OldPreMeds Podcast
Summary: The National Society for Nontraditional Premedical & Medical Students, Inc., better known by our website name, OldPreMeds.org or simply OPM, is a professional/pre-professional society and educational conduit for non-traditional students who seek to become Physicians. For those whose path to medicine is not the traditional high school to college to medical school, OPM's mission is to assist and advise on how to successfully prepare, apply, and succeed in both medical schools and residency training programs. Founded in 1998, our now over 10,000 registered members span from the very early premed through attending-level physicians. Many are enrolled or have graduated from medical schools, osteopathic programs, and other clinical health fields, here in the US as well as abroad. www.OldPreMeds.org, is a website community built upon peer-based forums providing resources for all levels of premedical students, medical students, medical residents, pre-health advisors, admissions officers, and other faculty & staff at undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, medical, and post-graduate programs.
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Podcasts:
Living with chronic pain is hard. Living with chronic pain as a premed might be impossible. Our question today is from a premed struggling with a new diagnosis.
If you're a nontrad student looking at potential medical school, you may realize that your dream school is in another state. What do you do now?
Canadians think they have it much harder than their US counterparts when it comes to getting shadowing and clinical experience. It's just not the case.
As you start to look at your extracurriculars for medical school, you may start worrying that you don't have enough clinical experience. How much is enough?
As you build your school list, you may find that there are new medical schools opening when you are applying. Is it a good idea to apply to those schools?
When you're a nontraditional premed student working full-time and going to school doing a DIY postbac, should you be concerned about volunteering and other ECs?
Today we have a nontrad student working full-time who hasn't taken the prereqs in over a decade not scoring well on his full-length exams. What should he do?
Our poster today has already completed one degree and is going back for a DIY postbac and is wondering if leaving her second degree early will be a problem.
Our question today is from a paramedic firefighter who is now interested in going to medical school but doesn't necessarily want to take the prereqs. Can they?
Today we have an interesting question from a student who is in a postbac but is looking at taking a class during the summer at another school. Is it possible?
Our student today is changing careers and has some very specific questions about whether he should put ADHD in his application and what he should focus on.
How should you choose your degree? What if you aren't sure you're 100% committed to becoming a physician? What if you doubt yourself? What should you do?
Our poster today is wondering if she can get into medical school after starting her undergrad poorly. What should you do if you have a low science GPA?
When you decide to go to med school a little later, you may not have the shadowing and clinical experience you want, should you delay your application?
Our student this week is questioning if she should delay graduation vs studying for another degree. She's trying to raise her GPA to be more competitive.
