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The Premed Years

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  • Two Interviews, One Acceptance, and a 500 MCAT

    September 16, 2026 · 40 min

    (00:00) — Welcome and Early Roots: Kelsey describes growing up in a family of healthcare professionals and how watching her father's relationships with patients shaped her interest in medicine. (02:04) — Music vs. Medicine: Kelsey explains…

  • How to Keep Going After Your MCAT Score Refuses to Budge

    September 2, 2026 · 45 min

    (00:00) — Growing Up Around Medicine: Hallie describes having two surgical physician associate parents and knowing from childhood that medical school was her path. (04:24) — Division I Fencing Meets Premed: How training at 5:45 a.m…

  • How Justin Balanced Social Media Fame and the Premed Path

    August 19, 2026 · 47 min

    (00:00) — First Spark: How a hospital shadowing program in high school shifted Justin's view of medicine from negative to hopeful. (00:27) — Immigrant Family Expectations: The doctor-lawyer-accountant conversation that narrowed Justin's…

  • Caribbean Medical School Is Not a Vacation — A Student Speaks

    August 12, 2026 · 48 min

    (00:00) — Born in India, raised in Canada: How early experiences with navigating healthcare planted the seed for a medical career. (03:03) — Canadian medical school odds: Why the stat-heavy, seat-limited system makes it one of the hardest…

  • Three Gap Years, One Acceptance: Shemiele's Premed Story

    August 5, 2026 · 44 min

    (00:47) — Grandfather's Illness as Catalyst: Shemiele traces her interest in medicine to caring for her grandfather in Jamaica and losing him to a stroke. (02:30) — Immigrating in Sixth Grade: How moving to the US opened up possibilities…

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  • From Nigeria to Stanford Med: Applying Late and Going 3 for 3

    July 29, 2026 · 46 min

    (01:57) — Father's passing at 13: the moment that pointed toward medicine (03:22) — Growing up in Nigeria with no doctors in the family (05:07) — Applying to med school in Nigeria and not getting in (06:53) — Leaving home at 17 on a…

  • Financial Hardship and Stepping Away from an Acceptance to Apply Again

    July 15, 2026 · 42 min

    (00:00) — First spark for medicine: Medical kit, microscope, and a fascination with how life works. (03:01) — Surgical tech discovery: How a quarter-life crisis and financial strain led Karen to a trade-school OR program during a UCLA gap…

  • From Nigeria to D1 Athlete to Med School: Dami's Nonlinear Path

    July 1, 2026 · 43 min

    (00:00) — Welcome and framing: What this conversation is for and who Dami is (00:40) — Growing up in Lagos: How health inequity planted the seed for medicine (02:16) — Medicine vs. public health: Why exposure shapes the choice (04:49)…

  • Physics Major to Med School: Building an Application That is Authentic

    June 24, 2026 · 38 min

    (00:00) — From physics to premed: Riley describes deciding to pursue medicine at the end of sophomore year after shadowing in medical physics. (03:37) — Patient transport as a first clinical role: what it taught him about hospital…

  • Coming Off the Waitlist in June: One Premed's Honest Reckoning

    June 10, 2026 · 43 min

    (00:00) — Family in medicine: How a neurologist mom and a sister in pediatrics shaped Justin's early interest (03:28) — The chemistry PhD question: Why lab research pushed Justin back toward medicine (07:14) — Duke and the premed decision…

  • BSDO Over MD: Why Riya Chose the Osteopathic Combined Program

    June 5, 2026 · 34 min

    (00:00) — Pre-k graduation and "I want to be a baby doctor": Where the idea of medicine first appeared for Riya. (01:07) — Seventh-grade biology and Hashimoto's thyroiditis: The classroom moment that made medicine feel like a real…

  • From 506 to Navy HPSP: A Reapplicant’s Reset

    June 1, 2026 · 34 min

    (00:00) — Welcome and origin spark: Kiki’s path starts without an “aha” and a teacher’s nudge changes everything. (02:24) — First shadowing, open-heart: A six-hour quadruple bypass leaves her captivated. (03:48) — Type B and present…

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About the show

If you're struggling on your premed journey, trying to figure out the best way to study for the MCAT, or trying to understand how to best apply to medical school, the award-nominated podcast, The Premed Years, has you covered. From interviews with Admissions Committee members and directors to inspirational stories from those who have gone before you, The Premed Years is like having a premed advisor in your pocket. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or anywhere else you listen to music or podcasts so you don't miss an episode. It's free. Every week. Don't forget to watch us on YouTube, or follow us on Instagram too! We're medicalschoolhq everywhere!