school studying to MCAT studying? I feel like that would give a closer objective viewpoint of what to expect. Keep up the great work and I’m looking forward to more videos from you!
Hi David! I am actually about to film a Q&A with a few of my med school peers next week to answer questions like this. I will throw your question in so you can hear perspective from a couple of medical school students! Keep an eyes out for it in the next few weeks. Hopefully it will give you a more robust view!
