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The Giant Med School Admissions FAQ
Over the past year and a bit, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the medical school admissions process. As you can imagine, a lot of students have the same questions. I figured it would make a lot more sense to just compile these common questions and my answers for everyone to see. Overtime, as [...]
No more glasses! My experience with laser eye surgery
NOTE: Just want to make it clear that I am in no way affiliated with anyone or any company that provides laser eye surgery. I am not endorsing it either. I am simply providing my own experience with it for those who are interested in reading it. If you are considering getting laser eye surgery [...]
Hey MedHopeful, how do you cram for exams?
I am still exhausted after my 3 hour med school exam yesterday morning which covered topics ranging from cancer to pregnancy. I’m exhausted not so much by the exam (it was only 3 hours after all), but mostly because of all the work leading up to the exam. For this exam, we covered 6 weeks [...]
5 Reasons Why a Med Student Should Have a Smart Phone
Blog Update
For over two years here at MedHopeful, we have shared information and advice on university admissions, scholarship applications, medical school admissions, success, personal development, and sometimes just random things about our lives. It has been a very enjoyable experience, and there are no plans to stop doing what we are doing. We hope you guys [...]
What Makes a Good Lecture?
I have been attending university lectures for almost four and a half years now, and while sitting through a lecture this morning, it hit me – why haven’t I written an article on what makes a good lecture? Sure, I have technically never lectured before. What the heck do I know? Well, as someone who [...]
The Importance of Prioritizing
For those of you who have followed this blog over the past few years, you might recall my 3rd year of undergrad when York went on strike for a few months. When the strike was over and school finally resumed at the beginning of 2009, we had to make up a lot of lost time, [...]
Hey everyone, please vote for SMARTS! Would love your support =)
In 2004, I started SMARTS – a for youth, by youth network within Youth Science Canada to help connect young Canadians in Gr. 7 to 12 with science and each other. We’re currently developing a brand new SMARTS social network and online community for youth, and we’re hoping to get funding from the Aviva Community [...]
Setting and Achieving Goals
It’s been almost a month since I last posted here – I guess that tells you how busy life has been for me. Between school, projects, initiatives, and my personal life, I haven’t had much time to just stop, think, and write. I have a lot of thoughts in my head, some of which I [...]
Chinese Newspaper Article & My Thoughts on Interviews
The day the Toronto Star article came out, I got contacted by a reporter with a Chinese newspaper that read that article and were interested in doing a follow up story. The article came out yesterday, which you can find here. It was more focused on myself compared to the Star article, and I thought [...]
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