 what is up guys I just dropped off my suit at the dry cleaners because it's time for my medical school interview on Tuesday so now I'm starting to get prepared the next step into getting prepared is to get rid of the shag on top I call it my hobo style haircut because I look like I you know beg for money for a living right now so I am definitely gonna clean up and come back at you guys looking fresh I'm excited I'm ready to go so let's get to it I'll see you guys just a second oh all right there it is everybody came out fresh cut feeling good it's cut was so fresh I actually managed to change outfits but um no actually what happened was I made an appointment so it's actually tomorrow but there it is guys I got rid of the hobo look and now I'm ready for my medical school interview so that is another another step done and I am glad to have that out of the way that's one less thing to stress about now it is just time I guess for the airport part of the vlog so I'll see you guys at the airport later hi what's up guys we just arrived at the hotel we're gonna be going in getting ready for the interview I'm gonna be going in and getting ready for the interview she's gonna be sleeping in so I'm going to actually be taking the time and I'm sorry I'm losing my voice I'm gonna be taking the time here to get my mind right and to prepare for the interview then after I finish my interview I will come back and talk to you guys about how excuse me about how it went and I I'm sure I can't share too many details about like what actually happened but I can give you guys an overview of what it was like and what to expect for yourselves too so hopefully I'll get my voice back next time I check in with you guys and I will see you in the next clip later all right everybody we are back here with the next clip from last clip to this clip was actually a pretty big amount of time it was probably about three weeks since you guys saw me at my interview reason being is because I actually got sick I got really sick I lost my voice I couldn't speak I had a temperature a virus not coronavirus all jokes aside guys now that I'm better and I got you know everything set up again and I'm back in the mood nothing's gonna stop me from making these videos for you guys so without further ado let's begin 10 tips that are going to rock your next interview let's get started guys tip number one to kill your medical school interview practice good posture all right guys when you're sitting your back is not to touch the back of the chair okay just sit straight look at your interviewer smile be welcoming be warm good posture don't slouch in your chair don't lean hands on your face don't be playing with your hands and at some points guys you don't even want to be sitting with your hands together in any way shape or form sometimes it's okay to speak expressively and express yourself that's I'm getting off on a tangent just don't look nervous sit right practice good posture look confident look comfortable when you're walking walk with your chest up don't slouch or hunch don't make yourself appear small and and intimidated let them know that this is easiest kick tip number two make a good first impression when you meet your interviewer have a firm handshake look at them in the eyes make eye contact and smile introduce yourself tell them about you tell them where you come from tell them something interesting about yourself something that will stick in their minds my go-to I play music I have a YouTube channel I work out I don't know but but definitely the first two music YouTube channel they'll be like ah that's the musical YouTube guy and then they'll think I have a music channel well you can't win them all but just make a good first impression and when you're there while you're at it speak calmly speak slowly don't let them think that you are nervous that you are anxious that this is in any way I mean okay yes you know they might know that at some way you do have nerves kicking in but at the same time you don't really want to show it you want to appear like you're relaxed when you're a doctor you're going to be talking to patients about life and death you know in retrospect an interview is really nothing compared to what you're gonna be doing at your job just be calm relax go up there on time make a good first impression know where your interview room is make sure your hotel is closed so that's one less stress factor that you can eliminate and that's it just just be in control of any factor that you can and get there make a good first impression number three reread your personal statement listen this one here it blows my mind how many interviewees don't realize that the person that they invited to interview is the person that they read about in your personal statement sound as much like that person as possible if you told the story and you gave a certain age drained you know for a certain age then you better get that age right if something happened to you when you were six and you're like oh it happened to me when I was actually nine during the interview you know they're gonna be like what read your personal statement make sure you know what you said make sure you know what to talk about what you mentioned bring it up synchronize yourself to personal statement to you what should be yourself anyways don't lie on your personal statement don't do it boom number four this tip is a little specific it's going to be more specific to interviewees at the younger end of the spectrum watch how you refer to yourself you're already battling implicit bias at these interviewers have that you're too young to be interviewing to medical school guys the average age of acceptance into medical school is 25 or 26 according to amc for my 19 year olds 20 year olds 21 year olds even 22 year olds you need to show it to them that you are mature that you're an adult that you handle your business for example comment question that can get asked and actually I actually took this from a really really helpful youtube video it was a really long one I'll link it in the description below in this video the professor says you are already facing this bias that you are too young to be applying to medical school so for example they might ask you certain questions to gauge how you think of yourself and whether you view yourself as a child or whether you view yourself as an adult because it's important it's definitely an important distinction to make because you want people who think at least that they're independent think that they can handle being away from their families they can handle the stresses of medical school it's really important that you paint a picture of yourself as a mature independent functioning adult for example one way that they can do this without you realizing that they're doing this is by asking you tell me about your family a lot of people will answer I have my mom my dad I have a brother sister we live in the house we adopted like three dogs or rescued rescued three dogs um you know you can adopt dogs too I guess but what you're saying there is that you think of yourself as the child of your parents you think of yourself as a child and let me tell you why that's not good guys because at the end of the day you are showing them that your identity is that of a child that's it that is your identity you are the child of your parents you want to show them that you think of yourself as an adult that you that your identity is that of an adult another example to answer this question maybe a better way gauge it for yourself so interviewer will say okay tell me about your family now your answer will be I don't have a family yet but I hope to have a family one day as a matter of fact right now I'm happily single and one day I hope to find a relationship where I can grow it and start my own family or I hope that this partner my significant other is the right person for me that one day we can start a family of our own boom you just told them that you think of yourself as an adult who's capable of starting their own family that you're independent you don't view yourself as the child of anybody you view yourself as your own adult think about it like this for the younger people out there people ask you that question to your parents what would your parents how would your parents answer that question they talk about their kids they talk about their their their husband or wife they talk about the family that they have that they started they created that is how they view themselves they view themselves as independent adults family makers the breadwinners breadbearers or whatever you freaking call them that's how that's the impression you want to give them okay during an interview you control the way they think they perceive you okay their impression of you is completely based on the way that they think they perceive you you are in control of that you might as well refer to yourself as an adult if you're here for medical school you're going to be a doctor you're going to be a leader you need to you need to be you need to be on top of your game okay all right moving forward number five show enthusiasm when you speak don't be so nervous don't answer your questions with barely an answer don't give them a dead answer like i can't think of one off the top of my head guys but short answers that don't lead into further conversation no especially don't answer yes or no unless they're specifically looking for yes or no okay just speak with enthusiasm smile eye contact use your hands i touched on this earlier guys express yourself there's nothing wrong with expressing yourself it makes you look like a person yes you don't want to be you know crazy you don't want the rapper hands but you want to speak with your hands so guys if you haven't already then please just take a moment to hit that subscribe button hit the notification bell right next to it so you don't miss another video and feel free to leave a comment and tell me what other like medical school related videos you'd like me to make ask me questions i'll be more than happy to answer leave a like on this video if you thought the information was helpful and with that said let's go on step number six no brainer research the medical school that you're going to find something interesting about them find something that you are passionate about that they offer it could be a core value of theirs it could be something that they do that opportunities that they have for their students it could be the location do your research and talk about it let them know why you want to go to this specific medical school over the other medical schools that have interviewed you guys because if you're like me then you've only been interviewed by two and you're still waiting and everything is okay i can't stress this enough ask good questions please please ask good questions don't leave your interview without asking any questions at all it makes you seem like you're just there to be there that you don't really care about the school that there's nothing that interested you you're shooting yourself in the foot guys you're not going to get accepted if you don't ask questions think of thoughtful questions here's an example of a thoughtful question okay so i see that one of your missions is to serve public health and i noticed that your medical school has a program where students can go to mexico to help serve uh these underserved communities that are there that are in bad need of healthcare uh this is something that is very exciting to me i am very passionate about rural communities about giving health care and i want to know how soon is this opportunity available for students boom that's it you've done it you have showed them that this is why you want to go here because of public service it's not that hard guys it's not that hard take an hour or two hours and go to that medical school's website watch some videos from students maybe who have a youtube channel as i go to that school if you're lucky enough to find some just do your research do your research and ask good question because it's only going to put you ahead of all the other applicants that are there step number seven if you want to kill your medical school interview don't memorize your answers guys you're gonna sound unauthentic they're gonna know it's gonna be bad don't be the loser who reads things off of the list but seriously all jokes aside if you had to memorize the answer to one question and one question only the only one that you should be memorizing is why do you want to be a doctor have a vague idea of the points you want to hit make sure you hit those points while you're giving your spiel you'll be good you'll be solid everything else don't memorize your answers you know what i did before my interview the morning before i just had my girlfriend read me some practice mmi questions on the internet just to get my brain going to get my my thought process churning and by the time i got there my brain was already warmed up i was already you know put on my toes to answer my girlfriend rapidly and think on my feet i was ready to go i felt like i was already warmed up just don't memorize your answers you'll be fine don't give in to the panic i feel like the exorcist is here making my lights blink holy shit don't don't don't after the video after boys for all right step number eight uh guys i want to apologize if the lighting life is falling apart apparently apparently a whole goddamn life is falling apart all right guys where was i step number eight relax the night before your interview only thing you should be doing in my opinion is just reading your personal statement okay read it like five to ten times make sure you know it relax that's it you're done nothing else go have yourself a drink don't get hungover don't get drunk just have a drink to help you help you relax go to bed early if you can if you can't don't stress about it that's why god made coffee when you wake up in the morning do your business you take a shower if you need to get if you need to wake up and go but guys don't stress yourselves out the night before get something nice to eat treat yourself you guys have come this far it'll be fine you've got this listen becky listen chad brad you've got this end of discussion all right guys step nine i kind of touched on this earlier because i got excited but plan ahead okay make sure your hotel is close the medical school that you're going to make sure that you already know the building it's gonna be in make sure you have an uber if you can get there the day before then do that so that way you can go to the you know to the campus and see see everything see where the building is if you are lucky enough to find a student and you can talk to a student about it uh you know ladies make sure that you are dressed professionally uh heels you know i really can't give you girls this much advice i'm not really qualified you know there's definitely other youtubers out there who can but um and yeah that's it guys just be prepared eliminate any stress that you can okay if there's something that you can eliminate so you don't have to stress about it then do it all right number 10 if you guys have made it this far then please leave a like below let me know that you've got to this point guys step number 10 to kill your interview be proud of how far you've come guys you are in the hardest professional profession that there is this is one of the biggest commitments of your life you are giving up four years of income to work your ass off to study your ass off to stress your ass off to to make you think why the hell are you doing this in the begin with but you're here because you love it because you love the pain and it's fine embrace it guys embrace it be proud of yourselves you've come this far and i first one i'm proud of you guys so good job okay you got this if you're watching this a week a month a day an hour before your interview then i am sending you all the good positive vibes all the good energy all the good karma you got this just be yourself that's the person they loved in the first place and you'll do great and i can't wait to see you future doctor