The 11 Rejections really comforted me. I applied to 9 schools for undergrad. I got rejected from 8 of them and got accepted into 1 school it's tough, but you really helped comfort me. Thanks a lot! Got into abilene christian university
1 is all it takes! I was definitely discouraged when applying to medical school because of how my undergrad admissions went. I got into 3 out of 11 for undergrad. But there is no point in focusing on the past or what schools you didn't get accepted to.
Thanks for this. Im in the interview process right now and have done 1 and have another scheduled. Im stressing on when Im supposed to hear back from other schools for interviews. It’s still September and this timeline showed me to be patient.
Shout out to Editor Rex for the win! But on the real, this video gives me so much hope. I was here thinking that interview invites were over by now. Congratulations on such a successful cycle ✨
Haha! Editor Rex comes in clutch sometimes! Really glad to hear I could bring you some positivity. I know it's tough with the long pause of silence during winter break, but the application cycle is barely halfway through. There are certainly many more interview invites schools have to give out. Good luck!
I agree, your transparency was really refreshing! So many people focus only on their acceptances, but I love how you took us along the journey with you in the video. Thank you, and good luck in the future!
Thank you for making everything SOO transparent and clear with all the dates, extremely helpful!! I heard from other places that schools won't send out secondary invites until the applicant is complete...is it true? Because I saw that you took the mcat in June but started receiving secondaries on July 1, that's amazing! As someone who also took the mcat in june of this year, it's really comforting to see that the turnarounds are so fast. thank you!!
It depends on the school. For me, I think I received 11 out of 15 secondaries before they received my MCAT score. Prescreening before sending out secondaries would be a lot of work, and not sending a secondary to someone means $100 less in secondary fees for the school (me being cynical lol). Also, I'll recommend my video on when should you apply to medical school to you if you haven't seen it: th-cam.com/video/hETIEUlqKeY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you thank you thank you. I am in the process right now and being an older student I don't have people to ask or what the appropriate steps and timelines are for all of this. It can get daunting with all the info out there. It is especially close to home as I am an fell North Carolinian myself. Went to ECU quite a few years ago and haven't really left the state but a short amount of time. You talking about specific schools that are near and dear to me, give me even a greater understanding. I hope that you are have all the successes that this career can bring.
Can you make a video about writing and sending an update letter? I'm a current applicant with newly published research and would love to hear your thoughts. Loved your thoroughness in this video!
@@DoctorRex I'm currently waiting for an interview myself. I already got rejected from nyu and afraid I won't get interviews from other med schools. My anxiety is getting worse as I check my email.
@@themiamilife Well, you're part of a huge club getting rejected from NYU, so don't bat an eye at that. Schools generally won't be sending anything over the winter break, so as hard as it is, hopefully you can take a break from the stress of checking email/sdn/etc. Keep up hope that the application cycle is barely half way through, even if it probably doesn't feel that way. I know it's tough, but all you can do is stay positive/hopeful and know that you're goals of becoming a doctor are bigger than just one application cycle if they need to be. Best of luck, Rex.
I just subscribed! Thank you for your transparency! From your research so far, have you noticed any specialties where there is a huge need/demand for new grads? I live outside a major city and had to search 6 months for an endocrinologist.
Thanks for subscribing. That's a really interesting question. The need that I most often hear about by far is for primary care physicians in rural settings. The data supports primary care physicians as being the most "in demand," but that doesn't mean there isn't a shortage in essentially every specialty where you might have many month wait times to see a specialist even if there is a specialist near you.
Here is a video where I go over all of the courses I took and all my grades: th-cam.com/video/xBctvuj-6Es/w-d-xo.html Here is my reaction to my MCAT score: th-cam.com/video/s_8G9Ik3TLc/w-d-xo.html
Hi Rex! I'm sure you're busy but do you think we could get in touch and you could give me some advice for preparing to apply to med school in a couple years? I feel like I'm just not doing well enough and won't get into any school! If not, I totally understand. Thanks so much for your awesome videos!
I have been telling the world for 50 years that medical care is a necessity, unlike the arts/humanities/entertainment, and that we can therefore never have enough doctors & nurses and therefore nursing and medical schools should allow everyone in who wants in. And governments should pay the schools and the students to teach & to learn all this knowledge. Not my fault things are not this way. I have no control over that.
The government does at least pay a big chunk of the cost for educating residents. But the BIG problem with this, is that the number of residency spots available are now dependent on government funding in the U.S. So medical schools can't accept more students until the government funds more residency spots for the medical students to fill once they graduate, and who knows when the government is going to start funding significantly more residency spots.
Govt funding for school is fine but should be done on forgivable loan basis, not plain grant. Work off forgivable loan by practicing in rural or other physician shortage areas. Otherwise, students just get grant and then go to more popular and lucrative areas. We have many capable and intelligent doctor and nursing students who only need money to go to school. We have much need for nurses and doctors and the govt just says there are shortages and they can’t fill empty slots. Forgivable loans allow for repayment by work contracts so both benefit..the indigent student and the “doctor/nurse poor” hospitals and municipalities. Of course, the exclusive “doctor and old boys clubs” might not like this free funding plan as they see it as damaging and diminishing their control by reducing their exclusivity and “old boy’s club” power to decide who gets to join the AMA or CMA.
The Fee Assistance Program only helps a little...how would you endure four years of medical school and paying the rent each month? Can you help me out and tell me how it is you are paying the rent portion?
This is a link to the student budget at my school: medschool.duke.edu/sites/medschool.duke.edu/files/field/attachments/medicine.pdf It has a budget of $1156 per month built in for rent and utilities. Most students take out federal unsubsidized loans to meet their financial need which includes those living expenses. I'll be coming out with a video soonish covering the economics of medical school and how even taking out $100,000 per year in loans is still "worth it" from a financial perspective.
I wouldn't say I did them sooo fast. I received my first secondary on July 1st and didn't submit my first one until 15 days later on July 16th. There are a lot of people that recommend at most a two week turn around, and they pre-write their secondaries in order to be able to do so. My last secondary I submitted a whole 2 months and 7 days after I got it! (Not recommended) That being said, they started to get a lot faster once they started to repeat each other and I could copy and paste a significant amount of the essay from a previous secondary. Additionally, towards the end I was maybe getting a little bit lazy and not looking over as much and just submitting first or second drafts. However, I also got better and more efficient at writing them as I wrote more and more and more lol.
@@VenkatGadde I won't pretend I'm an expert on these. But overall, yes they seem like they can be a great thing: you can focus on your interests in undergrad rather than a cookie cutter application doing what you are "supposed" to do. Additionally, if it has an automatic acceptance, this weight taken off your shoulders is invaluable. I also think the benefit of potentially finishing both in 6/7 years depending on the program is yet another plus: both financially and you get to start a career you love sooner (some are still 8). Of course, it is hard to predict what school would be the best fit for you or even knowing you want to be a doctor at that point for some/many/most people. Additionally, I imagine they may be extremely competitive to get in to, and the people who are accepted would probably have no extreme difficulty getting into med school as a traditional applicant--and in fact potentially a higher tier med school than their guaranteed acceptance BS/MD school. But in short, if you know for sure med school is in your future, know you'll love the school or can be happy wherever you end up, I think the BS/MD are awesome. (Again, I will say I have no personal experience, so this is hypothetical).
Answer these next 2 questions: what is the maximum you personally are taking out in student loans per year? can it exceed $80,000 or not? That’s $320,000 before tuition gets taken off.
At this point, I'm going to keep my own financial situation private. Planning to talk more in depth about that possibly once I graduate medical school. I may change my mind, but that's the plan for now. Duke's total cost of attendance (tuition + living expenses) is about $95,000 per year. So yes, it can exceed $80,000 per year. Does that answer your question? I'm not sure if I follow you on "before tuition gets taken off."
@@JenCheng1 You can borrow up to the full cost of attendance of your school. For federal unsubsidized loans, you can borrow up to $20,500 per year @ 4.3% interest with an aggregate loan limit of $138,500 including undergrad loans. BUT then you can use Federal direct PLUS Loans @ 5.3% interest to cover the rest. Quoting from studentaid.gov: "The maximum PLUS loan amount you can receive is the cost of attendance (determined by the school) minus any other financial aid received." Additionally, you can use private student loans. For example, you can borrow up to the full cost of attendance from SallieMae or most banks.
@@DoctorRex to cover the rest? What does that mean? So if my medical school charges $40,000 in tuition per year, all of that is covered with a subsidized loan from SallieMae, but if I need an extra helping hand to cover rent and food, then I go to unsubsidized loan of $20,500 a year?
@@JenCheng1 If you go to a school that charges $60,000 per year in tuition and expects another $30,000 in living expenses ($90,000 cost of attendance/year) and you receive zero grant/scholarship/assistance from family etc. (as is common), you have several options. You can go entirely federal and borrow $20,500 in federal direct unsubsidized loans and an additional $69,500 in federal direct PLUS loans per year (what I meant by covering the rest). Alternatively, you can go entirely private and just borrow $90,000 per year from SallieMae or any other number of private student loan companies. You also can do a combination and borrow $20,500 in federal direct unsubsidized loans and $69,500 from SallieMae (covering the rest). Of course, that's only three examples. Generally for most people, starting with federal direct unsubsidized until its maxed out at the $20.5k is the best and then looking toward either private or PLUS loans is the best strategy.
As someone who is an upcoming freshman in college wanting to be a physician one day, idk why I watched this video first. No offense or insult to you and this video but this video is kinda letting me down thinking if this guy gets couple medical school accepted, then theres absolute no way for me to get accepted to any medical schools in the United States. I know I shouldn't be this negative since I have time but I'm having that feeling right now.
As an international student i have a question what if i study in a science program in another country can i still have mcat exam and can i get into med school in usa?
I think so, but I will admit applying to medical school as an international student is something I don't know much about. Sorry I can't be more helpful
Okay Doctor Rex, you just gained a follower. Love how you explain everything
Thanks Eliza Inesse! I appreciate that a lot
Exactly what I'm thinking
The 11 Rejections really comforted me. I applied to 9 schools for undergrad. I got rejected from 8 of them and got accepted into 1 school it's tough, but you really helped comfort me. Thanks a lot! Got into abilene christian university
1 is all it takes! I was definitely discouraged when applying to medical school because of how my undergrad admissions went. I got into 3 out of 11 for undergrad. But there is no point in focusing on the past or what schools you didn't get accepted to.
Nice use of tech; nice presentation. Easy to follow.
Thanks! I appreciate that a lot. I'm trying and learning new things for sure.
you’re so well gathered, love this video thanks for the insight!
Thanks so much for saying so. That's very kind of you.
Thanks for this. Im in the interview process right now and have done 1 and have another scheduled. Im stressing on when Im supposed to hear back from other schools for interviews. It’s still September and this timeline showed me to be patient.
Yes! As hard as it is, be patient. It is still SOOOO early in the application cycle. Best of luck!
Shout out to Editor Rex for the win! But on the real, this video gives me so much hope. I was here thinking that interview invites were over by now. Congratulations on such a successful cycle ✨
Haha! Editor Rex comes in clutch sometimes! Really glad to hear I could bring you some positivity. I know it's tough with the long pause of silence during winter break, but the application cycle is barely halfway through. There are certainly many more interview invites schools have to give out. Good luck!
@@DoctorRex That is theee truth! And thank you so much; I look forward to more videos 👀👀
Thank you for being so transparent
Thanks for saying so. Transparency is the goal!
I agree, your transparency was really refreshing! So many people focus only on their acceptances, but I love how you took us along the journey with you in the video. Thank you, and good luck in the future!
@@coralholt6363 Thanks so much for saying so!
Great video! Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to future videos.
Thank you! I appreciate you saying so.
Thank you for making everything SOO transparent and clear with all the dates, extremely helpful!! I heard from other places that schools won't send out secondary invites until the applicant is complete...is it true? Because I saw that you took the mcat in June but started receiving secondaries on July 1, that's amazing! As someone who also took the mcat in june of this year, it's really comforting to see that the turnarounds are so fast. thank you!!
It depends on the school. For me, I think I received 11 out of 15 secondaries before they received my MCAT score. Prescreening before sending out secondaries would be a lot of work, and not sending a secondary to someone means $100 less in secondary fees for the school (me being cynical lol).
Also, I'll recommend my video on when should you apply to medical school to you if you haven't seen it: th-cam.com/video/hETIEUlqKeY/w-d-xo.html
@@DoctorRex thank you so much!!!
Thank you thank you thank you. I am in the process right now and being an older student I don't have people to ask or what the appropriate steps and timelines are for all of this. It can get daunting with all the info out there. It is especially close to home as I am an fell North Carolinian myself. Went to ECU quite a few years ago and haven't really left the state but a short amount of time. You talking about specific schools that are near and dear to me, give me even a greater understanding. I hope that you are have all the successes that this career can bring.
Can you make a video about writing and sending an update letter? I'm a current applicant with newly published research and would love to hear your thoughts. Loved your thoroughness in this video!
Absolutely. I will add that to the docket. Thank you for the suggestion and the comment. Congrats on the publication! That's awesome!
Here is my video on update letters:
th-cam.com/video/VEgbMC8lvVY/w-d-xo.html
Please do a video on update letters! Thanks for sharing your experience
Already did:
th-cam.com/video/VEgbMC8lvVY/w-d-xo.html
Awesome video, man! Loved your explanations. Can't wait to start first year in August!
Good luck in first year! Have fun!
This video was so helpful. Thank you!!
Glad to hear it!
Im doing the opposite of what you did, instead of going on SDN or r/premed, im watching your channel lmao. Considerably less stressful that way
Haha! So glad it's less stressful
I think a video about why you applied to the medicals you did and a video about how you choose which medical school to attend would be helpful!
Absolutely will make videos on both those ideas. Awesome suggestions. Thanks!
Fantastic video full of useful information going to be a great doctor
Denail is when they "nail you with a denial" :)
Very informative.
Glad to hear you found the video informative
@@DoctorRex I'm currently waiting for an interview myself. I already got rejected from nyu and afraid I won't get interviews from other med schools. My anxiety is getting worse as I check my email.
@@themiamilife Well, you're part of a huge club getting rejected from NYU, so don't bat an eye at that. Schools generally won't be sending anything over the winter break, so as hard as it is, hopefully you can take a break from the stress of checking email/sdn/etc. Keep up hope that the application cycle is barely half way through, even if it probably doesn't feel that way. I know it's tough, but all you can do is stay positive/hopeful and know that you're goals of becoming a doctor are bigger than just one application cycle if they need to be. Best of luck, Rex.
I just subscribed! Thank you for your transparency! From your research so far, have you noticed any specialties where there is a huge need/demand for new grads? I live outside a major city and had to search 6 months for an endocrinologist.
Thanks for subscribing. That's a really interesting question. The need that I most often hear about by far is for primary care physicians in rural settings. The data supports primary care physicians as being the most "in demand," but that doesn't mean there isn't a shortage in essentially every specialty where you might have many month wait times to see a specialist even if there is a specialist near you.
do a video about your stats!
Here is a video where I go over all of the courses I took and all my grades:
th-cam.com/video/xBctvuj-6Es/w-d-xo.html
Here is my reaction to my MCAT score:
th-cam.com/video/s_8G9Ik3TLc/w-d-xo.html
Hi Rex! I'm sure you're busy but do you think we could get in touch and you could give me some advice for preparing to apply to med school in a couple years? I feel like I'm just not doing well enough and won't get into any school! If not, I totally understand. Thanks so much for your awesome videos!
Great vid!
Could you please do a video on how and when to write update letters??
Already did: th-cam.com/video/VEgbMC8lvVY/w-d-xo.html
Bagaimana kalau pernikahan bisa membuat delik biasa dan aduan pada praktik dan posisi struktural saya?
I have been telling the world for 50 years that medical care is a necessity, unlike the arts/humanities/entertainment,
and that we can therefore never have enough doctors & nurses and therefore nursing and medical schools should allow
everyone in who wants in. And governments should pay the schools and the students to teach & to learn all this knowledge.
Not my fault things are not this way. I have no control over that.
The government does at least pay a big chunk of the cost for educating residents. But the BIG problem with this, is that the number of residency spots available are now dependent on government funding in the U.S. So medical schools can't accept more students until the government funds more residency spots for the medical students to fill once they graduate, and who knows when the government is going to start funding significantly more residency spots.
Govt funding for school is fine but should be done on forgivable loan basis, not plain grant. Work off forgivable loan by practicing in rural or other physician shortage areas. Otherwise, students just get grant and then go to more popular and lucrative areas. We have many capable and intelligent doctor and nursing students who only need money to go to school. We have much need for nurses and doctors and the govt just says there are shortages and they can’t fill empty slots. Forgivable loans allow for repayment by work contracts so both benefit..the indigent student and the “doctor/nurse poor” hospitals and municipalities. Of course, the exclusive “doctor and old boys clubs” might not like this free funding plan as they see it as damaging and diminishing their control by reducing their exclusivity and “old boy’s club” power to decide who gets to join the AMA or CMA.
The Fee Assistance Program only helps a little...how would you endure four years of medical school and paying the rent each month? Can you help me out and tell me how it is you are paying the rent portion?
This is a link to the student budget at my school: medschool.duke.edu/sites/medschool.duke.edu/files/field/attachments/medicine.pdf It has a budget of $1156 per month built in for rent and utilities. Most students take out federal unsubsidized loans to meet their financial need which includes those living expenses. I'll be coming out with a video soonish covering the economics of medical school and how even taking out $100,000 per year in loans is still "worth it" from a financial perspective.
Country need doctors
That's the truth!
How do you do your secondaries so fast. I am a high schooler and it's taking me forever to do my supplemental essays
I wouldn't say I did them sooo fast. I received my first secondary on July 1st and didn't submit my first one until 15 days later on July 16th. There are a lot of people that recommend at most a two week turn around, and they pre-write their secondaries in order to be able to do so. My last secondary I submitted a whole 2 months and 7 days after I got it! (Not recommended)
That being said, they started to get a lot faster once they started to repeat each other and I could copy and paste a significant amount of the essay from a previous secondary. Additionally, towards the end I was maybe getting a little bit lazy and not looking over as much and just submitting first or second drafts. However, I also got better and more efficient at writing them as I wrote more and more and more lol.
Doctor Rex do you reccomend bsmd programs?
@@VenkatGadde I won't pretend I'm an expert on these. But overall, yes they seem like they can be a great thing: you can focus on your interests in undergrad rather than a cookie cutter application doing what you are "supposed" to do. Additionally, if it has an automatic acceptance, this weight taken off your shoulders is invaluable. I also think the benefit of potentially finishing both in 6/7 years depending on the program is yet another plus: both financially and you get to start a career you love sooner (some are still 8).
Of course, it is hard to predict what school would be the best fit for you or even knowing you want to be a doctor at that point for some/many/most people. Additionally, I imagine they may be extremely competitive to get in to, and the people who are accepted would probably have no extreme difficulty getting into med school as a traditional applicant--and in fact potentially a higher tier med school than their guaranteed acceptance BS/MD school. But in short, if you know for sure med school is in your future, know you'll love the school or can be happy wherever you end up, I think the BS/MD are awesome. (Again, I will say I have no personal experience, so this is hypothetical).
@@DoctorRex no thank you, that was insightful. Appreciate the detailed response.
Answer these next 2 questions: what is the maximum you personally are taking out in student loans per year? can it exceed $80,000 or not? That’s $320,000 before tuition gets taken off.
At this point, I'm going to keep my own financial situation private. Planning to talk more in depth about that possibly once I graduate medical school. I may change my mind, but that's the plan for now.
Duke's total cost of attendance (tuition + living expenses) is about $95,000 per year. So yes, it can exceed $80,000 per year. Does that answer your question? I'm not sure if I follow you on "before tuition gets taken off."
@@DoctorRex how are you able to pay $95,000? The maximum of the loans by FAFSA is capped at $80,000
@@JenCheng1 You can borrow up to the full cost of attendance of your school. For federal unsubsidized loans, you can borrow up to $20,500 per year @ 4.3% interest with an aggregate loan limit of $138,500 including undergrad loans. BUT then you can use Federal direct PLUS Loans @ 5.3% interest to cover the rest. Quoting from studentaid.gov: "The maximum PLUS loan amount you can receive is the cost of attendance (determined by the school) minus any other financial aid received."
Additionally, you can use private student loans. For example, you can borrow up to the full cost of attendance from SallieMae or most banks.
@@DoctorRex to cover the rest? What does that mean?
So if my medical school charges $40,000 in tuition per year, all of that is covered with a subsidized loan from SallieMae, but if I need an extra helping hand to cover rent and food, then I go to unsubsidized loan of $20,500 a year?
@@JenCheng1 If you go to a school that charges $60,000 per year in tuition and expects another $30,000 in living expenses ($90,000 cost of attendance/year) and you receive zero grant/scholarship/assistance from family etc. (as is common), you have several options. You can go entirely federal and borrow $20,500 in federal direct unsubsidized loans and an additional $69,500 in federal direct PLUS loans per year (what I meant by covering the rest). Alternatively, you can go entirely private and just borrow $90,000 per year from SallieMae or any other number of private student loan companies. You also can do a combination and borrow $20,500 in federal direct unsubsidized loans and $69,500 from SallieMae (covering the rest). Of course, that's only three examples. Generally for most people, starting with federal direct unsubsidized until its maxed out at the $20.5k is the best and then looking toward either private or PLUS loans is the best strategy.
him: "People two years from now might watch" me: watching two years later lol
Very good knowledge 👍
As someone who is an upcoming freshman in college wanting to be a physician one day, idk why I watched this video first. No offense or insult to you and this video but this video is kinda letting me down thinking if this guy gets couple medical school accepted, then theres absolute no way for me to get accepted to any medical schools in the United States. I know I shouldn't be this negative since I have time but I'm having that feeling right now.
I want an update letter video.
Ask and you shall receive: th-cam.com/video/VEgbMC8lvVY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!!!!
As an international student i have a question what if i study in a science program in another country can i still have mcat exam and can i get into med school in usa?
I think so, but I will admit applying to medical school as an international student is something I don't know much about. Sorry I can't be more helpful
@@DoctorRex thanks a lot ❤️❤️
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UNC is better… heheheh
Go heels!