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**The Premed Years**

If you’re struggling on your premed journey, trying to figure out the best way to study for the MCAT, or trying to understand how to best apply to medical school, the award-nominated podcast, The Premed Years, has you covered. From interviews with Admissions Committee members and directors to inspirational stories from those who have gone before you, The Premed Years is like having a premed advisor in your pocket. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or anywhere else you listen to music or podcasts so you don’t miss an episode. It’s free. Every week. Don’t forget to watch us on YouTube, or follow us on Instagram too! We’re medicalschoolhq everywhere!

Latest Episodes:

87: 5 Things You Need to Do to Start Preparing for MCAT 2015 Jul 22, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, I talk with Bryan from Next Step Test Prep about the changes made to the MCAT for 2015.

Links and Other Resources

Full Episode Blog Post
Check out my book about the MCAT, co-written with Next Step Test Prep: The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT.
Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide to help you maximize your MCAT score!
Related podcast: The MCAT Podcast, co-hosted with Next Step Test Prep.
Related podcast: The MCAT CARS Podcast, co-hosted with Jack Westin.
Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% Off Exams and “MSHQTOC” for $50 Off Tutoring or Course at Next Step Test Prep!

86: Premed Q&A, Volunteering, Personal Statements & Much More Jul 15, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison answer some questions that have been emailed to us over the last couple of months. This week, we touch on topics involving taking prerequisites at a community college, personal statements, volunteering opportunities, finding a mentor, choosing an undergrad school, and more

Links and Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post

MSHQ 019: Interview with a Medical School Interview and Admissions Expert

MSHQ 023 : Interview with Dr. Polites of MedPrep at Wash. U.

MSHQ 035 : How to Fix an App After Starting Premed Poorly

MSHQ 047 : Avoid Burnout as a Premed, Med Student and Beyond

MSHQ 068: The Changing Landscape of Medical School Admissions

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Next Step Test Prep: Get one-on-one tutoring for the MCAT and maximize your score. Get $50 off their tutoring program when you mention that you heard about this on the podcast or through the MSHQ website.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

85: Pros and Cons of the Liberal Arts for Premeds Jul 08, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison tackle the article on KevinMD.com called “Why Premedical Students Need Liberal Arts”written by Armaan Rowther. Rowther wrote this article based on a commencement speech given by Fareed Zakaria at Sarah Lawrence College.

Links & Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post
KevinMD.com article, “Why premedical students need the liberal arts“
Related Episode: How a Liberal Arts Degree As a Premed Might Be the Best One
Related Episode: All About FlexMed (Formerly HuMed, Humanities in Medicine)
Related post: Best Premed Major to Get Into Medical School
Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” at Next Step Test Prep!

84: The Role of Residency Training For Physicians Jul 01, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison talk about an article recently released in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch about some legislation being passed in Missouri where graduating medical students may be allowed to skip internship or residency and straightly go into practicing medicine.

Links and Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post

Article about Assistant Physicians

Malcolm Gladwell‘s Outliers: The Story of Success

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

83: How One UF Premed Student is Changing Patient's Lives Jun 24, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, I talk with Alex Breslin, a premed student at the University of Florida studying biology. He started the UF Dream Team, a nonprofit organization run by students where they volunteer with pediatric patients in the cardiac care unit at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville.

Links and Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post
Dream Team UF Facebook page.
Related episode: Entrepreneurial Premed Stands Out for the Ivys.
Related episode: The One Thing You Need to Do to Stand Out as a Premed!
Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!

82: 10 Premed Resources You Need to be Using Jun 17, 2014

Show notes

With so much information on the Internet, it can be challenging to sort out the best and most trusted sources of information you need in your journey to medical school. Today we cover the top 10 premed resources students need to be going to for information.

Links and Other Resources

Full Episode Blog Post
Related episode: What I Wish Every Premed Student Would Know.
Related episode: Which MCAT Materials Are the Best for Me?
Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!

81: Reviewing the 2014 Physician Compensation Report Jun 10, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison review the 2014 Physician Compensation Report from Medscape. Every year, Medscape.com puts out a survey laying out various information including compensation based on different specialties, physician satisfaction, etc. with 24,000 physicians in 25 different specialties as respondents.

Links and Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post

2014 Medscape Physician Compensation Report

Check out ZDogg’s Turntable Health

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

80: 3 Application Cycles, and Now, Finally a Medical Student! Jun 02, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, I talk with Danielle Ward as she shares about her own share of successes and failures on the path to medical school. Danielle was rejected from medical school twice. She also took the MCAT 4 times over 5 years to finally get an acceptance at the Georgia Campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Links and Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post
Follow Danielle’s journey on her blog, aspiringminoritydoctor.com.
Related episode: 54-year-old Med Student Overcame 5 MCATs, Rejection, and More.
Related episode: 1st Year of Medical School for a Nontraditional Premed.
Need MCAT Prep? Save on tutoring, classes, and full-length practice tests by using promo code “MSHQ” for 10% off Next Step full-length practice tests or “MSHQTOC” for $50 off MCAT tutoring or the Next Step MCAT Course at Next Step Test Prep!

79: Premed Life Mag Partners with the Medical School HQ Podcast! May 27, 2014

Show notes

In today’s episode, Ryan talks with Tasheema Prince, founder of Premed Life Magazine, as she shares about her decision to take a detour from medicine, how she went about with medical writing, the beginnings of PremedLife Magazine, and its partnership with the Premed Years Podcast.

Links and Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

You may go to your premed advising office and suggest to get a magazine at the school by sending an email to info@premedlife.com.

Top schools producing medical school applicants

Most viewed posts in Premed Life Magazine:

The Best Cities for Med School

Highly Effective Habits of Premed Students

Session 07: 10 Traits You Need to Succeed in Medical School

Connect with Premed Life on Twitter @premedlife and Facebook.

If you need any help with the medical school interview, go to medschoolinterviewbook.com. Sign up and you will receive parts of the book so you can help shape the future of the book. This book will include over 500 questions that may be asked during interview day as well as real-life questions, answers, and feedback from all of the mock interviews Ryan has been doing with students.

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq

78: The Dark Side of Medical Education: Premed Through Residency May 20, 2014

Show notes

Ryan and Allison talk about the dark side of medical education which starts in the premed world with “goners” as most people know them. Additionally, the Academic Medicine Journal published by the AAMC also released several articles talking about medical student mistreatment based on the responses to the medical school graduation questionnaire.

Links and Other Resources:

Full Episode Blog Post

Academic Medicine Journal

Session 17: Step Up Your MCAT Prep With the Princeton Review

Why Failing Med Students Don’t Get Failing Grades – New York Times Article

The Princeton Review – Save 10% off of the MCAT Ultimate Classroom or Live Online Course – Promo Code 2 minutes in!

Are you a nontraditional student? Go check out oldpremeds.org.

For more great content, check out www.mededmedia.com for more of the shows produced by the Medical School Headquarters including the OldPremeds Podcast and watch out for more shows in the future!

Free MCAT Gift: Free 30+ page guide with tips to help you maximize your MCAT score and which includes discount codes for MCAT prep as well.

Hang out with us over at medicalschoolhq.net/group. Click join and we’ll add you up to our private Facebook group. Share your successes and miseries with the rest of us.

Check out our partner magazine, www.premedlife.com to learn more about awesome premed information.

Listen to our podcast for free at iTunes: medicalschoolhq.net/itunes and leave us a review there!

Email Ryan at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net or connect with him on Twitter @medicalschoolhq and email Allison allison@medicalschoolhq.net.