323 episodes
OldPreMeds Podcast Ryan Gray
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4.8 • 143 Ratings
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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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Can I Use A Letter of Recommendation from 3 Years Ago?
This premed asked a professor from a few years ago to write a letter and instead they offered to resend an old letter dated 3 years back. Should the use it?
Links:Full Episode Blog Post
MappdCon 2023
myLORs (promo code OLDPREMEDS)
AAMC core competencies
Meded Media
Premed Hangout
Blueprint MCAT -
Should I Talk About My Prior Career in Personal Statement?
This career changer is being advised to talk about her prior career in her personal statement. She disagrees but feels obligated by her mentor. What now?
Links:Full Episode Blog Post
Meded Media
Application Academy
The MCAT Podcast
Premed Hangout
Blueprint MCAT
The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement -
How Important is Clinical Experience?
This older premed has work, travel, family, school, and MCAT. Does she really need clinical experience?
Links:Full Episode Blog Post
eShadowing
Meded Media
Premed Hangout
Blueprint MCAT -
Admissions Advisor From a Med School Discouraged Me
This career changer works full-time as a nurse while taking classes, but an admissions advisor
told her she needs to be in school full-time. What now?
Links:Full Episode Blog Post
Meded Media
Premed Hangout
Blueprint MCAT -
Avoid Burnout in My Gap Years
This recent graduate has to do science GPA repair, get clinical experience, and take the MCAT. Is it possible to do all this in 2-3 years?
Links:Full Episode Blog Post
The MCAT Podcast
Mappd
Meded Media
Premed Hangout
Blueprint MCAT -
From Optometry to Opthalmalogy
This non-trad is already in their 3rd year of optometry school. Is it too late to switch to medical school?
Links:Full Episode Blog Post
Meded Media
The MCAT Podcast
Premed Hangout
Blueprint MCAT
Customer Reviews
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
As a non traditional student, I have a ton of questions about how to pursue my dream of becoming a physician and this podcast series has it all. It even discusses topics I hadn’t considered. Thanks a million for making this!!
Extremely helpful for Non-Trads
I recently began my journey of switching careers from Speech-Language Pathology to Medicine and stumbled upon this podcast earlier this year. Since finding this podcast, I have been able to gain a ton of useful information for the premed process and have been so encouraged in listening to personal stories and paths of non traditional students like myself. It’s awesome the breadth and depth of knowledge that is covered through the podcasts regarding the premed process and beyond. Very thankful to have found Dr. Gray’s material. Thank you so much for helping and encouraging those of use who are non-trads especially and giving us access to these resources!
Just WOW
I stumbled across this podcast after doing a search for premedical podcasts, and accidentally finding this podcast and Dr. Gray’s work was the BEST thing that has happened to me in my journey to medical school. As a 30-something interested in becoming a physician, I had SO many questions, and Dr. Gray has been the most informative source of information I have EVER come across. I now feel confident that I have all the information I need to successfully navigate my postbac and medical school application. I wish I would have known about Dr. Gray’s work earlier.