Road to Med School: Dos and Don’ts for pre-med freshmen
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Road to Med School series
Freshman Year Focus: Do’s and Don’ts for pre-meds
How should you prepare for medical school? Is there a road to becoming a doctor? What should you be doing during your undergrad years to get ready for the trials of med school? While some may think you don’t have to worry about any of that until later in your academic career, pre-meds know it’s never too early to start prepping!
In this episode, Blueprint tutor, instructor, and MCAT expert Phil Hawkins discusses ways you can maximize your chances of being accepted into medical school starting in your freshman year. Study strategies, planning ahead, and ways to make your life easier are all fair game, as well as some things NOT to do.
What kind of changes can you expect going from high school to college?
How should you plan your classes?
Does your freshman year affect your medical school application?
How should you tackle your general prerequisite classes?
Does the science you learn now come back on the MCAT?
Will that yoga class come back to bite you later on?
Get answers to all these questions and more during this Road to Medical School episode!
What can you expect from Blueprint's Road to Medical School series?
An in-depth look at each year of your undergraduate career
What you can be doing at each step of your academic life to maximize your chances of getting into medical school
Real world advice for what NOT to do
Common pitfalls and traps that students fall into
Ways to set yourself apart from the crowd and set yourself up for success
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Alright guys, time to get started. We're about to start a new series within our channel, talking about all the different ways that you can maximize your chances, get into medical school. We're going to start at each phase of this journey. Today's starting one is going to be focusing specifically on your freshman year. And so we're going to do freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior year. Each of these stages, there's things that you want to focus on and we're going to help you try to avoid some of those pitfalls that I myself fell into. And I know several other people, there are some things that we wished we would've done different. Speaking of which we should probably do a little bit of an introduction. So, my name is Phil Hawkins. I'm one of the guys that helped to write and edit and put together the exams and books and materials here at Blueprint...
That's mostly it, it's your freshman year, it's a little bit of a transitional year. It's a little bit, take some stuff to get used to. And so the challenges that you're facing this year, aren't quite as difficult as later on, but you still need to make sure you're taking care of business, make sure you're taking those prereqs and planning ahead for your academic career, making sure that you're not making things more difficult later. And also staying on top of that information and remembering all those things that you're going to get tested on later on in life. As you move beyond that, you're going to start moving on into your sophomore year. Your courses are generally going to get a little bit more difficult, but you should be better prepared. You'll be in routines and it'll be habit for you to stay on top of the classes. There's some extra hurdles coming along there with shadowing and job opportunities and things like that. But that is a topic for another video.
When I was a college freshman, first semester, professors said books and attendance weren’t required and I didn’t attend class and buy textbooks and failed my first tests and by the end of the first semester I knew how to study but I was a mess in the beginning. There’s no homework. It’s lectures, labs, quizzes, tests, papers, and speeches. I was used to using homework to study and get good grades.
Hello christye
Will you tell me how many subjects or syllabus are there in MD course
What was the best studying method for you, just wondering
Hey nice to see someone from Nebraska! Currently in the military and considering a career in medicine.
omg did u apply
Such helpful info!!
Glad you thought so!
Going to share with my HS Seniors in our Senior Seminar class
That's a great idea!
Amazing, thank you!
What is your take on using AP and IB credit to not have to take certain classes? I understand that many med schools do not accept AP IB credit unless you take a higher level course of that subject. However, I am just confused on how that really works. If I were to use my IB Bio HL credit to opt out of Gen Bio 1 and Lab would that hurt me? How helpful/impactful is it to take some of the higher level courses like perhaps taking Molecular Bio freshman yr instead of Gen bio 1 in terms of actually having time and enough content learned when studying for MCAT? I hope this made sense... :)
Hey question regarding the math pre-reqs that you need to fulfill, is it okay that I carry out courses such as a pre-calc course for one semester and stats for the other to meet the requirements in general, or do I have to focus on more rigorous courses considering I have no background with math in grade 11 and 12(as an international student)
Hi there! The MCAT doesn't allow calculators so there won't be any derivatives / limits needed. It's all mental math, algebra, and some logarithms. If you can master those, you'll be fine with pre-calc and stats.
first!
Love this video!I have a question about the MCAT, As a high school student I plan on graduating high school with my associates degree, meaning I would only have 2 more years of university. Since its best to take the MCAT Junior year then get results senior year, Would this mean I wold have to take the MCAT my freshmen year?
It's possible! You should at least make sure you have completed the prerequisites (intro level courses in gen chem, organic chem, physics, psychology, etc) before testing. If you are planning to apply to medical school your second year, then yes, you will probably want to take it you first year. Hope this helps!
can i ask if you ended up taking it your freshman year and how it went?
Wow u took advantage of the system at a young age.. nice
Hi, I’m going into college in a month for pre-med! What would you recommend I take my freshman year?
You should speak to your college counsellor for that
does withdrawing from a course affect my application?
Yes and no. If you are going to fail your course D F it’s better to withdraw from your course and take the W. They see it knowing you are gonna get a bad score but admit and realize you need to figure out a different approach to the course. If it’s a required course take it when you’re ready. A few withdraws aren’t going to hurt but if you keep withdrawing every semester and have like 5+ they are gonna start asking questions and most likely don’t think you can handle your commitments. Don’t take on a bunch of difficult courses in a semester that will cause to to withdraw space them out.
@@emmett-if1oh thank you!!