Would You Still Be a Doctor if You Didn’t Get Paid as Much

Would you still pursue medicine if the pay was much less? What if it paid nothing at all? If money wasn’t an issue, would you still be doing what you are doing today? This is a question I came across today and had me thinking. Right now as a medical Read More

What should you do the Summer Before Starting Medical School

Dear Medaholic, I am starting medical school this fall and was wondering what advice you could give me on how to best prepare for medical school? Sincerely, Medical Student (Year 0, Class of 20XX) How Can You Best Prepare for Medical School? I have previously written that Nothing Can Prepare Read More

Use Dropbox – No more USB Keys Needed!

If you are not already using dropbox, I will try to convince you that you should get this program/service today! I’ve been using it in the last year and it has totally changed how I store files on the “cloud”. Plus if you sign up using my referral link, both Read More

Top 10 iPhone Apps Every Medical Student Must Have

If there’s one medical tool I use all the time when I’m on the wards, it’s my iPhone. In fact, from personal experience, over 80-90% of my classmates, residents and staff physicians use an iPhone or iPod Touch. The reason why the iPhone is so popular is because it’s got Read More

5 Reasons Why Studying for the MCAT on your own is Better than taking a Course

Ever feel like Kaplan’s and Princeton Review’s MCAT courses are a rip-offs? Did you ever found your MCAT teachers/tutors/classroom experience not helpful at all or a waste of time? Every summer, thousands of keen pre-med students will sign up for these MCAT courses in hopes that it will help them Read More

How to Best Prepare for Medical School

What Should You Do To Prepare Yourself Before Starting Medical School Looking back over my first year of medical school, I can say it has exceeded my expectations. It was life changing. It was exciting. Definitely thought provoking. School was tough and I ended up learning a lot about myself Read More

How to Self Study For the MCAT

Can You Study for the MCAT by Yourself? – Have you ever thought taking an MCAT prep course offered by Kaplan or The Princeton Review (TPR) totally unnecessary? Not only are they expensive, they are also time consuming, inflexible and may not be the best option out there for you. Read More

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the MCAT

Alright, I don’t actually love the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test), but I’m not a student who hates the MCAT either. But around this time each summer, thousands of students are stressed the hell out about the MCAT. For most, they have never written a test that will be weighted Read More

What are my Chances for getting into Medical School? – A Simple Guide

To help answer all these future questions concerning competitiveness and chances, I have created a medical school admissions flow chart that will help you solve this problem. I present you the official guide to determining and assuring your chances for medical school. I originally created this flow chart for a Read More

Monthly Archives: July 2010

Still Here

Just with nothing to write about… I apologize. I remember when I started this website, I wanted to make it a complete resource for medical school applicants. But then medical school started, and after a while, you sort of just move on to new challenges and things to learn.

I have a lot of thoughts on the MCAT, Interview Process and admissions in general, but I am either (1) bored of writing about the stuff (2) too busy with non-medicine stuff.

I wish I had the motivation to write articles about how to study for the MCAT, but I feel like I would just be rehashing advice given by many other people. I don’t have a particular unique perspective or knowledgeable experience with it, after all, I only wrote the test once.

It’s strange how much a person can change in just two years. My my my, how my goals have changed since.

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