Med Student Resources

First Year of Residency: What it’s Like Being an Intern

By: Emily Hause Graduating from medical school doesn’t mean you stop learning. Kaplan MCAT expert Emily Hause shares with you every step of her journey—from getting accepted to medical school, to making her way as a medical student, to her recent graduation. Today, she’s discussing what it’s like to have achieved her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor...

10 Cardinal Rules for Surviving the First Year

By: Timothy Dixon So you’re starting your journey to medical school. Congrats! I am certain there’s quite the cocktail of emotions stirring inside of you comprised of excitement, motivation, and relief, mixed in with a little bit (or a lot) of fear and uncertainty of the unknown. Well they say hindsight is 20/20, and as...

Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Medical School

This post was created in partnership with BetterHelp. As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided on this page.   When you decided that you wanted to go to medical school, you probably didn’t think it would be so “dangerous.” Not just physically...

Anxiety and Depression: The Risks of Medical School

This post was created in partnership with BetterHelp. As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided on this page.   According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), almost 30% of medical students suffer from depression or symptoms of depression. In...