5 Reasons Premeds FAIL To Get Into Medical School 

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Surprisingly enough, this only motivates me even more. I know I'll regret this later though.

@@NopeNopeNope01 💯

@@NopeNopeNope01 I'm glad you're motivated. You won't regret medical school as long as you understand from the beginning that you're investing in yourself (in state tuition is ~30k/semester), the stakes are high, and you act accordingly.

@@thefenerbahcesk4156 thanks! Any additional advice as to what to do during college? I know there's a lot of stuff in this channel, but what would you recommend me to do? (I'm a freshman in my second semester).

@@NopeNopeNope01 By far the most important thing you can do right now is focus on your grades. If you get bad grades right now, it will be incredibly difficult to recover in the future. There's basically an arms race to get into medical school right and the average GPA keeps rising and rising. As harsh as it sounds, A are expected, A-s are acceptable, and anything lower is bad. Don't even think about cramming your schedule with other activities until you've figured out how to get those As. If you can't handle your course load, take less courses, and build yourself up as you get better at studying. Think of it this way, every bad semester is an extra gap year between undergrad and med school. Don't gamble with your grades. The summer after Freshman year, start studying for the MCAT. Buy the 7-book Kaplan set and read every book in the set. Take good notes, so you don't have to go back to the books in the future. You might think its too early to study, but its not. Also, by reading the books this summer, you will have a head start on all of your 2nd/3rd year courses, and it will be much easier to get an A in those classes since you would have essentially previewed all of the material. Sophomore year don't go crazy. Keep focusing on your grades. You still have time to focus on extracurriculars. If you get good grades first semester of sophomore year, then you can start thinking about adding some extracurriculars in your schedule such as volunteering at the hospital. Never forget that your main priority is your grades however. Summer after sophomore year join a research lab in the basic sciences, such as biology. Research looks great on your application, and you'll do better in your coursework since your research lab will have shown you why the material in the classroom is important. Meanwhile, keep volunteering (not too many hours), and keep studying for the MCAT. Also shadow doctors during the summer. Shadowing doctors is extremely easy. All you have to do is email a bunch of them asking if you can shadow them. Most will respond. Junior year keep doing research and focus on your classes. Now that you're doing research you absolutely can not pack your schedule with too many classes. Research is time consuming. Take ~12 hr. while doing research. Get As. If you feel like you can handle it, continue volunteering at the hospital. Same goes for second semester. Summer after Junior year, study for and take the MCAT. If you're gonna apply, take a break from your research lab to take the MCAT and apply. If not, still take a ~3-4 week break from your research lab to cram for the MCAT like never before, and take the MCAT. Once you take the MCAT, take a short break, and return to your research lab. Senior year keep your coursework light, keep doing research, keep volunteering at the hospital, and if you have the time keep shadowing. Apply after senior year if you didn't apply the year before. If you take a gap year, do whatever you want but do something productive. There's actually students in medical school who take a year off to do research, so if you take a gap year to do research, that looks great for medical school and residency. Even though you would have already applied for medical school, most schools let you send application updates with grades and activities well into January.

how is it going so far?

@@christyflores6706 it’s going very well! I’m in my third year on rotations, I take step 2 in June and will be applying to psychiatry residency in September. In my experience, med school starts out pretty rough but gets better and better every semester as you learn how to study and manage your time

Hiii, I’ve always wanted to know more about anesthesiology and the process of becoming an anesthesiologist (like education)… may I have some advice?

CONGRATSSSS I PRAY EVERYTHING WILL GO RIGHT!

@@homieonthetrack9020 sameese I'm also interested about anesthesiologist

If you don't mind me asking, how many times did you apply before getting accepted?

@@doannguyen-ok3ur 3 times. Accepted third time.

Aah yes the painful waiting game

You got this! We believe in you!!! ❤️

Good luck! Hope you get in

You got this! Rooting for you!!❤️

YOU GOT THIS!!

Thank you SO much for all this amazing information and for discussing the costs. I can't believe how many people ignore the costs

What if I don’t know anyone to write?

40 is a crazy amount, but 5-10 is low. 15-20 is a more typical number.

I plan on applying to about 30, with at least 7 being DO. If you gotta borrow money, do it!

It’s honestly so unfair and makes it so much harder especially since Med school its self is already ridiculously expensive.

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wait untill you get in and see the tuition, logistiscs of attendance, board exams and residency applications/interviews it dosent stop haha

I knew soon as I heard #5 he was gonna plug his site, just had to wait.

Plus med school costs $200k-$300k

Good luck man, being a little older these days when you enter med school is perfectly fine.

I am also 27 can i start medical school?

@@sabaansari2365 of course you can. You're only like 2-3 years older than the average matriculant.

i'm 26 and i'm going to try to get into med school, i lagged it so much had to take care of family problems.

I did my bachlor in biochemistry can u guid me about the procedure how can i apply for med school

Can I get your mail pls

i’m a current first year undergraduate student, do you have any tips for what you did during your undergrad for applications that made you stand out?

Ah! I will do so.

How ‘bout general Bio?

Interesting. I recall that a pt. of mine who was a Nobel Laureate in Medicine/Physiology commented that he looked favorably on med. school applicants whose parent or parents were physicians/surgeons because they knew what they were getting into. I never interviewed applicants for med. school but did interview graduates for internship, residency, fellowship and staff positions. The variety of backgrounds was interesting but I didn't find that any specific premed. preparation favorably influenced success in post-doctoral studies or practice. I taught extensively and was one of those who wrote questions for a subspecialty certifying examination.

that's determination! I think you're rlly passionate about this

@@alissosonvasq Thank you!

So true! I am super focused on one medical school in particular, and I am almost making a mistake of just applying to it! I need to stop and I need to apply to many medical schools and be broad. I just really want this specific one

@@finneyhamster9106 I know the feeling! But there will always be more medical schools that can offer your the same experiences. Do not get caught up on one, as the chances of getting into a school are hard as and applying to less than like 10 SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANTLY lowers your chances. People are become more and more competitive by the year so don’t be picky!

@@christopherperez7674 do you have to serve in the military for the HSPS?

I agree! Thank you

Hey i wanted to ask is it easier to get admission in oradea medical uni as an intl student?

@@bastianschweinstiger445 hello. As far as I am aware, it is easier to get admitted there. But I don't know for sure, I'm studying at the Cluj medical school

@@danamaierean hey i have like straight A's except in physics and gave sat 1 this month , should i apply for cluj? Just asking

@@bastianschweinstiger445 hello. I think you can apply for Cluj, it's always worth a try

I am definitely scared af because the Medical School I want has a 9% acceptance rate

Yup, did you know that's standard rate, too?

Why should one "need" that? Your whole educational experience should be the "prep assistance".

You have to be rich to be a dr. That is the worst part about it. They system is designed to keep middle class people out.

@@someguy5035 That isn't true at all. But I agree with the sentiment and think that med. school should be free of charge or almost so. The admission process should be more egalitarian in terms of accepting larger numbers of students with widely divergent educational backgrounds. That's what the French seems to do. But their pyramid system is really brutal, MUCH worse than the USA. I found the usual pre-med. college courses of virtually no value at all in med. school.

@@wholeNwon The admissions process should be free or refunded if you are not selected.

Good choice.

did you have any clinical experience?

Keep trying bruh, you’ll get in

I feel like that’s a lie

What was wrong with your statement?

Bruh im 21 and doing premed😢

premed is having bachelor already prior to applying to med school.

A pre-med is short for a pre-medicine student, meaning a student who wants to go into medicines specifically to become a physician. To become a physician in the US, you must complete a 4-year Bachelor’s degree from a US institution after graduating high school, then take the MCAT and apply to medical schools. There isn’t necessarily a specific age to do any of those things, but most pre-meds will graduate with their Bachelor’s around age 22. Many pre-meds in the US now take “gap years,” meaning a year or more away from school to build up their other activities, such as volunteering and clinical experience.

Pre med is just the required coursework to get accepted to medical school (calc, chem, bio, physics, psychology and sociology) It’s not a real major. You’d still have to major in a real major like chemistry or biology whole taking the premed coursework

"If you aren't scared of your dream, then its too small"

Start studying hard now kid, this is the age where your brain( neurones) are developing quickly. Spend your time wisely, you can do other activities but do not procrastinate with studying. Or else you will have to spend more time

Good luck! I want to study in Germany, and to my knowledge the testAS is easier when compared to MedAT (also medat can only be taken in german, but that shouldnt be a problem for you) Ive heard Graz is great!

@@analuisrexha4749 I've actually never heard of the testAS before, is it specifically for international students? Do you alredy know in which city you want to study? I'm currently living in Vienna so hopefully I will stay here, it's really beautiful. Anyways, I wish you best of luck with your studying!

The last time I looked, the acceptance rate at Heidelberg was 4%.

It’ll be up soon!

I recently graduated from a US-based medical school and I've always found the way it's done in other countries to be quite interesting. I have to say, the idea of jumping straight into medicine after high school sounds very tempting because you waste no time to get to it.

Which is your country?

Dione.which is your country?

Haha 😂

They're not medical doctors...

Typically it’s the state in which you live. Like mentioned most schools get state funding and that funding can vary for many reasons but most of it comes down to how many people live in that state, the taxes of that state, and the applicants/popularity of the place in which they’re funding, etc. If you go to a college out of state you would still be applying as a “out of state” student because you’re, well… out of state. And for that state in which you grew up, unless you still live in that state then technically you would still be listed as out of state. Now there can be some minor issues like how long you’ve lived in your new state, whether you moved to that state while in college and are now applying to medical school, or even colleges that have a medical school attached to them like Hofstra University but again those are minor and would they rarely be something that would be cause of concern when applying. Although who knows, they’re getting more picky as the years go by and what isn’t an issue today may be one tomorrow.

A pathologist is a physician, so you follow the exact same steps as any other premed. When you’re in college, you might consider focusing on lab research to help you establish interest in microbiology.

Do an MPH, it helps.

Well, there are very few things about which you should be truly "terrified" and med. school certainly isn't one of them. Gain perspective.

@@wholeNwon Sure, my life isn’t on the line. Just many years of very hard work, dedication, study, and sacrifice from life’s more hedonistic experiences. Us premeds aren’t all privileged and naïve. So the usage of the word “terrified” in a RU-vid comment when expressing the degree of stress I feel toward accomplishing a life altering dream of mine seems appropriate enough.

@@travissorenson9554 Hedonistic? WE premeds.

how’d it go??

Looking for a second option now because I will not apply twice

Med schools generally don’t care about any education below undergrad unless the student intends to apply to an accelerated undergrad/med school curriculum. These are 7 year programs that you apply to out of high school. If a student goes the traditional route though, only their college performance and experiences really matter.

I’d say it’s early. It isn’t good to train a child to be dedicated to one career. She should be exposed to all types of fields, including being a med student because it’s never certain that she’d want to be one 5 yrs later

High school doesn't matter unless they are volunteering or working in the medical field as soon as their age permits Just to show the length of time she has been committed to something. Other than that what matters is undergrad.

Not at this time

I just got accepted into a top 5 PA school! Let me know if you need any help!

Yes, become a multidimensional human and show it to the adcoms

@@bobbywhite5319 thanks

Unless those experiences directly have something to do with why you want to be a doctor, don't put them in your personal statement. Definitely put them in your application, but don't try to make up some cheesy story about how your martial arts training inspired you to become a doctor. Edit: accidentally had written "experiments" instead of "experiences".... sleep deprivation sucks

@@thefenerbahcesk4156 oh goodness no. Nothing like that. It’s more of my way to exercise, calm down and I just simply enjoy the training and philosophy. I like creative writing and writing fiction stories as well. I appreciate what you said though, so don’t get me wrong

@@camiloiribarren1450 Thanks for the reply. I agree with you. I was always interested in taekwondo, but I refused to do it in college out of fear that I didn't have the time for it. That being said, I started attending my school's taekwondo club once a week in my senior year, and I was surprised how much more focus, energy, and confidence I had just from that one hour session once a week. Taekwondo went into my AMCAS as one of the 15 boxes, but I didn't really talk or write about it otherwise.

Yes take it. It helps build a solid foundation.

Waste of time you’ll learn A&P in Med school. Didn’t take A&P till Med school, still crushed my boards. Focus on living life now and having no regrets before you start

take it

Lol, take a breath. Enjoy high school. Focus on getting into college and doing well in college. You really don’t need to be thinking about classes to take in high school for med school at this stage. Yes you’ll be taught anatomy all over again in med school so it really doesn’t matter.

Here’s the thing. You do not need to take anatomy and physiology before medical school. At my current school they have the premed biology majors take it, but honestly I would recommend not doing it. It is an extremely difficult class, and we are all going to have to take it in medical school anyway. I know it could be argued that it would be helpful to already have taken the class, but I just think it’s pointless repeating a class two times like that. I’m not sure how much it would really help you on the MCAT, I don’t think it would. I would recommend not taking it, and instead taking the classes you need for medical school. Focus on getting a really good GPA. A&P is extremely difficult and would likely lower your GPA. I am saying this is someone who has taken A&P 2 times

you got this!

That is not a bad grade. Also, applying to universities is not the terrible ordeal it seems to be. If you can write good essays and get good letters of rec, mediocre academic performance is not the crippling that it feels like. You obviously have good grades in other classes considering you feel like 87% is low. Also, getting into basically any undregrad is fine. You only realize this once you’re in college, but people really don’t care where you went to undergrad.

what about research? how much of an emphasis is there on research when looking at applicants?

@@HeyItzSpider the research and shadowing is very important but if you have to focus a great percentage on classes you have little to no time.

It’s different from India. You don’t go to medical school straight from high school. You need to go to undergraduate university first

@@bobbywhite5319 Postgrads are more mature and are more comfortable with interview selection processes than highschool students. I don’t see how this makes US admissions harder

@@bobbywhite5319 UK competition is stiff too- around 8K places and 28K applications

The acceptance rate in my province in Canada is 18%🥲

@@aryans9334 Being more comfortable with the interview process doesn’t make it easier lol. It’s way harder in North America because going to a college/university program first is way harder and more rigorous than just going straight to med school from high school. And on top of that you need to do research, have many extra curriculars in a leadership role, volunteering/scribing experience and a high MCAT score.

What all did you do? Please explain might help me 😢

hi my love, there are lots of online courses that you can get into to study medicine, some being fully funded. zan, zindagi, azadi. much power to you.

Very well put. Dr. Ryan Gray said something similar on his podcast.

Are you going to give NEET this year?

There are some schools that do not consider age a problem. Look into Wayne State.

I’m currently a rising Junior in a top Nursing School. I’m not sure what you mean, but I would be happy to talk to you about it. The requirements for getting into nursing school and medical school are quite different, but in both cases you need stellar performance including grades.

@@finneyhamster9106 yes pleasee :) thank you

Gain work experience such as scribing, working in a research lab of some sort, or any sort of other clinical/research experience. You can also volunteer at hospitals or really anywhere.

Don't be... just be true to yourself and work hard but also be smart in making decisions while applying for medical school based upon on your calibre, undergrad performance and MCAT scores.

If you're in middle school right now and thinking about being a general surgeon... I will let you know now as someone who has gone through professional health school and has friends who graduated med school, it is way too early to be thinking about a specialty in medicine. I know those who have graduated med school but do not get matched into a surgery position and have to pursue another specialty (less competitive) in medicine.

@@MrsLeeWey23 Hey there's nothing wrong with someone having a dream...no matter how early it might be. Envisioning/dreaming about the future has helped me, and continues to help me at least to try my best to make those dreams turn into reality. Just because we've been jaded doesn't mean we have to pass that off onto an 8th grader dreaming big. I also wanted different things at that age than what I'm pursuing now, but without a dream in mind I wouldn't have had the motivation to get anywhere.

Lol. A typical child expecting high school to be the end all be all.

I’m a freshman taking honors classes. Don’t take AP in freshman if they let you, my friends take it and are failing oof. So far, my first quarter gpa was a 4.0 and second a 3.9 with weighted gpa of only honors courses at 4.2. I was so scared at first but it really isn’t all that bad. Sure, you have some tough weeks, but don’t get it all over you head! Good luck 🤞

@@yajursriraman9481 Nothing wrong with having a dream. I reached my dreams. But many of my peers who are MDs who did not reach their dreams. They wished someone warned them the "real life" things they DON'T tell you before you go into medicine. They wished they didn't go into medicine knowing what they know now.

Apply yourself in school. Reading, writing, and arithmetic.

I'm a 9th grader

@@scasey1960 hmm maybe I am overthinking 😂

You be got you're whole life to figure it out, the first step is to do what you love to do👍🏼

Do your best in school, and try to find subjects that truly interests you (like history, chemistry, etc.). Aside from education, work on hobbies. For someone your age, you are very dedicated already! Give yourself some time and support, good luck :)!