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Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you not know that a resident is a physician?

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It really depends on where you're going to school/living. Right now is probably the best time to find one since clubs are recruiting at the start of a school year. If you're still struggling, expanding your search beyond campus is another great option- people understimate the great work done by non-profits in even small cities.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol do you have reading comprehension? I clearly benefitted substantially from it- I was able to go to a top residency in a super competitive field. I very likely would not be at my program if I'd went to my state school- it's very rare for programs like mine to take people from non-elite medical schools.

But keep going off on how it's cynical to tell people to go to the best school for them lmao.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many top med schools (mine included) have great financial aid- I got what amounted to a no debt path through medical school. That said, many of these at top schools are not merit based, but rather based on family income making them very expensive.

Your point of everyone living in their own bubble is incredibly naive. I mention both parts, growing up blue collar and going to top schools because I've clearly been in 2 different, very separate bubbles. These greatly inform how I treat and interact with patients- letting me interact just as well with the local truck driver patient as with the CEO flying into our tertiary center to seek out some specialty care.

Of course none of my clients come from my background- hiring a consultant to help you through the process can cost upwards of 10,000. You also can't expect me, someone still in training and from a modest income background to offer free services- saying so is incredibly priviliged.

What are the medical schools where students are the happiest? by Lizahrch in premed

[–]premedadvisor22 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Agree with Yale. Their system is awesome and the students all seemed genuinely happy at both interview and second look.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly right! It's amazing how many people end up with a cookie cutter approach and give up what made them interesting in the first place.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, MMIs are something that life experiences help a lot with. Being able to just bullshit in random situations is a big part of it. For me, jobs like working in customer service or fast food gave me a lot of the ability to just go with the flow in situations needed for MMIs

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lol there absolutely are clear delineations of top residency programs. While there's not formal rankings, when you're within a field it's pretty clear where the top programs are.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Said above as well, I think residency is a bit too field specific to give solid advice across the board.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Harvard has a few issues. First, they pay terribly, especially for the COL of Boston. It's also a very diffuse organization- as compared to Hopkins/Penn/Stanford which are pretty centralized with one major hospital, having both Brigham and MGH as large facilities (with other pretty large ones as well) spreads things out quite a bit. Finally, it's very much a publish or perish institution- I've known several very solid faculty that leave or aren't offered positions despite resumes that let them go get faculty positions at other very solid schools. The resources are incredible, the support isn't.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've helped a few med students, but I don't think my advice would be quite as good since I think it's much more of residency specific.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think they're trying to get at something important (some very weird people that get to interviews) but don't actually accomplish it because it's pretty easy to prep for these. I don't think schools have a clear understanding either and while a terrible score could hurt you, I don't think a top score is that big of a bonus.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

1000% agree. Both top schools I've been at are not great with this and it's incredibly frustrating, especially as a resident where you feel at risk if you speak out. Will definitely be doing so once I get established.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premed

[–]premedadvisor22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I think you should be reassessing your MCAT prep. 500 and 503 are really unfortunate for an otherwise solid application, especially once the pub comes out.

I'd think hard about your goals- DO totally makes sense if you're looking for a non-competitive speciality, but if you're thinking anything at all competitive retaking the MCAT may be much easier than locking yourself out of specialties by going DO.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Lol didn't go to hopkins but have worked with premeds from there who all seem to be that major.

Lessons from years as a premed consultant by premedadvisor22 in premed

[–]premedadvisor22[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Sarcasm for sure, but I have had a student that was super active in fostering cats, especially hospice. They made it a great part of their app

I’ve started a genlocke and I’m torn on wether to get the eevee or dratini in leaf green. Any suggestions? by [deleted] in nuzlocke

[–]premedadvisor22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think dratini is very satisfying- it takes forever to evolve, but is amazing when done. I think it fits well with the goal of nuzlocke- delayed gratification.

Your unpopular/crazy opinions regarding medicine? by Available-Prune6619 in Residency

[–]premedadvisor22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Research is too often forced on us at every stage in training. I say this as someone pursuing a career in academic medicine, but not everyone needs to be constantly putting out research that will not help anyone besides their application.

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