Applying to medical school has a lot of hidden costs that we don’t think about beforehand. These costs can add up and you’d be pretty surprised at the grand total in the end. Here, I wanted to share with you how much it ended up costing me in total after Read more…
Where Am I Today? Until recently I was living in Paris. I had moved to Paris in July 2019 to start working as a Startup Analyst at Hello Tomorrow, a startup itself that supports the development of “deep technologies”, cutting-edge tech applied in digital, quantum physics, biology, new materials, and Read more…
After taking the MCAT three times I finally learned how to study effectively (at least I think so). My past scores weren’t a reflection of my intelligence, but rather a direct correlation to the study plans I built, the discipline I maintained, and the hard work I put in every Read more…
Here’s the first “failure” I choose to share because I know the feeling most re-peat takers have. I am not good enough. I am not smart enough. I can’t believe I had to take it a second time, let alone a third time. I had to pay so much money Read more…
After applying to medical school twice, my application didn’t change much overall. One major change was my MCAT score, which improved by 7 points. The second major change was my AMCAS activities section. I added one new activity that became “Most Meaningful” and rearranged and deleted some other activities. Throughout Read more…
Gap Year 1: Fulbright So I started off my gap year with the Fulbright Program. I was an English Teaching Assistant at the Medical University of Warsaw. I’ll go into more detail about Fulbright in another post. Here, let’s focus on how I eventually got to medical school. During my Read more…
The Final Options Here I am. At the end of my senior year with three options. Number 1 – Go to medical school like everyone wants you to and like you are supposed to. Number 2 – Go teach English in France to middle school and high school students because Read more…
So we left off here – I took the MCAT twice. I did worse on my second MCAT. Once I received the score I felt extremely discouraged. I felt like I wasn’t good enough or smart enough. I was ashamed to tell my friends or family because I felt like Read more…
I used to be a traditional applicant to medical school until I wasn’t anymore. Let’s start from the beginning. Undergrad I went into undergrad completely undecided. I knew that I liked science, math, physics, problem-solving, psychology, medicine… But I really had no idea what major I wanted to pursue. I Read more…