Key Learning Points Surrounding yourself with people who already have a solid background in personal finance and can teach you or inspire you to learn more about your own financial literacy Be smart with your money and don’t carry a whole lot of loan money besides your tuition! If you Read more…
As a medical student, I feel oftentimes like student loans will one day control my life. As someone who has no background in personal finance, I’ve tried to find ways to expedite my learning and start getting on the right track to financial wellness day by day, taking it one Read more…
Key Learning Points Stress related to finances can lead to burnout The earlier you start learning in your training the better Don’t postpone learning out of the fear of the unknown or the fear of starting! Having a financial plan is a great place to start Having a high salary Read more…
7 Questions to ask yourself before making a decision These are some of the things to reflect on before making a decision whether you are getting ready to apply to medical school and you are building your list, or you have already been accepted to multiple places and are trying Read more…
Medical school tuition and living expenses are extremely high nowadays! Here’s a list of ten scholarships that you can apply to this year. Whether small or large, any amount of award is better than no award. I hope this inspires you to go on your own search for scholarships and 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 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…