Since you asked!!! :D Haven't really done one of these yet, so i figured it was time. Answered a bunch of questions--life, past, relationships, dating, academic advice, finances, etc. Hope you enjoy! If i didn't answer your question, feel free to leave it down below and I'd be more than happy to answer (i love talking with you in the comments hehe). Also follow me on Instagram (that's where the questions came from)! instagram.com/rachelsouthard Love you all super duper much.

Did anyone else’s jaw drop when Rachel said she was engaged pre med school 😱😱 omg. Love u Rachel you deserve the world!!!

We want videos of your life outside of medicine! 😊

So excited for this one, can’t wait! ❤️

I’m so excited for you and proud of you, I can’t wait to see how excited and proud you are of yourself when you do amazing on them boards! ❤️🦋

We’re very proud of you! I know my aunt Anna and uncle Ray are thrilled!

I really love how transparent you are here on YT, and omg you answered my question :) really thankful that I'm a part of your herd :) You're the best motivator one can ever get :) hope you achieve all what you want...love always

ILY Rachel! So lovely and inspiring as always to hear you talk about what you’re passionate about and this was such a nice format like talking to a friend☺️ 💕 BEST OF LUCK on boards you got this!🥳

rachel thank you for just being you! I hope you take care and continue making these videos because I enjoy them very much!! ♥

I’m a student teacher from Australia and while I’m not studying for med school I love your videos so much. Such an inspiration to me to keep going ❤️

This was such a fun video! I loved getting to know you more :) I would definitely be interested in seeing content on your activities outside of medicine!

a wholesome video, thanks Rachel!

you have changed my life so much for the berter. and you are going to be an amazing doctor to all the mamas and the babies!! ❤️

Rach, you’ve been the ultimate inspiration of mine for the longest time. I love your journey! I can’t wait to start mine:)

These videos make my day! Congratulations future Dr. Southard! I’ve been watching you since your second (?-idk time is a blur 😅) year!!! You’re so fantastic! Can’t wait to be a fellow OBGYN with you!!!

It’s so crazy to think that’s I’ve been watching since the beginning and how you’re almost done with med school. I started when I was in high school and I’m now going into my 2nd year of college, plan on going to med school as well, and that’s so crazy to think about. So proud to see how far you’ve come and I can’t wait to continue to watch you grow and prosper with everything

You will do wonderful on your boards!! 🥰 I just completed my PA board exam last week! I’ve been watching your channel since the beginning and it’s been wonderful to see your growth and learn medicine with you ☺️

You're my comfort person, every time i feel demotivated, i turn on your videos and you just make me so motivated and comfortable. Thank you for making videos! Much love ❤️

I love you so much Rachel. I started watching your amazing channel during quarantine and I do not regret it at all. I am a student in 7th grade that always wanted to be a doctor because of my own medical issues. You're such a great role model and I have no idea how your able to balance KZfaq and med school... Wow! Keep thriving and I inspire to be like you someday

About the first question, it's so interesting that you thought about yourself that way, because I also viewed myself that way (actually still working on overcoming it). I'd never guess we have that in common, since the way you come across to me is as someone really smart and successful.

I can’t wait 🥲 Rachel is the most beautiful person in the world 🥺 I have been watching your videos since you started your channel

LOVED THIS ! 🥰

I loved the Q&A idea! It’s awesome how your channel is growing Rachel and I’m so glad I’m a member of the herd family❤️❤️Best of luck on your last boards of med school woooh!

Every time I'm having a hard time and want to give up my first year, I come to your videos and you remind me why I'm doing what I'm doing. Thank you.

Fellow Bay Area and Mexican subscriber 🥰. Thank you so much for sharing a bit more about yourself!

thank youu Rachel I really needed that right now

When you were describing ur self at the beginning it was spot on to how I grew up and feel now. Going to start college in a month for nursing and I hope I can feel more confident in myself and my abilities thank you for sharing that it made me realize that I can do it no matter how hard it was going to be❤️

“They’re my lifeline & they’ll throw me a life vest if I feel like I’m drowning” that hit the spot 🥺 idk why it took so long for me to hear that saying but I loved it so much

YES....This will be fun to hear The Envelopes opened and those famous words spoken..."And, The Answers Is....." to all of your Fan's Questions....mine included! Thank you Rachel for keeping it all real and including us fans too....even when it's not going too good for you! It means a ton that you trust us enough to share even when the usual smiles are upside down and a few tears are in the way of reading the love in the comment section! Love my Ride in here....I buckle up and lean into the wind and Smile with you! Cheers From Ohio KEEP STRUTTING TOO

3rd year here, been watching since the beginning and wow it is just so dang impressive to see how much you’ve grown. Thank you for sharing, wishing you the best with your path toward purpose:)

Recently joined the herd..you are a nice human being so I am happy to be here.. Ur editing skills are an inspiration to up my editing game for my channel. :) Keep shining :D

I love the advice about test anxiety!! I'm going to do this from now on :')

Awh. I’m half Mexican and Puerto Rican. That’s so cool 🥰. I love seeing different cultures!

Yaaaas!!! A qna...finally!!!!

ive been watching your videos since you first got into medical school!!!! it's so cool to watch you grow through these years. you're such an inspiration girl

Thank you for sharing and embracing your mixed identity!! I have met some people who are ashamed or hide their "non-white" cultural/ethnic/national identity and it makes me so sad. I'm glad that you embrace and are proud to share your Mexican identity!!! 😍🙌🏾👏🏾

Love you Rachel!!

Awesome vid - thanks as always Rachel!! Good luck to all my fellow students out here!!

the cutest and best dr

OMG I love your videos, Rachel! i cant belive that you're already a 4th year med student! it seems like yesterday when u just started first year med school! keep pushing forward you're doing great!💛

Girllll we are very interested in your life outside of medicine ❤️❤️

Thank you for posting the video! I know it was a brief segment of this video but thank you for disclosing breaking off your engagement as a snip bit into your personal life! I think as we age some people may feel "stuck" (for lack of a better term) and your ex-fiance is probably a wonderful person, but just wasn't your forever person and that's okay! I hope we can start normalizing that there is no "perfect" age to find your person and settle down and when it happens it happens. You also have so many accolades that you are achieving and striving for that it is NORMAL to be single or dating or married or dating yourself at any age and we all have different journeys and life stories.

Omg I'm so happy for you!! Congrats for being promoted to fourth yr. You're almost there, Doc!! I just got promoted to third yr too. Always looking forward to your vlogs!! I feel even more connected to you now that you shared you're half Mexican (since I'm Filipina and I feel like we may have a lot of similarities in our cultures). Sending happy thoughts from the Philippines!! Keep inspiring, Rachel

I’m like in the same part in my life we’re I feel alone and starting to apply myself thank you for being so honest love!!

we love your videos because we love watching *you go through med school! Would love to see other aspects of your life if you want to share that with us too :)

I relate to you so much! Your channel is so encouraging to me academically ! 💞 I always sing along to that song you often play at the end of your videos ^^^ iykyk 😌

I’d love a video on how you grew to be more confident and secure with who you are + a video on lessons you acquired from your past relationships / romantic experiences. ❤️ p.s. your take on not needing a partner to start a family and not willing to waste your time on someone you don’t see a future with was so refreshing!! Thank you for that!!!(:

time flies like crazy!!! I remember watching your first day of medical school video in highschool ommmgg!😭😭😭😭

I needed a break reviewing my NBME exam (#IFYKYK) and this is exactly what I needed to keep going!! Thank you for all your videos - honesty, pureness, and just straight up bad-ass-ness!!

Been here since your first year, and I was a freshman in college and now you’re basically a fourth year (!!!) and I’m applying to med school this summer!! All the best to you Rachel

Rachel inspires me so much because I can relate to her a lot. 🙂

Not me getting emotional you talking about how much you love medicine and it getting you through studying I’m in med school and it helps so much🥺

I remember watching some of your old vlogs like 👀 is that a ringg?! also your videos are so fun to watch, even the most mundane of tasks like cleaning are interesting so I’d watch anything tbh 😂

❤❤ Rachel is such an awesome, genuine, admirable, kind, and beautiful person ! Always a motivation... I'm grateful for her sharing her journey and helping myself along with everyone else ! She's also helped me appreciate the type of qualities I want in my future signif other..

Im so proud of you, i have watched your videos since you started med school, i know you will be a great obgyn. I myself am in between derm o anesthesiologist. On monday i become an intern 😁 un excited to see your vlogs and compare the experience from a mexican vs american hospital

I've been watching you since HS and I'm gonna start my 2nd year of college and you have been such an inspiration to me especially now finding out that you're Mexican! I always thought you were Hispanic but wasn't sure bc of your last name lol ❤ 🇲🇽

Same here as a younger me. I agree with what you said when giving advice to younger self!!!!!

Would love to see videos about life outside of med school! It would be great to see that it’s possible to have both a social life and still excel like you have!

Victor Frankel wrote that quote in "Man's Search for Meaning." This book was based on his experience in a Nazi concentration camp. He wrote the book based on those who survived the camp. The stimulus-response quote is examined in "Seven Habits of Effective People," which is required reading for most 1st year MBA students.

Heeyy, I'm half Mexican too and people don't believe me either! You are who you are based on both halves and no one can change that by saying you're white. Everyone is beautiful but an air of ambiguous ethnicity is like being a mystery flavor sour patch kid - my favorite btw!

Thank you, Rachel, for your authenticity. I am doing a public health internship at the CDC and am feeling somewhat overwhelmed because now I'm considering a MD/MPH (never thought of until 2 weeks ago lol)

I knew it!! I always wondered if you were part Latin-American. 😊 I am half-Mexican too. And you definitely have the vibes that you can blend in as white but also fit right in the Mexican community too. It can be a tough line to straddle. I don’t know about you but I feel not white enough AND not Mexican enough all the time.

Love you so so much 💗, you are giving me much motivation with your vlogs, Third year med student from Afghanistan...

heyy💕 I’m a premed student from India, and I just want to tell you that I absolutely love your channel and look up to you so much

We (Or just me?) are interested in your life outside of med school! ❤️❤️

i’m on the edge of my seat. i love you

I have been part of the herd for over two years. I can relate to you, I am Mexican and most people tell me well you don’t look like one. But I grew up in a Mexican household speaking Spanish only when I grew up until I started going to school. I would like to see vlogs that are not just about medicine. I am libra too. I enjoy watching your videos and you inspire me. It nice getting to know more about you.

Hey Rachel! I’m a little late to this vid but I absolutely loved this Q&A style video! I’m bummed I missed the chance to submit some questions but would love to see another Q&A from you sometime in the future w/ more diverse questions!

I love your videos so much. I'm a law student, and I don't know why I am drawn to your and Nassar's videos, but I love them so much. Maybe it's because we both suffer in different ways haha! You are incredible!

Nearly a 4th year med student! Omg! I am studying a lot for the MCAT right now and it is definitely rough but I am pacing myself so I do not get burnt out as so many pre-meds I know do. I don't feel like I have a super strong support system and often resort to talking to other students. Do you ever talk to other med students about their struggles? I see so many current doctors posting on sites like reddit that medicine is just a job for them, which is really disappointing to me as someone who is really passionate about a lot of things within the medical field as well as public health. I cannot fathom how some people can make it through med school and residency without a passion for medicine. I always love watching your videos and seeing how passionate you are about medicine; it is truly refreshing. My birthday is October 12th and I am also a fellow libra! :) You kind of mentioned this in this video, but how do you support or comfort patients that have little to no support system with them in inpatient and outpatient care whether it be during labor and delivery or pre and post op? I was by myself in the ER and pre and post op back in march for an emergency lap appy and did really well without family there but I'm sure that a lot of people would not be as comfortable.

Wow thanks for sharing your previous relationship experiences Rachel! I know it’s not an easy thing to talk about. I started my obgyn clerkship in an REI clinic and it’s crazy how far reproductive technology has come!

I like the motivation

You are going to be a great OB/gyn!!!

Lots of love from Brazil ❤️❤️❤️

Honestly no pressure but I think viewers would enjoy seeing your life outside of medicine. At least the parts you feel comfortable sharing! It could make for a fun vlog

Woohoooo Oct 14 babiessss!!!

Th advice to your younger self nearly made me cry. Exactly how I was when I was younger

aaaa birthday twinsiesss

IM CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR MY MEDICAL ENTRANCE EXAM !! ITS SOOOO HARD 😭 BUT WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS KEEPS ME 🥰MOTIVATED

loved this video 🥺😭❤️probably one of my favorites ever!! one question though, do you have any advice on moving for med school? i’m a commuter pre med (i think you too?) and i’m just very anxious about moving away for the first time 🥲

Just wanted to say you are a beautiful person ☺️

Please say it louder if you are not passionate please don’t go into medicine!! If you have great numbers but don’t love medicine do something else so people that do want to help others can. Thank for sharing, I enjoyed and missed your Q&As. Also, do share your life outside medicine we love to see it.

HI RACHEL, YOU'RE AMAZING AND I LOVE YOU AND YOUR CONTENT!!! Also I knew you were Hispanic, I could sense it!!! Te quiero 💕

I'm SO INTERESTED IN YOUR LIFE OUTSIDE OF MEDICINE 😍

Also, I wanna see non-med school stuff!!! I vote yes!!!

If I was gonna be a doctor I would definitely choose to be an internal medicine doctor. Tou get to see a little but of everything. I would love the variety, everyday being 100% different than the previous day.

I would love to see your life outside of medical school. I'm really scared of not being able to balance med school and my personal life

YOUR SKIN IS FLAWLESS

Rachel!! I did not know you were engaged pre-med!!? I've been following you since you got accepted to medical school!!!! Wow! Thank you for sharing more about your life, it's appreciated.

omg you’re also a Libra and October baby!!! No wonder we have so much in common haha ❤

I totally relate with not being able to build a solid network of friends in the first 2 years of med school. Mostly b/c of COVID :(

Irish !! I went to Ireland !!

Hey, have you listened to the podcast Australian Birth Stories? I don't really listen to it and only know about it because my cousin was on it. I feel like it's something you would really enjoy listening to. I loved listening to my cousins episode. It was so insightful.

Hey Rachel, I love your videos! That‘s soo cool, that you‘re half mexican!😍 so do you speak spanish then?🥰

For next Q and A: 1) Who is your biggest male and/or female celeb crush? 2) Which main character from gray's anatomy would you least want operating on you?

I’m a labor RN. Been here since med school year 1 I think. I work for a hospital affiliated with a school of medicine. I was just thinking it would be wild if you matched residency where I work! 😊

We are interested in all aspects your life

Never thought that you would be half-Mexican! Just watched one of your older vlogs now! You definitely look like your dad and hence look more Irish I guess!

IF YOU DONT HAVE A PASSION FOR MEDICINE DONT GO INTO MEDICINE!!! This trickles down to not only doctors but all the way through healthcare to CNAs. If you do not care about the people you’re taking care of, leave the field!!

in the building waiting from barbados 😎😎😎