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The ShortCoat Podcast: Another Test Anxiety Killer, Physician Bias, and Suspicious Meat
Original Article: Another Test Anxiety Killer, Physician Bias, and Suspicious Meat Her snacks were delicious, but you’ll never guess her secret ingredient. Irisa Mahaparn, Tony Rosenberg, Aline Sandouk, and Rachel Schenkel–a…
Psychology Grab Bag of Discrete Questions for the MCAT
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 96 Psychology is one of the newer subjects on the MCAT. Bryan from Blueprint MCAT (formerly Next Step Test Prep) and I cover the…
How Do I Transition from the Military to Being a Premed?
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 128 After a significant life event with his daughter being born with a rare congenital disorder, our poster today wants to get out of…
An Academic Pediatric Cardiologist Shares Her Specialty
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 71 Dr. Serena Sah is an academic Pediatric Cardiologist in the California area. We talk about what drew her to the specialty, what she…
This Is How UICOM Reviews Your Medical School Application
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 288 Leila Amiri is the Director of the Office of Medical College Admissions at UICOM (University of Illinois College of Medicine). We go step…
The ShortCoat Podcast: Relax or Prepare? Advice for Incoming Med Students
Original Article: Relax or Prepare? Advice for Incoming Med Students Spoiler alert: don’t “prepare” during the summer before you arrive at medical school. Listener Amanda is like many medical students–anxious and…
Can I Get Into a Good Medical School with my Past Grades?
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 127 Our poster today is wondering about his past IVY league undergrad GPA and MBA GPA, and if he has a chance to get…
Biochemistry Grab Bag of Discrete Questions for the MCAT
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 95 Bryan from Blueprint MCAT (formerly Next Step Test Prep) and I cover biochemistry, a huge pain point for many premed students. Take a…
This Student, and Dad, Overcame a Poor GPA to Get Accepted
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 287 Nick is a former premed student-athlete who didn’t do well in school and went into business but he knew he was always missing…
The ShortCoat Podcast: Family Strife, Chuck’s Pro-Life, & the Ebola Bureaucracy Knife
Original Article: Family Strife, Chuck’s Pro-Life, & the Ebola Bureaucracy Knife Our own Claire Castaneda won first place in the Carver College of Medicine’s Carol A. Bowman Creative Writing Contest…
