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Here is an interview of a med student who decided he was interested in medicine in his 4th year of undergrad!

This is a Med School Vlog including Tips on How to Find Research Positions how to Email a Professor, How to balance Research and School How to work in a research team And a look at an incredibly boring day in my life. On work-heavy weekends, I spend most of the weekend not doing much except work/study. On lighter weekends, I do go out and more of a life 🙂    

My tips are centered around UBC courses. I study very differently for each course. Hope these tips help! ENG 110 – English Literature Actually do the assigned reading before class, and take notes while you read. Buy a physical copy of the books you’re assigned. They typically cost less than $10 Bring the book or print out the reading to bring to class so you can refer to it during discussion. You can bring a digital version. Do the extra reading on the genre, the author, what society was like and what world events were occurring when the piece was Read More

Get good grades. Other people may tell you that extracurriculars are more important than good grades but I believe that good grades are the most important. You’re trying into get into an institution of higher education so you should demonstrate with good grades that you will be capable of handling the huge amount of learning that you’ll do at university. Great grades can also indicate a solid work ethic when it comes to schoolwork and that you actually give a damn about school. Take a leadership role in at least 3 extracurriculars. You don’t have to be Team Captain or President. I Read More

It’s MCAT season. Disclaimer: I got a score I was proud of but remember, This is just the way I studied for the MCAT and there are many ways you can improve it to fit your personal preferences. While preparing for the MCAT, I relied on blog posts like this to plan how to study and so  this is how I will give back 🙂. Good luck everyone! Comment if you have more MCAT questions! When should I take the MCAT? I recommend late June. I took mine July 28th because I thought I wouldn’t be able to study enough in May while Read More

I went surfing with some medical school classmates in Seaside, Oregon. Being outdoors and active helped me rest from the constant studying and impeding burnout that comes with med school.

I was honoured to receive a scholarship from the society representing  my grandfather’s hometown. I’m very close with my grandfather. He has always been a huge inspiration for me to study hard because he left his hometown at age 12 to further his studies and ultimately become the first (or at least one of the first) from his hometown to attend university and become a well-respected surgeon. My grandpa has always been supportive of my goal to become a physician and I’m grateful for his support. My grandpa’s also a cancer survivor and his initial diagnosis provided an extra push Read More

I’m grateful to my high school Humanities teacher who coached our high school girls’ team and introduced me to hockey. I’m glad to have hockey in my life because it has helped me gain an extra community while I’m at the beginning of a new school program and serves as a nice stress relieving form of exercise. The weekend of September 14-16, some classmates, upper years and I played in Icebowl, a tournament in Edmonton against other med students from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. We didn’t win but it was a lot of fun. Our flight home from Edmonton got cancelled Read More

 Monday August 20th 2018 was our first day of Med School. I think the first three pictures captured how happy and excited I felt to starting my first day of medical school. Our first week included lots of lectures, our first cadaver dissection, a histology lab, lunch with our Second Year Buddies, and trying to remember as many names as possible.   I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone as much as I could and make new friends in the week so I went to almost every event.   I didn’t take too many pictures because I was Read More