Posted by ireason on June 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
1. Rankings don’t really matter unless you’re very serious about research 2. The need to apply earlier than I did (my AMCAS was submitted in August) 3. How expensive the application process would be (cost me close to $3G) 4. How time-consuming the process is (I could have taken an lighter course-load that semester) 5. … Read more
Category Applying to Medical school, Getting into medical school, Medical School · Tagged with allopathic, Applying to Medical school, Getting into medical school, humor, MD, med school, Medical School, medschool, osteopathic medicine, sacrifices, sleep, staying focused, stressed out, studying, Things I wish I knew...
Posted by ireason on June 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
When I was in college, I could never understand why I needed to know where to draw the little arrows and dots for the Baeyer-Villiger reaction mechanism in organic chemistry, or why I would ever need to know circuits or hydrostatic pressure from physics. After all, I wanted to practice medicine one day, and I … Read more
Category Coursework, Medical School, Undergrad courses · Tagged with Applying to Medical school, genetics, Getting into medical school, MD, med school, medschool, organic chemistry, osteopathic medicine, physics, pre-med courses, pre-med requirements, studying, tips for applying to med school, undergrad coursework
Posted by ireason on December 9, 2008 · 1 Comment
Organization, Repetition, and 3D-mental spatial views are important for studying Gross Anatomy. In addition, numerous useful study-tools are listed.
Posted by ireason on November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Chief Complaint: Your friend is stressed-out & sleep deprived. Upon further examination: So, you have a medical student friend who wants a study partner, and they approach you because they lack the motivation to study by themselves. You invite your friend to the library, and what happens? Your friend is laughing at some YouTube video, … Read more
Posted by ireason on November 11, 2008 · 1 Comment
Medical school requires tremendous sacrifice on the part of medical students, their family and friends. Here is a list of potential things that will either directly clash with your study-time, or nicely summarize life during medical school. This post is meant to be partly humorous, and partly true! (in no particular order) 1. Eating becomes … Read more
