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How to Prepare For Your Medical School Interview

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 231 Today, I’m going to cover five ways to prepare for your medical school interview. As of this recording in April 2017, the applications are…

TheShortCoat Podcast: Real, and Fake, Research Day

Original Article: Real, and Fake, Research Day We’ve got a crowd of M1s in the house rapidly approaching the end of their first year.  This past week, Kylie Jade Miller, Levi…

Orthopedic Surgery Match Data Deep Dive

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 19 Today, I’m going to do a deep dive into some match data for orthopedic surgery, which is known to be one of the more…
SN1 vs SN2 Reactions for the MCAT: Breaking Down Orgo Questions

SN1 vs SN2 Reactions for the MCAT: Breaking Down Orgo Questions

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 38 Today we’re going to break down some organic chemistry discrete questions, especially focused on SN1 vs SN2 reactions, so you can crush your MCAT!…
Rejected from the Carribean, Now With a US Acceptance

Rejected From the Caribbean! Now with a US Acceptance!

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 230 Chad, a 32-year-old student, shares his story about struggling with undergrad, being rejected from a Caribbean medical school, and his recent application success. A…
Should You Quit Your Job to Study for the MCAT Full-Time?

Should You Quit Your Job to Study for the MCAT Full-Time?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 70 The MCAT is hard. Being a nontrad and studying for the MCAT can seem impossible. Should you quit your job to study for the…

How Do I Know if Medicine Is Right For Me?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 69 Taken directly from the Nontraditional Premed Forum, today’s question comes from Kyle, a student who’s not really sure if medical school is right for him. This…

TheShortCoat Podcast: Consumer Genetic Testing, Marmite for Your Brain, and Counting Human Calories

Original Article: Consumer Genetic Testing, Marmite for Your Brain, and Counting Human Calories Dave is no scientist, but he is ‘science-adjacent.’  This week, after having read of research involving the benefits…
What's It Like to Be a Private-Practice Psychiatrist?

What Is Private-Practice Child & Adolescent Psychiatry?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 18 Today’s guest is Dr. Jacqueline Hubbard, a private-practice child and adolescent Psychiatrist. Hear her thoughts on child and adolescent psychiatry, what you can…
54-year-old Med Student Overcame 5 MCATs, Rejection, and More

54-year-old Med Student Overcame 5 MCATs, Rejection, and More

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 229 Renee had a successful career as a nurse educator. But she knew in her gut that she wanted to pursue medicine, so she applied…