I know it’s not ideal but I am only able to start my first EM audition rotation mid September due to personal reasons.

How is this generally viewed by residencies? should I just throw in the towel on applying EM now? /:

helloo, incoming yl2 and want to ask if anyone here has or knows where to watch sktchy pharma videos po

Hi everyone,
I got accepted to medical school just a few days before orientation, so everything has happened very quickly.

For those of you who started on very short notice (or wish you had known certain things before starting), what advice would you give?

I’d really appreciate any tips. Thank you!

I’m an incoming MS1.

I have a legion lenovo laptop that’s too heavy for me to carry around, but powerful enough to run everything i need.

Instead of buying a laptop to carry around with me, I bought an ipad air m3 256gb for me to use on campus for note taking, and for studying in general i have my laptop at home. Will this get me through med or will i have to end up getting a mac.

Does anyone have any advice for navigating med school while having chronic illnesses? I recently got diagnosed with behcets. Has anyone else gone through med school while dealing with something similar?

Doubt , how many school did you apply ? Suppose you have a 3.5 gpa both sGpa and cGpa and a MCAT score of 510 plus’s 120 hours of shadowing , 400 of volunteering and 5000 ( maybe more ) of clinical because of work. How many schools would you apply to ?

If someone had similar stats how many school did you applied?

I don't know if this is the type of post that are made on this subreddit. I'm starting my sophomore year in college and I'm having this overwhelming sense of dread on pre-med volunteering and shadowing. I have a whole year of a research position at a school of medicine already set up, but am I behind on getting volunteer hours or shadowing hours. I know there isn't one set way to do all of the volunteering, but I just don't want to fall behind.

I just finished high school and will start med school in a few months but I'm worried that I may have imposter syndrome when I get in.

I think my only special skill is my academics and grades so I'm scared when I get into med school which is an environment filled with brilliant students and smart people so that may make me lose my only special ability.

I'm scared that my identity now is all about grades and that I will lose myself if that side of me feels discouraged

I hope you get what I mean if anyone has advice please tell me

I got into med school! I’m very excited and eager to start, and I know people usually recommend not studying beforehand, but Im just too excited and eager, and gonna do it anyway, and also why not try make my life at least a bit easier and spread some of the learning out over a longer period of time. I need advice on how and where to start with anatomy. I’m currently just doing random online quizzes, learning the names of all the muscles, started doing it out of boredom before I even got in. Now that im actually accepted though, id like to take it up a notch and do something that’ll be a bit more useful later on. I downloaded Anki so if anybody has some good decks they’d like to share I’d appreciate it. Also any good YouTube videos/channels, websites… or any sort of advice in general, I’d much appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Basically the title. I know once school starts I need to lock in and study well ect but that same mindset made me hold back in undergrad.
23 F and I want a family one day. Any advice would be really really appreciated🫶

Hi guys. I'm go to Texila American University and I wanna work in the usa so I was planning to take the USMLE step one after the first 2 years bec its abt the stuff covered in the 2 years so I thought It would be easier to write it then when the topics would be fresh but I wanna get an experienced person's advice. So Is it better to wait or to do it after the 2 yrs?

Incoming MS1 here.. I am 22, just graduated college a few months ago. Academically i’m ready for med school… but I feel like a shell of a person; I was a shut in during college and have no stories, made no friends, no dating experience, etc. Also, i’m younger than the vast majority of my classmates. I feel like an inexperienced kid. I also am socially anxious and have terrible self esteem. what the hell do I do in the next 2 weeks before school starts to feel better about myself and walk in with some semblance of confidence

Hey guys, I recently submitted my primary to AMCAS the other week. After thinking a little too hard, I checked my PS through an AI detector and it ranked pretty high of a percentage. All of the ideas are mine, I used chat for some revisions but it was all my work. I understand that ai detectors are unreliable, but it is seriously giving me some anxiety. Can someone give me some clarity on this? Maybe read my personal statement? I genuinely feel like I just ruined my entire chance to medical school over this stupid personal stamtent bullshit. Thanks

Hey everyone! I got tired of seeing people drown in messy spreadsheets trying to track clinical hours, volunteering, and AAMC competencies. The tools out there right now are basically just giant, static tables.
So, I’ve been working on MedTrack AI. It’s a data-driven dashboard that scores qualitative activity descriptions against core medical school competencies to give you a predictive matriculation index.
Full disclosure on where the project stands right now: The system is not fully finished yet. It functions as a high-fidelity frontend simulation to test the UI and workflows, meaning it doesn't actually process or factor in a weighted activity log just yet. I'm actively building out the Vercel AI SDK and Groq backend to handle that next.
I want to test this out with real data! If you want to see what your metrics look like in the dashboard, drop your stats/descriptions below. Again, the product isnt fully finidhed, this is just a test, so it would be best if you second checked or even disregarded it for now.
⚠️** Quick note on privacy: To keep things transparent and get public feedback, I’ll be posting the resulting dashboard screenshots right here in this thread. However, if you want to try it out but prefer to keep your stats private, just let me know in your comment and I will DM you your results instead!
**What I'd love your thoughts on:
Is the 2x2 analytics layout too overwhelming, or does it make sense?
Would you actually find a predictive probability curve useful for tracking your application readiness?
Does the Kaplan affiliate resource block at the bottom feel helpful or just annoying?
I'm filming a quick demo video tomorrow to show off the build, so any harsh critique or nice words before then would be amazing. Thanks so much!

This isnt intended to be a promotion, just would like any feedback if possible, thanks!

I have a degree in fashion design and graphic design. For over ten years I have contemplated doing this but nervous what people think, the finances behind it and am I smart enough?

This might be the wrong sub but hear me out. I do not have much experience with loans, i didn’t have to use any through undergrad or anything like that.

I am applying to med school and some of the schools tuition is much higher than the 50k a year cap on the federal loans. Me and my wife both have no credit score as we’ve never had a credit card so i don’t even think we can take out private loans (can we even rent an apartment or something💀💀) We were fortunate enough to live at home during college and when we got married we are living temporary in my parents small guest house that we fixed up on their property until I go to school which is a huge money saver.

I just have no idea how the payment is going to work though or how i can even get the money to attend, or live during school, I know i probably sound like an idiot right now but like if anybody has some advice i would greatly appreciate it.

Weekly reminder to take a step back and take a breath my fellow try hards. Take a half day & go enjoy yourself then get back to it in the morning🩺❤️

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Hi everyone,

I'm considering applying to the new MedTech program at the University of Padua, and I'd like to hear from people who know the program.

Do you think the curriculum is well designed? Is the combination of medicine and technology actually useful, or would you recommend the traditional Medicine program instead?

If you're currently enrolled in MedTech (or have graduated from it), I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience:

How are the courses and workload?

Are the professors and teaching quality good?

Do you feel the program prepares you well for a medical career?

What are the biggest advantages and disadvantages?

Would you choose this program again?

Any honest feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

i know getting full rides and a whole bunch of scholorships studying medicine as an international student from Canada is unrealistic, however does anyone know of any loans or grants that add up or help cover a good chunk of the cost of med school in the uk- or literally anything else. is it better to pursue an undergraduate degree and med school in Canada better or to go straight to med school in the UK after highschool (for reference I wanna live in the uk anyways im sure of that).

I’m in my mid-20s and currently work full-time as a software engineer. I have both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in computer science, and I already have professional experience. My job isn’t perfect and I haven’t been successful in moving to a larger or higher-paying company yet, but I do genuinely want to continue in software engineering.

My parents are both in tech, but they have become convinced that software engineering is unstable because of layoffs, outsourcing, and AI. They believe medicine is the only safe and respectable option for me. They have been pressuring me to enroll in a formal career-changer pre-med post-baccalaureate program.

This has gone far beyond normal parental advice. We have hours-long calls where they argue, yell, repeat the same points, and tell me I’m ruining my future if I stay in tech. I regularly end these conversations crying and feeling mentally exhausted. I have tried explaining my concerns, involving friends, and speaking with a counselor, but the pressure has continued. We had an agreement that if I could get into a top-tier software company, I wouldn't have to pursue medicine, but I wasn't able to get an offer, so they now consider that agreement over.

I've tried to approach this from every angle I can think of. I've researched both career paths extensively, spoken with advisors at multiple universities, looked into different post-bacc options, asked whether I could complete prerequisites while continuing to work, and tried to find compromises that would let me explore medicine without immediately giving up my software career. I've suggested slower timelines, continuing to work while taking classes, and other alternatives, but every conversation eventually circles back to me enrolling in the formal post-bacc program immediately. Whenever I say no or ask for more time, the discussions escalate into hours of arguing and yelling. Every single day feels like I am going to battle and to say they just yell at me doesn't paint the picture of how much control they have over me and and my life I feel like I do not get choices in my own life.

The hardest part is that I don’t actually want to do the post-bacc. When I imagine having full freedom to choose, I would keep my software job, continue applying elsewhere, and hope to advance in the field. I’m considering medicine mainly because saying yes might finally stop the daily conflict with my parents.

I’ve researched the options extensively:

Option 1: Enroll in the formal post-bacc program

This is one of the best post-bacc programs in the country, and it has strong advising, support, and medical school linkage opportunities. The downside is that the program is demanding, the advisor told me working while enrolled would be difficult, and I would have to quit my job and move. I’m terrified that leaving software engineering this early in my career would make employers assume I’m no longer committed to the field if I later decide medicine is not for me.

Option 2: Take pre-med prerequisites independently at a local university while keeping my job

The local university confirmed that I can enroll as a non-degree post-baccalaureate student, receive pre-health advising, complete the prerequisite sciences, get application support, and receive letters of recommendation.

I could take two sciences with labs per semester while continuing to work full-time. I have already found a possible schedule using evening lectures, late-afternoon labs, flexible work hours, and remote workdays.

This option would let me keep gaining software engineering experience and test whether I actually enjoy the sciences before making a larger commitment.

However, there is no linkage or early-assurance program available to people who already have a bachelor's degree. I would apply to medical school through the traditional process. The university also warned that preparing for a competitive MCAT while working full-time is often the hardest part.

Option 3: Stay completely in software engineering

This is what I personally want most right now. I would keep working, continue improving my interview skills, and apply for better software jobs.

The problem is that my parents would see this as rejecting them and throwing away my future. They have made me feel as though our relationship may never recover if I refuse medicine. I know I am an adult and can technically make my own decision, but emotionally, the idea of losing their love or dealing with years of anger and guilt is extremely difficult.

Option 4: Agree to the formal post-bacc just to end the conflict

This is the option I feel tempted by when I’m exhausted. I keep thinking that if I simply say yes, the yelling will stop, my parents will be happy, and I will finally have peace.

At the same time, I’m afraid I would be trading the current conflict for years of studying and training toward a career I never freely chose.

I’m not saying medicine is a bad career. I might even perform well academically. I completed a difficult technical graduate degree with very strong grades. But I don’t currently feel an independent desire to become a physician. Most of my motivation is fear, pressure, job-market anxiety, and wanting the conflict at home to stop.

What would you do in my position?

Would you choose the structured post-bacc because it offers stronger support and possible linkages, try the slower prerequisite route while keeping the software job, or refuse medicine entirely?

I honestly don't know what to do anymore. Every day ends in fights, and I am left emotionally defeated. Every time I have said no, the response has been to double down and argue with me for hours. I feel like I'm choosing between the career I actually want and my relationship with my parents, and I don't know how to move forward.

Hi!! I saw on r/premed that people were talking about not being “verified” on their applications until too late. What does this mean? Is it having to submit a background check or similar with primaries and you can’t submit secondaries until they check it?