I answered questions about medical school and being a premed from students at my high school.
0:00 How long does it take to get from high school to medical school
0:08 What did I learn from high school? Collaboration, Participation
2:12 What kind of extracurriculars did I do?
4:18 How did I get research?
6:24 What kinds of volunteer opportunities are important?
7:12 Pros and cons of staying at home for undergrad
9:26 Qualifications required for med school
10:24 What’s a common path to medical school ?
11:08 What’s the UBC Med application like?
12:02 What were my Plan B’s if I didn’t get into medicine?
13:31 Did I consider going abroad for med/ becoming an IMG
14:24 What’s my med program like?
15:09 Do I want to specialize?
16:16 What are the best and worst parts of med?
Amazing Editing by the talented Julia C.
I’m Shanna, a Canadian medical student. Every Wednesday afternoon, I release short videos with interviews with different med students, advice videos, and Day in the Life vlogs. Subscribe for a chance to learn how to be the most productive and stress free med student or applicant you can be. Let’s thrive in medicine together. 🙂