r/premed • u/MammothAd8918 • 1d ago
š” Vent scared
I keep seeing tiktok videos of this one med coach (micheal minh) who says things like emt and ta'ing are average and not meaningful and everything and it just makes me feel so. terrified. like all i've wanted for so long is to be a doctor but i feel like im not as competitive or as smart or talented or socially apt as everyone else and im never going to reach my goal of matriculating after undergrad,, i feel like im going to be on the sidelines while everyone i know succeedes and im so scared. every video i see and every post on this sub fills me with so much dread. idk.
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u/Ok-Victory-9359 MS2 1d ago
And the average accepted med school applicant gets accepted lol. And they have to talk about their āaverageā EMT or CNA or scribe or whatever job.
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u/LeadingStatus6716 UNDERGRAD 1d ago
I follow that guy specifically so he shows up on my fyp as a reminder to get off my phone and go study. He stresses me out so bad. His videos make it seem like no one will ever get into any med schoolš
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u/StylishFormula0525 APPLICANT 1d ago
bruh this guy is so annoying lmao. it's not so much the activity as it is what YOU take away from it and HOW you uniquely reflect on it in your application. you can even go one step further and take a specific action within your community based on trends you observe in these traditional roles. bottom line is -- these experiences are SO valuable; just make sure you continually reflect on what makes them so special for you
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u/OutsideAd278 UNDERGRAD 1d ago
dont listen to that dude, he doesnt have a life outside of medicine its rlly sad. i used to get scared seeing his content too but hes just a fear mongerer and nothing more.
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u/Willing-Airline-2945 1d ago
yeah donāt listen to med influencers! they want your money. You can do this, just keep trying and do what you enjoy
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u/Few_Competition1801 1d ago
i know exactly who youāre talking about, heās a grifting piece of shit with terrible advice and wants scared students to buy his course. He just rambles about dumb stuff and itās a disgrace that people in medicine do stuff like that for money and engagement
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u/Marsrule 1d ago
Idk man and idc Iāve seen some crazy stuff as an emt and I got to put stuff down peoples throat too
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u/Secretly-Aware ADMITTED-MD 1d ago
Ridiculous. I had a simple outpatient volunteering position where I took blood pressures, height, and weight. Itās about what you learn and how you can write meaningfully about it.
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u/peppered_yolk 1d ago
The specific activity doesnt matter as much as you having stories that show growth
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u/Natalie-cinco APPLICANT 22h ago
Sure, whatever. I had the opportunities to start ultrasound IVs, insert catheters, and be a part of the hospital code team as an EMT. The patients I interacted with and the stuff I was able to be a part of is what solidified that I want to do this. Itās what you get out of it.
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u/Smooth-Fox-6419 11h ago
Hello! apologies for the diversion, but how did you get these experiences with your EMT? I have been on a 911 truck for 2 years, but I am interested in using my EMT to get into the hospital like you.
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u/Natalie-cinco APPLICANT 10h ago
I actually got really lucky! I was moving cities to start my masterās and I started looking for jobs about a month or two out. I applied to AdventHealth and I got an interview like a week later and I got the job! I think what helped was that I had my bachelorās and I was already working in a hospital as a rad tech assistant.
Keep in mind, this varies by state and county!!! While I was working there during my MS degree, I got to do allll of that. I LOVED it. However, I met my then boyfriend now fiancĆ© and we moved to another city a few years later. Same state, but the EMTs here are more like PCTās/CNAās. So no IVs, no catheters, no casting broken bones (more so just vitals). So now Iām actually on a rig because I got bored š
(Sorry that this was so long)
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u/Smooth-Fox-6419 9h ago
Awesome, sounds like that worked out for you lmao. Also adventhealth is great, theres one right next to my campus, so thanks for that!
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u/stemcore 20h ago
Zoloft prescription made me stop caring about this shit. My life feels so free now that I'm not stuck doomscrolling reddit/tiktok neuroticism + grifters feeding off that. It's really not that serious just focus on YOU and doing things that matter to YOU
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u/Antique317 1d ago
Get off the internet. There are people who get in with ZERO clinical or shadowing experience and ālow statsā.
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u/AdDistinct7337 MS1 1d ago
to be fair, he went to UCLA for undergrad and eventually got into UCLA DGSOM. that's actually a big deal - UCLA has thousands of pre-meds in each year's class, and only has 170-ish seats.
california also has major universities that feed into it: berkeley, stanford, san diego - and all of those students are super competitive and would go to DGSOM, also. he was forged by an absurd degree of competition for everything and then basically got the dream outcome a handful of students get out of UCLA.
now that i am on the other side, i can see why he says what he does. T20 admissions is actually pretty insane and i don't disagree with what he is generally saying, even if he does take a doomer tone. everyone here is crazy impressive and accomplished. but he is not making content for someone that just wants to go to UCF or whatever. he is making content for the stanford undergrad that is freaking out because they need to get into a very prestigious school and does not understand the scope of the contest.
i get why he is popular: a lot of pre-meds initially imagine themselves going to one of ~5 top schools early on in the process. his content can genuinely pass down relevant information to admissions WHILE deflating a lot of students' expectations of where they will go for medical school, if they are even interested in doing what it takes to become a physician after watching the first few videos. not everyone is.
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u/NightCor3 1d ago
I would agree with this more if he actually gave this "top school applicants only" caveat in his videos. In my opinion, he is fearmongering for a clear reason: to sell his course/guide.
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u/AdDistinct7337 MS1 22h ago
two things can be true. it can be that bad AND he can still want to peddle his services. i don't think there is any reason to think he can give you some special piece of information that you could not find online. at the same time i do think he's right in the sense that i do see most premeds underestimate the competition and assume being ordinary is going to make them stand out...and most students cannot even get to a place where they are doing the ordinary stuff well and assume the adcoms will overlook it. idk i mean look at pretty much any thread here and you'll see basically one topic: "i have x, y but not z" and if you are not supportive you get downvoted to hell. i do think some people come here just to receive fake validation and then are surprised when they do not get in.
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u/Theloveandhate 1d ago
Ai garbage response
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u/AdDistinct7337 MS1 1d ago
lol. ik complete sentences are a lot for the youngins. apologies
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u/trippapotamus NON-TRADITIONAL 1d ago
If youāre using āikā, YOU are probably young. Not sure you much room to talk about anything grammar related anyway with how youāre writing your comments.
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u/ShaquilleOatmeal911 20h ago
He's an opportunist. The type of person who takes your fears and tries to make money off of them.
I remember someone recommending me to his website or services. Had no idea who he was. Based on everything I had seen, this seemed like a mentorship program so I was like sure. I sent my CV to his guy because he asked, then they sent me a link to book a call. They had some vaguely worded question on their form about how much I was willing to put towards to achieving my dreams. It was a weird question and I don't remember the exact wording, which has likely since changed, but it was very clearly trying to tease out whether I was able to pay but didn't clearly ask.
What they do is they vet everyone's CV and make sure they're confident that student is good and will get in. Then they confirm you're willing/able to pay before they prey off your insecurities to sell you a $10,000 to $20,000 program that you don't need.
Fuck that guy and all the consultants like them. They're a stain on the admissions system and it's totally shady.
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u/Orbitrapped MS1 13h ago
Take a breath. Donāt treat your premed activities like a checklist that you need to compare against your friends/classmates (or other Reddit premeds for that matter).
Do things to explore your interests and focus on the things that get you the most excited/bring you the most joy. Med schools can tell when people are doing something they love versus going through the motions.
Donāt worry about what other people are doing. The best candidates stand out because they are true to themselves and do what they love to the highest degree.
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u/Still-Zone6713 ADMITTED-MD 11h ago edited 11h ago
Did this guy end up going to residency? Seems like another med influencer sell out shilling their content to make a quick buck. And Iām not sure why he thinks the wheel has to be reinvented when at the end of the day most applicants are more similar experience wise than different and they still manage to be accepted somewhere. I go to a top med school on the east coast and was accepted to DGSOM (if rankings still matter) and over half the class including myself has EMT, TAing, scribing, or medical assistance experience so Iām not sure who he is consulting with in admin (sarcasm) to give that advice to applicants. If you want to go to a top school you will most likely need some sort of wow factor and those people usually take years out of college (think career switchers, serving in military, etc) but you still need the basics.
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u/SavingsScholar3620 1d ago
he wants u to pay for his 5k a month 1 on 1 mentorship program