Here I interview a new Ivy League pathology resident about how she got into medical school, why medicine, and more. We cover premed topics like how to get into med school, tips on doing well in med school, and tips on choosing electives, doing extracurricular activities, and performing well on interviews so you can match into a competitive residency program at a prestigious specialty training program.
TIMESTAMPS
00:34 Why did you want to become a doctor & why medicine?
02:08 How did you get into medical school - extracurriculars, major, etc? MCAT schedule
03:33 Did you do anything to make up for an MCAT score you weren’t happy with?
05:16 Summary of what you did to get into med school
07:05 How was it like to work at Theranos?
10:07 How did you do well + study in medical school for classes and the USMLE STEP exams (step 1 and 2) when mentors said you’d do bad based on your MCAT score? Favorite study resources?
13:50 What made you want to become a pathologist + how did you decide on a specialty?
17:00 How did you match into an Ivy League medical residency program? Tips for people who want to become future Ivy League trained doctors? + extracurriculars in med school that helped you match, research, etc
22:27 Who did you get letters of recommendation from and when? Where do you upload letters on ERAS (residency application) and how? How to get good letters of recommendation.
27:11 How to schedule away electives and sub internships in 4th year of med school (m4) to best match into residency? + VSAS / VSLO application tips
30:39 Personal statement tips
32:43 How was the medical residency interview process like? How did you schedule interviews, timeline, pre-interview dinner, interview day experience, accommodation, taking time off of rotations for interviews, how to do well on interviews (questions, etc), and more
42:24 Do you recommend preparing for residency or taking time off / relaxing for the rest of M4 / last year of med school after interviews and matching?
43:30 Did you send letters of interest or intent, or thank you notes to residency programs? Who did you send them to? Post interview communication
45:56 How to get into medical school- tips and general advice
47:26 How to do well in medical school
48:59 How do you develop good bedside manner and rapport with patients?
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