I am literally in the same boat - age, diagnosis, app timeline and all! Best of luck man! Refreshing to see others in similar shoes.

@@Saltydogwilm It is refreshing and gives me hope haha. Good luck to you as well!

Finally! People in my same shoes! We got this!!🙏🏽

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Go Heels!! For secondaries, it definitely varied. I'd say I averaged more time and energy on the personal statement, but the secondaries are critical, so I did definitely invest significant time on making sure that my messages were clear. It also partly depended on the school. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat more about any of this (I'd put my email but I don't want to get it taken over by spam bots, so please send me a message on LinkedIn if you'd like to talk further [www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-gorman-2022/]).

The stats are not the story. Many high scorers get rejected. He stood out because of his focus (Psychiatry) and added on things he has a passion for. He also explained why he wants to go into medicine well. Don't get discouraged.

@@krishnancom I’ll try not to. I’m interested in oncology. So maybe I need to involve myself with organizations related to it. Thank you for the encouragement

He stood out because of how he molded his story. He started an organisation focusing on mental health in high sch students

@@renderz8435 oooooh. I haven’t visited this video in a while. I just have to be different. No biggie 😭

@@krishnancom actually med school isn’t like undergraduate they like to usually take in people with High grades and who can comprehend the intense work that is done in med school, also you don’t need to do some crazy research to be admitted into a med school but it’s good to have extracurriculars in your application to tell med schools more about your self

Hey bro, I am not in medical school nor did I even start the application process but I can help comfort you here I think. A good family friend of mine graduated from the University of Southern Indiana which is not a competitive school in the slightest (you can check the stats required to get in yourself). He ended his 4 years of undergrad with a good GPA and extremely solid extracurriculars like publishing multiple studies in high end medical journals. He also work extremely hard for the MCAT and I think he got around a 525. He got interviews to many top schools and he is going to matriculate into Harvard Medical School for the 2023-2024 school year. Don't be discouraged, your undergraduate institution doesn't define you. What defines you is how willing are you to create opportunities for yourself. That's certainly the mindset and work ethic I will maintain during my pre-med journey.

Maybe! Some of it (eg the personal statement) is rather personal, but I'll consider going through other stuff in more detail.

I might make an MCAT video, though I don't think I have much to add beyond the excellent videos already out there. I definitely do have tips for research - I might do a video about that.

@@bengorman4655 AAAH TYSM!!

you can’t use A levels to apply for US medical schools…

What school was it

@@mr.fishstick_yt9955 Kansas, there is also one in KC but that is more missouri based, and recently a DO private school opened up in wichita but it doesn’t have instate bias. Honestly, if you live in any small population state with a med school you have s good shot. Kansas only has 3mil people.

Neuroscience! Big passion of mine since high school, very lucky that UNC has an excellent neuro major.

@Lila Jefferson You got this!

Nope! I didn't get the Morehead Cain or Robertson Scholarships

If you mean Chancellor's Science Scholars, nope :( Seems like a cool program though! I wasn't admitted to it.

More like 8 years, 2-4 of the years after are spent in residency

@@xplicitgoofy1015 more like 3-7 years for residency and then add fellowship.

@@ugiboogy1111 I am not including surgical specialty’s and fellowships aren’t required to be board certified

I know same goes with all the stuff havard has, it’s just for the name it won’t make any difference I personally dislike havard because of how annoying and dumb they are, they only accept people based on revolutionary ideas and not qualified candidates who has a high GPA and perfect test score along with many good extra curriculars, instead havard would rather take a athlete who has decent grades but will be a good addition to their sports team

It will help you when applying to competitive specialities. It’s easier when residencies see the name of the school.

Didn't get in! USNews (obviously not an ideal ranking standard, but not too bad) puts HMS #1 in psychiatry (www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/psychiatry-rankings), but I didn't get into Stanford anyway :)

He is not regular I’m sorry 😭, please don’t hate on other people. He did really good with a 3.9 GPA almost a 4.0 and a 523 MCAT with the max being 528

Hmmmm 😔 yes stats are good …… but hmmmmm you know what I am happy he got in ……. He seems like a nice guy …….. I give it 12 to 13 years and see what he does in medicine …….. congrats on Harvard Medical School

@@trumpetermb-1117 what matters is where he matches for residency training? I'm sure he will be fine.

@@MrBjorn6 Dr Gorman I am happy you got into your dream school .............. but you really have to know what you get yourself into

@@trumpetermb-1117 He's in top 1% of all students taking the MCAT and got many offers from the top Medical school in the USA. I'm sure he will do just fine. I think he can do whatever he wants in medicine