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March Break
We are on March Break now, and taking a very much deserved break. We took the time to make this video with our friend, Andrew Chin. Enjoy!
Feeling burned out? I used to be too.
Disclaimer: This is a humorous semi-humorous post. Please don’t use this post to judge my understanding of healthiness. I concur that I inappropriately make some unhealthy behaviours seem healthy. Two years ago, at one of my medical school interviews, I was asked, “How do you plan on dealing with burnout in medical school?” I remember [...]
A List of Med Student Awesome
Recently, I found myself waiting for someone at Mount Sinai Hospital. To my joy, there was a Chapters bookstore on the main floor (a bookstore in a hospital! How awesome is that?) So there I was, in all my frazzled med student glory, with my coat and backpack on, wearing sweatpants and Uggs, as I [...]
How To Get That A+ In Every Course
Shelly here. Hello medhopeful readers…! First of all, I apologize for not posting at all this summer. To make up for it, I promise to post regularly, starting now. School has started up again, and seeing the first year medical students in our building definitely makes me feel like an old school veteran. Next year [...]
Examples of Marked MCAT Essays
In case you weren’t familiar with the MCAT Writing Sample, here’s a quick rundown. You are required to write two essays, with 30 minutes each, and you are given a score from 1 – 6 on each. The possible total score of the two combined then makes 2 – 12, which is converted to a [...]
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How to study for the MCAT (and do well) – Part 1
On the first class of my MCAT prep course, the course instructor wrote on the board: “The MCAT exists to _________ me.” He then asked us to fill in the blank. There was silence at first, and then one student bravely said “to screw me”. Funny chaos ensued for a few minutes as others piped [...]
May to May – a year in the pursuit of happiness
Sometimes people ask me what my goals are in life, to which I answer, “To be happy.” I know it’s a cheap answer because it lets me avoid saying anything concrete and specific. The real truth is that I don’t know exactly what I want in life. I know I want to be happy, and [...]
First post and first impressions
Hello World! Since this is my first ever post, I figured that I’ll keep it light, telling you guys a bit more about myself (stuff that wasn’t already covered in About), along with a tangent, and some of my plans with MedHopeful. Being ‘serious’ Josh and I recently had a discussion about first impressions, and [...]
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