Hi everyone!
So today I'm gonna be doing another Q&A.
This time I got some questions from snapchat as well as some of the most frequently asked
questions on YouTube.
Let's get started!
Question: Hi Jamie, I would love to know what was your hardest class in your first year
of medical school?
Is it like gross anatomy or histology?
Thanks!
So my hardest class in first year of medical school.
I wanna say the hardest class to study for was probably BMS--basic medical sciences,
so a lot of biochemistry and the things that you have to learn to do well in MCAT, just
because I didn't really wanna study for those things anymore but you still have to learn
it.
The hardest class in terms of exams I thought was probably cardiology because there was
a ton of physiology and the way the questions were written in the exams were really tricky.
There was one exam where I wasn't sure how I did, so I think that was the hardest exam
that I studied for.
But BMS was the hardest class to study for.
Next question!
Question: If you know you wanna be a doctor but you don't like sciences and math.
Is it still worth going through all those years of science and math so that you can
become a doctor?
So, it really depends on science and math.
There is science in medicine.
There is a little bit of math in medicine.
If you really hate all of science and all of math then maybe it's not worth it.
But that said, a lot of the tedious details of basic science and math isn't really used
all that much once you get to a certain level in studying medicine.
So for example, up until first and second year of medical school and up until you take
your first board exam (step 1) you do have to know basic things like glycolysis, kreb
cycle and all that but once you take Step 1, starting Step 2 and Step 3 there is a lot
less of that basic science and a lot more clinical, medical knowledge.
So it becomes a little more fun if you're interested in learning actual medicine and
learning how to take care of patients.
When it comes to math, I wanna say--I don't know what the requirements are for taking
MCAT and applying to med school these days but I took up to Calculus and I can tell you
right now that you don't have to use Calculus in med school.
I think the hardest math that you probably have to do is maybe calculating pH and some
of that chemistry math.
But there's not a ton of advance math.
Next question: Hi Jamie!
My question is in regards to your residency, what are you most excited about and what are
you most afraid of?
I think for residency, the thing that I'm most excited about and the thing that I'm
most scared of is probably the same thing: responsibility.
It's exciting to apply everything that you've learned in medical school and to actually
be responsible for patients and come up with different plans to make your patients better.
But I think that's also the scary thing.
Luckily in residency, you have a lot of checks and balance.
There's always somebody checking your work and making sure you're not making a mistake
but I think as you go further and further in residency and when you become an independent
physician there is less of that so I think if you make a mistake you can directly impact
your patient care.
So I think that's something that is exciting and scary at the same time.
Alright next question: Hey Jamie!
First off, you're such a huge inspiration to me!
I love you so much.
Secondly, are you gonna restock any of your sweaters in your website.
I really want one!
Thanks!
So I've actually been getting a lot of questions regarding the apparel and I'm happy to announce
that the t-shirt that I'm wearing right now is available for purchase right now at thestrivetofit.com
I'm gonna be coming out with more designs and other sweatshirts and other long sleeve
shirts in the fall most likely so keep an eye on the website.
Question: Hey Jamie, I just wanted to ask if you ever studied abroad and if so would
you recommend studying abroad before entering medical school.
So I personally didn't study abroad in undergrad but I know that Andrea Tooley did.
She's another YouTuber and her channel is all about pre-med and medicine and she answered
this question in a video so I'm gonna link the video in the description box so you guys
can watch it.
Next question: Hi how are you?
What is your
MBTI personality?
I used to be obsessed with MBTI.
I used to try to guess what all my friends' personality were and make them take the test
so I can see if I was right or wrong.
So I'm gonna have you guys guess what my NBTI personality is and if you're right I will
comment back and let you know that you're right.
Question: I was just wondering is medical school expensive?
Thanks!
I actually have a video on this topic, you can click it right here!
Alright so the next set of questions are gonna be from YouTube.
Mia Liu asks: have you ever considered to get a lasik surgery?
Serious question.
So I did!
I did actually consider getting lasik surgery before starting medical school.
I had actually gone to the accepted students or the info session and I asked the medical
students "oh do you know anybody who got lasik surgery?" and they said they had.
But just from hearing experiences of people who have gotten it.
I heard that very few percentage of people sometimes get like blurry vision or night
time vision changes so I didn't wanna quite get it before med school just in case I wanna
go into something like surgery and I really need that visual acuity so I didn't get it
but I did think about it.
Next question is from Aron Cosmos and the question is what songs are used in this video?
Very calming!
I actually put all the song information in the description box so you guys can go back
and if you like any songs you guys can check the description box and see what the songs
are called.
The next question is from Grecia Rodriguez.
She asks, what did you major in as an undergrad?
I majored in Neuroscience and Behavior at Barnard College.
So that's all the questions I have for today.
I tried to pick out questions that weren't answered in the past.
So because a lot of the questions that I got on snapchat were repeat questions so you guys
can go ahead and look back on some of the older Q&As if your question wasn't answered.
On my website I'm hoping to fill out a frequently asked question section at some point so that
I can just point you guys easily to the website whenever you guys have question about how
I got into medical school, what specialities I wanna go into and things like that.
So I will be working on that at some point in the future.
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Byeee.