HARDEST Part of Becoming a DOCTOR | College, Med School, or Residency 

01:09 COLLEGE 02:19 The distractions 02:57 Pre-med competition 04:30 Increased flexibility - too many options 05:22 MEDICAL SCHOOL 05:29 Lack of flexibility 06:20 Pace of learning 06:59 Transition from classroom to wards 07:45 RESIDENCY 09:05 Keep on top of your medical knowledge 09:16 Sleep deprivation 09:30 More challenging hours 09:42 The Hardest Part As always time stamps are in the description!

Hardest part: having your friends and relatives asking you to diagnose their symptoms..

idc how hard it is. im becoming a doctor

"Now that I am a doctor..." IDK why but this is so comforting to hear. Puts me in a positive attitude now that I am in school too

Paying for it all is the hardest part

If someone intentionally gave me the wrong answer we’re fighting

i don’t care how hard it is. i WILL become a surgeon

I hate that it’s so cut throat. Me and a high school friend both are at a different colleges studying for pre med and I found an internship opportunity that I wasn’t qualified for but she was. I sent it to her to help her out and she has since sent me one that I actually qualify for. It’s not hard to be a good person and see that helping out a fellow student is good

Hardest part: Trying to get good grades, extracurriculars, all while remaining 100% dependent on your parents cuz you dont have the time to make your own money.

The hardest part is not watching RU-vid videos when you have a test to study for... 😅

I had a teacher once, he told us he had a friend. Well, he considered him a friend. They were college students and one day, he and his pal decided to help each other for the upcoming test they had the following day. He told his friend he'll study the 1st part while his friend will study the 2nd part. And it was the day of the test. So he was already done with the first part so he let his friend copy to him. And then when his friend was supposed to let him copy, his friend didn't. But then after the test results, he got a higher score. Since he studied for both parts. Lol. And his friend was so shocked.

For me, the hardest part was actually getting IN to medical school, including MCAT, volunteer/clinical work, etc, and doing all these applications and interviews. As this video states, there are MANY distractions when you're in college. The college classes by themselves are quite easy (if you know how the system works), but as this video states, you do have to balance a LOT of other things while not wasting too much time in college. I lived on campus throughout college, and let me tell you, the distractions are endless if you allow them. I cut it fairly close when interview season came around, and I still consider myself EXTREMELY lucky to be accepted into med school on my first try (applied to ~20 schools, interviews at 4, accepted to 1 and waitlisted on 2 others). It was the most stress and pressure I've ever experienced in my life while I was waiting for that acceptance call. More stress than during Step 1 study, and definitely more than applying for residency. Once in medical school, time kind of flies because you really have no choice but to study every single day. Sure, the workload is insane (I estimate we would go through an entire college-class' worth of material in 4 weeks), but everyone is on the same boat and you only have to focus on this one thing, passing your classes. Luckily for me, my class was very supportive of each other and there were very few true gunners. Research isn't something I ever enjoyed, so I picked a field where it wasn't really necessary to find a good residency. Now, I'm a 4th year resident, with about 1.5 years of residency and 1 year of fellowship to go. The workload is yet higher than medical school, but by this time, most people are used to the "medicine lifestyle" and cope quite well. Looking back at all this, getting into med school was definitely the hardest and most stressful part. After you're in, the path is open for you, and all that matters is how much you're willing to push yourself.

What's most interesting to me is how hard and competitive and expensive it is to get into medical school, but yet we have a physician shortage lol

My biggest question (not even pre-med or a med student but am very curious): How/why does the hospital think it's safe allowing residents to operate on somebody with little to no sleep? If I needed some significant surgery after an injury and had any idea that a resident was about to operate on me who had been working 30 hours straight pulling a back-to-back I would get up and walk out of the OR.

I don't get how the system can be set up in such a way that residents/doctors in specialties such as surgery have little to no sleep. I can't be the only one that thinks that is very dangerous. I, as a patient, wouln't feel safe being treated or operated on by someone who is sleep deprived. I find surgery fascinating as a specialty, but I'm reluctant to go that route because of the demanding hours.

I’m still in high school, working my way towards being a doctor!

I wanna be a doctor but at the same time I don’t think I’m smart enough. :( #1 my memory sucks and #2 I ALWAYS do terrible on tests, and importantly #3 I have no money!!

I'm currently in undergrad, and I personally believe that managing time is probably the hardest part. As Dr. Jubbal alluded to, being able to fit in all the EC activities while also maintaining a solid GPA and time to take care of yourself is a challenge. I've found myself having to allocate more time for studies over some other activities. That said, while it is hard, I think that most pre-meds are content with the challenge knowing what the end result is going to be. I hope everyone watching this video who wants to end up as a Physician manages to overcome the challenges told in this video. Good luck everyone!

My grandpa said, nothing worth having will be easy. So it won’t be easy but I know that becoming a physician will be so worth it, my grandpa didn’t even have electricity growing up and worked all through high school just to have a suit to graduate in. I’m so thankful to be in a situation where I know I can be successful even if it gets hard with money or mentally

I find it absolutely crazy how *different* Medical Schools are among the western world. My personal experience following the path of becoming a doctor (I'm from a quite wealthy European country) is not comparable with the US system. I'm not sure how your analytics look like, I assume most of your viewers are American, but comparing different Med Schools systems would make an interesting topic for a video.

Lol I’m a music theatre/vocal performance major with no business watching this

I'm becoming a doctor no matter what 🙂🧡🧡🧡I have God and he'll help me no matter how hard it is

Just scared of making it all the way to med school, but then not catching up and getting behind studies :/

If you think that med school is hard, you're right.

We always focus on how hard the med life is, but what are the most rewarding parts? What should we make sure we enjoy in each stage? What should we always remember from our college days, look forward to in med school, residency? Thanks for the videos!

I think residency is the toughest part - the hours are long, pressure to take care of patients and not make mistakes is high, and you have to make time to study, prepare for conferences and presentations, and do research.

College is already killing me. I don't know why I'm aiming so high beyond my intelligence smh 😫 It's hard to stay motivated and believe that the MCAT will be a smooth sail when you're an undergraduate.

I love sleeping way too much to be a doctor...

I'm not even in college yet...oh well, you can never be to prepared.

I have to agree with the cut-throat culture because I was former Pre-med and got a degree in chemistry. I still wanted to go, but the culture was too toxic. I hopped into Engineering, getting a second bachelors, and its much nicer because everyone works together. I wish medicine was like that. I feel that they are just going to medicine for the status and money rather than the journey learning about diseases and taking care of people, which is what I wanted to do. Media influences like medical shows has lots to do with it.

I recently interviewed a clinical psychologist who suggested the stress of each stage of the medical process might be great, but in some ways it’s relatively similar since we grow to handle the increased responsibilities and stress better.

This was an amazing video, it's given me a great view on the pursuit to becoming a doctor. All your videos are outstanding keep up the great work!

No other channel like this one! Love your content so much 😍

I come from an extremely doctor filled background (particularly surgeons). My Mom and her brothers are all surgeons, so I have a lot of influence on being pressured into the medical industry. I’m still exploring the option as I’m only in high school, so videos like these really help me evaluate the different aspects and see if it’s the right sector for me. Great video! Thanks.

23/5000 I'm not in medical but most of my family does, including pediatrics, ophthalmology, and a Cardiology surgeon, and all of them said the hardest thing in their careers (some more then 40 years!) was telling the family that their son/daughter died.

thank you so much for this! i’m so glad i found your channel! my grades aren’t the best but i’m working on it. my parents have been a huge help and i’m doing really well with my tutors! thank you so much!! 🥰

Yesss, love me some animations and a mini-inspirational story time.

Up until second year of university I’ve always wanted to be a doctor. Recently I’ve been getting a lot of anxiety over grades and MCAT to the point where I’m actually starting to wonder if I even want to go through with this path. I was recently asked “why do you want to become a doctor” and found that I couldn’t really find another reason than the general “I want to help others blah blah”. For all you doctors or med students, at what point in your life did you know for sure medicine was for you?

This video is awesome, Dr. J. Love the illustrations.

Im really thankful that at least in my experience everyone is so helpful, honest, and kind.

I enjoy watching your videos! literally binge watching them. (ill be doing pre-med 2019 year) and I am actually excited, thanks for all the information!😁

I know it’s hard, but I’ll try my best and become a cardiologist! I got this!

you are my comfort place for the last few weeks. I´m from another country so easily finding all this information to understand had helped me so much

Your videos are so helpful! Please keep it up ❤️

love the videos! i’m still in high school but i hope to pursue psychiatry, thank you for this amazing content 😁😁

Great video. Nailed the descriptions between these stages. Seems like a lot of your viewers come from different parts of the world. Maybe another video idea would be to talk about the differences between the medical systems between the US/UK/CAN/AUS. Similar but very different in terms of number of medical schools/seats available, training hours, routes of entry (highschool vs undergrad, DO vs. AP), residency requirements, length of training prior to full independence and income discrepancies. Lol sounds like it'd be a massive lecture on its own

In other words, you folks are incredibly competent and respectable. You've earned the title Doctor!

Thank you, I'm currently a senior in high school and I needed that. 🙏🏻

Currently in audition rotations. For me studying for Step 1 and Level 1 was the hardest while also wrapping up 2nd year curriculum and trying to get an idea for scheduling 3rd year rotations. To everyone in whatever part of the process you are in: YOU GOT THIS!

Let me just subscribe real quick, might need this in a couple of years... P.S. Wow, someone who also has Crohn's disease, and did the same exact thing that I want to do! I'm 16 currently, and I was diagnosed in December, 2018. Great work, man! Keep it up.

I'm currently an undergrad. Thank you for this video! A great help and gives people like me a lot to think about!

Thanks a lot for sharing these videos! They help pave a clear path for the future!

I'm not even a doctor, just a dedicated lifelong learner, and I love this channel. Very substantive. I hope you have a lot of success with your blog, sponsors, etc

Im a Senior in high school who had no direction accept for a job as a lifeguard and a small interest in biology. Your Channel has inspired me to major as a biology student but also attend pre-med courses. Ive been a slacker all of high school (albeit a very intelligent one) but becoming an emergency or internal medicine doctor really appealed for me so ive stared watching more an more of your videos as i prepare for hopefully the start of a great a career in medicine next year.

Wow…this has really informed me a lot in this one video. Thank you so much for sharing this! I really want to become an anesthesiologist in my future.

i was diagnosed with Crohn's too man! That was what led to my decision that i want to become a doctor. Love your videos man, thanks for everything!

Jesús Christ. Talk about a wake up call ... thank you so very much for making a video like this. So many are so broad or are mainly thoughts about the time period in their lives. They aren’t much into the exact specifics. I have such better understanding because you also discussed other options that are available during each point in your educational career. ! Wow life is just getting interesting.

I am 14 and I’m very interested in becoming an orthopedic surgeon. Your videos help inform me on different things to consider!

An immaculate video! Simply outstanding! Appreciate it!

Wow, even though this all sound so exhausting it had very good informations. Thank you and keep up the good work.

I am currently in my first year in a medical school that’s existed for only two years. Needless to say I am more than scared by the amount of content that I am supposed to be in top of. My motivation is reminding that it’ll be worth it in the end :)

Currently in undergrad trying to get into the army med program. This was extremely helpful, thank you

Point 2 is what I'm EXPERIENCING right now! I thought that I was the only one feeling that pressure but turns out that it's quite normal haha! Beautiful video ! Thanks !

It's really amazing that you're a doctor and already so busy but still uploading videos for people who want to become a doctor. And you're being such a big help 🥰❤

The most difficult part ; watching your friends enjoying their time while you are always with books . 😭

Bro am still a freshman in high school

My recent surgery got me curious about medical procedures and practices. It really takes a lot of brain to be a doctor, they dedicate almost half of their life studying and and practicing and with that I'm very thankful to all the health workers. Especially during this time of pandemic. I salute you all!! 🙌🙌

I just started learning about the process of becoming a doctor, I am currently a junior in high school, thanks for the tips and showing me what the future possibly holds for me, I want to go into the field of cardiology!!!!!

I’m starting my first day as a freshman in a community college I want to be an anesthesiologist so I’m really excited to transfer from community but I know it’s going to take so much dedication but I can’t give up !

I am in middle school and I’m trying to prepare now

I’m in the high school stage😂. I’ve always loved medicine and the medical field and it is my dream to become a doctor. Thank you for the help and giving me knew understandings!

I REEEEEALLY want to be a cardiologist some day 😍 I love your videos! Thank you so much ❤️

I’m literally in high school and I think it’s bad...... idk how I’m gonna handle college and med school lol 😂

I'm in my second week of college as a freshman and one of the hardest parts for me is learning how to study after not doing it in high school

I’m not training or thinking about becoming a doctor, i was honestly just interested in the steps you have to take to become said doctor. Great video 👍

Honestly, I've been looking at a lot of different medicine based channels. Yours is one of my favourites. It gives a real and simple run down of the things I want to know as a person thinking about entering medicine. And honestly, pre med is so competitive. Like its insane. Everyone is out for themselves. And I had a family friend enter med school, and on her first day she got lost since the campus was so big. I think she has to go to the laboratory for her class and so she asked this guy if he knew where it was. He intentionally pointed her to the opposite direction. Eventually she circled around, went to find someone else and made it to her class late. And it was in her lab class that she saw the guy. He was her classmate. Intentionally tripping her over. High key everyone is out for each other. It's really unfortunate.

Ah I have crohns as well! And have wanted to become a doctor since 4th grade! I’ve made it through the premed prerequisites, I’ll be taking the MCATs next year

I’m going to become a surgeon, no matter what the difficulties are!

The hardest part is the consistency and endurance needed to overcome the many challenges along the path! Good luck to all my fellow students out there, you've go this!!

"perpetually feel behind in studies" i am a third year med school (not in usa) student and I completely agree with this.

I'm a sophomore in high school and I swear when he said that if ur going into psychiatry itll be even more relaxed I actually felt so much relief

I'm a Pre-Premed trying to figure out how to do well in college.

This is the best channel on RU-vid😀

I’m not going into medicine but I still love listening to these

I'm still in high school and i'm afraid of not having good enough grades to go to college and medical school. This is my dream and i'm terrified of messing it up.

After drinking from a fire hydrant I knew I was ready for med school

it’s going to be hard. insanely hard. I’m in premed right now and I’m doing well. but the road ahead seems really challenging and bumpy. but I want to get through it more than anything!! I’ve been wanting to be a doctor since I was a child. And I want to help people. thank you for your informative videos!! they’re very helpful.

Right now I'm a freshman in high school. And was indecisive on if I wanted to become a physician or a teacher.. now I'm determined to become a physician thanks to your videos they help so much even if I feel the first time I'm going to try over and over again till I succeed thank you 😁

I have crohns as well. I’m in PA school. Hoping i can get through it without a flare. :/

I’m only 13 but I already know I want to be a heart surgeon 👨🏽‍⚕️I now know what it takes so now I’m going to work even harder to make my dream a reality!

All facts ! But so rewarding in the end ❤️

I’ve been watching a ton of these videos lately because I’m a high school senior who has already applied to (and been accepted to) college as a theatre major but I just recently changed my mind and want to start a medical track. I know it sounds crazy but theatre was always a big hobby for me and I originally wanted to go into it but I’ve always had an affinity for science/biology since I was little and the idea of being a doctor has always sounded cool but kind of a stretch but now I wanna go after it. I actually used to play surgery simulator games that were labeled as for 7th-12th graders when I was 7 years old cause I was so fascinated by it lol. I’m super nervous about the stress and workload that will come with my training but at the same time I’m excited for what I will be learning

I hate core classes, they have been the ones that have affected my gpa a lot. Not talking about science core classes but those Pre-Cal, Calculus, etc. Math is my Kryptonite.

I have want to be a doctor when I was little then slowly I become useless of my family because i kept failing my exam and I even forgot my dream to become a doctor then after some period of time I slowly to think that “don’t let people guess your future be like just be yourself “and “don’t care what’s people said you can’t do” that’s why I slowly want to chase up to be my dream job and I study hard and my exam are coming soon I hope I do well this year (like me if you want to cheer for me to pass) ❤

Originally I was going to have to work part time through college (not through med school) but my husband is getting a full time job that will be able to support us financially while I go to college and then Med school. I have worked all through high school and I am excited for once to just get to focus on my studies!

I also have Crohn’s disease and am on the premed track. Thank you for sharing

Its weird that everyone mentions the cut throat culture. Being a premed at my school i get nothing but help and support from everyone in my program. I also try to help and support everyone that asks. Might be because my school is a private religous school.

What stage am I in? SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL - watching these RU-vid videos to motivate and inspire me to follow my dreams of becoming a plastic surgeon!

I'm actually pursuing nursing at the moment but I thought that getting to know more about the experiences of the doctors I'll be working with might be a good idea.

I'm only in college, but I think the hardest part right now (and for the foreseeable future) is balancing studying, and keeping my mental and physical health in shape. There's been some times when I've had to stop before I've finished studying just because if I kept going, I was going to make myself sick.