8 Med School Red Flags | Do THIS & You Won’t Get In
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- Here are 8 medical school red flags to avoid at all costs. Crafting an application that stands out is essential, but it must stand out for the right reasons. Med school admissions committees are on the lookout for the following common oversights and mistakes because they make their difficult job easier.
You’re applying alongside thousands of other applicants when you apply to med school, and many of them are just as or more qualified than you. How do you stand out without raising any red flags for admissions committees?
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Downward Trending Metrics
01:19 A Checkbox Mentality
02:51 Not Following Adcom Instructions
03:34 Generic or Bland Letters of Recommendation
04:49 Boring Personal Statements
05:59 Short-Lived Work and Activities
07:33 Exaggerating Hours and Accomplishments
08:17 Typos and Grammatical Errors
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What questions do you have about the US medical school application process?
What is the difference in a DO and MD? Can they work the same specialties? Is there a bias? Who are hospitals more likely to hire?
Do Med Schools care about the "rigor" of classes. Example: Physics is typically required for at least a semester/year Is it okay if I take a basic physics class that I will most likely get an "A" in or should I take a very challenging class where I might end up with a "B" with a slim chance of an "A"?
@@percyjackfrost1636 Check out our guide that explains all of the differences between MD and DO - medschoolinsiders.com/pre-med/md-vs-do/
@bhavsalhi529 Get the A.
1. Downward performing metrics
2. Checkbox Mentality
3. Not following adcom instructions
4. Generic letters of recommendation
5. Boring personal statements
6. Short Lived Works and activities
7. Exaggerating hours and achievements
8. Typos and grammatical errors
I just got accepted into medical school this cycle. I vividly remember watching videos similar to this one early during my undergrad and feeling intense anxiety about if the things I was doing was good enough. Now I know that it was :). Thank you for making this content for the entirety of my pre-med years!!
Remember kids, medical schools in Europe only take an entrance exam and cheap tuition fee, no need for a student loan that will cripple your financials for good
Ikr, mine was free with entrance being your 12th grade exams, I'm watching these videos and thinking that if I were in the USA I wouldn't even consider going to med school 😅 too much unnecessary stress, and can't imagine having to pretend I'm someone that I'm not just for those personal statements and checklist experiences that they need you to have 🤷♀️
Yeah but they'll need to take language class months before moving there since some countries like Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France, and others require a certificate of proficiency on their country's language. Only Malta, Cyprus, Ireland, and UK conducts their program in English. UK and Ireland are strict in GPA before admission.
@@kutchajoda-gulabbangawiths5188 actually a lot of Eastern European countries have programmes delivered in English. Eg before I got accepted to med school back home in the
UK I applied to med schools in Czech as a back up, the only caveat being during the first 3 preclinical you are expected to take language modules to learn the language so if you aren’t good at picking up languages quickly it can affect your progression into the clinal years.
This is just silly. You cannot expect to have "glowing" letters of recommendations from all your professors. In some universities, the class sizes are very large and therefore not conducive to you getting to know a professor well. I don't buy this idea that a mid letter of rec will significantly hurt you. Sure if it's a negative one, but I'm sure most LoRs that people submit are going to be generic/average.
That’s why you get to know your professors! Why get a recommendation letter from someone who doesn’t know you?
Ty for the information! :D
This is teally helpful especially the checkbox mentality
Getting into medschool in Mexico is way easier, you just take a really difficult test and have to get better grades than most and you get in
This is the case in Europe as well
same in India
Can you talk about post-bacc programs Vs special masters program SMP? I will really be thankful. I'm international student who studied undergraduate in my country outside of US, and I'm really confused and overwhelmed by the whole process. US medical schools asking to be gained the bachelorse degree in US or Canada, if you didn't, they require you to study atleast for a year or two in US or Canada (most schools who I checked asked for two years). So, after a plenty of searching I found the post-bacc and special masters programs, but I couldn't decide what's the best for me. "put in mind that SMP reqires to take the MCAT test before, post-bacc don't"
What if I went down but then picked myself up? I have an upward trend
Second😊🎉😂 thanks for telling us this
Its really useful
Can you plz creat a video for path to getting into medical school after finishing IB diploma
Sounds more like a hobby club for people from wealthy families to feel important. Like if just that many people want to become doctors, understandable. But, all this to simply say "I like people not having to go through pain with no hope alone", seems very excessive.
I have 3.73 cumulaative gpa, but a 3.3 science gpa. do i need to do a post-bacc or smp?
Just commenting for the algorithm 💜💙
All these are making me more nervous
You thought you would sneak Derek Shepherd in Sloan grey hospital and we won’t notice 😂
MOST IMPORTANTLY: say all the right fashionable Shibboleths and buzzwords to get past the latter day Bolsheviks who make up Adcoms
This.
I’m gonna need a list of buzzwords from you
He also forgot to add, don’t be poor
i caught the greys anatomy reference! :)
Make one for Match/residency please
You won't have to wait long! 😉
MS2 now. Looking back, oh boy is the admissions process super flawed. Let’s be honest: the med school admissions process is a crapshoot. Btw, I’m gonna make a controversial statement: for me, med school is easier than undergrad. Just sayin’
wait, how is it easier for you?
@@childlikewoes12 disclaimer: I go to a P/F program. But no multi-page research or literature papers (great for those like me who get frequent writers block). Optional lectures that you can watch whenever. Multiple choice exams. And Automatic curves if the class avg is
So uninspiring.
Most importantly you need to be able to take on 500k worth of debt. Usa is a joke
What do you mean by “be able to?” Just about all med students in the US do get federal loans. I’ll graduate with 400k in debt, but I don’t think about it because I’ll pay it down once I start working (for a long time lol).
But I do agree with you that all this debt is a joke!
First