man ive literally just got like 25k clinical hours as a volunteer/nurse and letters of recommendation from medical directors if that aint enough then meds schol aint it
Previous videos and emails instructed me to build a central theme that express my passions and reasons to pursue medicine. This video tells me to not focus on a central theme but to scatter impact across different extracurriculars. How do these two fit together?
Hey Kevin, This is extremely insightful. Fantastic question. I see competitiveness in a tiered system. Above all else is impact. The #1 predictor of success in medical school is success as a premed. If you have serious impact - even if it's scattered across different extracurriculars - that gives you a proper chance no matter where nor when you apply. Now, to your second point about this application being scattered. There is considerable overlap between his extracurriculars. He does basic science liver research. He presents keynotes at Hepatitis C conferences. He does community service for the Asian American community (the demographic that got him interested in liver disease in the first place). That's community service, basic science and academia work all in this central theme of Asian / liver health. Yes, he has extracurriculars outside of this central theme but most importantly, the impact in those individual extracurriculars are apparent and the cohesion feels genuine. Lastly, if the goal is to develop impact, we have found it most helpful to align your extracurriculars around a central theme. If you really enjoy one thing over others, chances are that you'll spend more time there. Chances are that you'll develop skills faster there. Chances are that that time and skills will directly translate to impact. Finding what you care about is a reasonable precursor to making impact. In short, impact above all. Central themes may help with making you more impactful. Hope this helps! :)
So informative Dr. Le, you have helped me so much
Happy to help. :)
man ive literally just got like 25k clinical hours as a volunteer/nurse
and letters of recommendation from medical directors
if that aint enough then meds schol aint it
tell your boy john hes got a near carbon copy applying this june, hoping for the same results
my boy John's ready to do the spiderman meme with you - best of luck my man, I hope you get into your dream med schools too!!!
appreciate you bro! Just need one 🙏
Previous videos and emails instructed me to build a central theme that express my passions and reasons to pursue medicine. This video tells me to not focus on a central theme but to scatter impact across different extracurriculars. How do these two fit together?
Hey Kevin,
This is extremely insightful. Fantastic question. I see competitiveness in a tiered system. Above all else is impact. The #1 predictor of success in medical school is success as a premed. If you have serious impact - even if it's scattered across different extracurriculars - that gives you a proper chance no matter where nor when you apply.
Now, to your second point about this application being scattered. There is considerable overlap between his extracurriculars. He does basic science liver research. He presents keynotes at Hepatitis C conferences. He does community service for the Asian American community (the demographic that got him interested in liver disease in the first place). That's community service, basic science and academia work all in this central theme of Asian / liver health.
Yes, he has extracurriculars outside of this central theme but most importantly, the impact in those individual extracurriculars are apparent and the cohesion feels genuine.
Lastly, if the goal is to develop impact, we have found it most helpful to align your extracurriculars around a central theme. If you really enjoy one thing over others, chances are that you'll spend more time there. Chances are that you'll develop skills faster there. Chances are that that time and skills will directly translate to impact. Finding what you care about is a reasonable precursor to making impact.
In short, impact above all. Central themes may help with making you more impactful. Hope this helps! :)
@@MichaelMinhLeMD That makes a lot of sense. Thanks so much!
Hi Dr. Le, Do you help students in your mentorship program over zoom when they have questions or need to discuss plans?
Yes! We’d be happy to help however we can. If interested, you can reach me at michael@premedcatalyst.com
Yes, I will. Thanks Dr.Le!