High School
Video: Science Expo 2011 Talk
On Saturday, May 11, I delivered a keynote talk at Science Expo: a conference aimed at encouraging youth to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities. At first I had the talk recorded as a video, but I wasn’t happy with the quality of how it turned out, both in my speech and in [...]
Motivating people by making them invested
*Post 6 in the 30 Posts in 30 Days Challenge If you’re a business owner, it’s not hard to motivate people to do their work. In fact, they often do it no questions asked. Why? Well, if you’re being paid to do a job, and you need that job, you’re going to get your work [...]
The 30 Posts in 30 Days Challenge
It’s been almost exactly a month since I last posted – what’s going on? Fortunately, last week was March break for me, which means I can use this transition period back to school as a fresh start. I always keep saying I want to post more but have never really lived up to it. So [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Toronto Star Article on Scholarships
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by a good friend of mine and fellow TD Scholar Jasmeet Sidhu for a piece she was writing about scholarships. The article just came out, and I think she did a really good job. Check it out: ‘Super candidates’ cash in on huge scholarships My Comments: Based on [...]
What do I want out of my university education?
About a year and a half ago, I wrote an article on my thoughts about what to keep in mind when applying to university, using my personal experience as an example. In that article, I focused mostly on figuring out which university fits you best based on program, location, opportunities, etc. However, there is one [...]
Why You Should Job Shadow
The other day, someone asked me if I could write an article on shadowing. While I don’t have any real advice for finding mentors to shadow besides “just asking”, I remembered an article I wrote a few years ago about my experience shadowing a physician, and why I thought job shadowing as a whole is [...]
Why You Need to Think Critically about Advice and Who You Get it From
Sometimes I read advice online for medical school admissions from medical students that I think is fundamentally wrong. Of course this would seem counter-intuitive – how could someone be wrong about advice if they got in? Consider a game of rock, paper, scissors (yah yah, how many times have I used this example now?). Imagine [...]
Interview Advice: The Importance of Being Memorable and Telling Stories
I was once asked in an interview to talk about an accomplishment I was proud of. Prior to the interview, I had come up with a list of practice questions and what my general approach to them would be – the “accomplishment question” was one of them. I had planned on mentioning my TD Canada [...]
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