Medicine is an ever evolving field
Avg age of a med school matriculant is 26 years old
They took about 4-6 years in between college and med school to spoof up their application
Being a premed is a weed out
For every 10 premed there’s about 6 who finish prereqs and get to the MCAT
So all in all for every 10 premeds who start college only 1 will get into med school
40% acceptance rate in med school
How long have you been thinking about being a doctor?
Try exploring other fields is important to figure out whether being a doctor is right for you
Medicine is extremely diverse and has many different fields
When you shadow a physician think about whether you want to do that task yourself b/c the daily life of each physician can be vastly different
avg cost of a 4 year medical school is around 300K
85% graduate w/debt
Do something “extra”: admissions people want to see themes, stories so you have to do something extra