 What's up guys, Alex here for an MD journey helping you succeed on your medical journey with less stress Today's video, or I guess he's next few days are going to be a blog on me showing you and taking you with me on One of my out of state interviews. I am going to the Northeast tomorrow That's as much as I'm gonna say about where I'm going, but I'm pretty excited to have you guys join me I'm gonna kind of give you some insight. What's the process is like as well as some more Detailed things that you may not hear about which is kind of how much does this all cost? So I'll give you a breakdown of what this specific Interview is costing me where I'm saving money or I am paying money As well as kind of the whole process how it goes. So hopefully you guys are excited I'm going to bring my winter coat with me. Hopefully it's not snowing and Hopefully you guys enjoy this video. So let's get to the intro All right, so first things first the interview is on Thursday morning and today It's Tuesday evening around 6 o'clock So I have the rest of the evening to kind of pack and make my dinner And then my flight tomorrow is at 7 o'clock and luckily the airport's close by so I really just have to get there at 5 30 But it is in the Northeast. So I need to just be prepared for any winter weather Going going to pack some couple of layers for tomorrow But going back to food So guys one of the things that sucks About residency interviews and the whole season in general is that you're usually not in one place very long You're just traveling the whole time. And so that means that you don't Have really a mini motivation to like make a bulk amount of food and like cook for yourself and be healthy And residency interviews don't help because they actually feed you a lot And they're usually very carby meals like lasagnas pastas and it's delicious. Love it, but You tend to gain some weight unless you're like keeping your fitness on point. So I'm trying But I have like nothing in my fridge and so I went to the grocery store recently and just bought some Brief ingredients to make some tikka masala on so hopefully you guys enjoy that b-roll which will show up in a second Um, but before we get to dinner, I wanted to kind of quickly break down How much this interview is costing me or looked up my receipts I'm on credit card charges on the things that I paid for like my hotels and such and so I wanted to give you some Insights so first um first things first is the plane ticket. So the plane ticket from where I'm at to where I'm going Is about three hundred and eleven dollars? The cool thing is that all of that was paid for via my credit card points If you want to watch a video on me explaining the process of how I've gained so many credit card points I haven't played paid for a single flight guys. Um, this whole cycle Um, I will link the video down the description and I can't right here But definitely the description. Um, but it's three hundred and eleven dollar flight that I've managed to get basically for free Um, and then my other charges are things like the hotels and my hotel that I was managed I it was able to find A hotel that was about 55 dollars and the next is the rental car Um, I know most of you guys may uber to your destination What's funny is that I didn't use uber I've never used uber in my life until my very first out-of-state interview Where I had to get an uber from my apartment to the airport and the bikes versa So I've taken two brews of my life all within the last like four weeks Um, but it was a little pricier than I thought it's gonna be and so I realized that if I found a pretty good deal On a rental car and they actually be better. I enjoy driving too guys. I'm from texas. So everyone owns a car Um, so I managed to get a rental car for 35 dollars. Um, hopefully that's what the charge is tomorrow. We'll see And um, so that plus the free ticket and then I did get a pretty decent rate on my hotel for about 50 bucks So, um, I'm basically paying around 80 bucks right now for a surface value And then I'll have to pay for things like gas Maybe some food if I get hungry and things of that sort So just round it up to about 100 bucks, but I am saving keep in mind I'm saving about 300 dollars um through my credit card points. So normally somebody would be paying about 400 bucks plus Just for one interview. So you can quickly see how things start to get expensive But again, if you guys want to see the video on how I'm saving money via my credit card points and traveling Basically if you're free across the country, uh, the video will be in the link in the description But, uh, let's get to dinner All right guys, so let's get to making dinner first. We're gonna start with our protein source of the day Most of you guys know that I am a vegetarian and so that means I have to get pretty creative When it comes to picking my protein sources Um, so I have something today called soy curls Um, the link will be in the description, but basically what these are are vegan protein strips They're flavorless. And so you first, um, go ahead and just soak them in water for like 10 minutes Allow them to absorb and get some volume and then you can marinate them in whatever sauce you want And then fry them on a pan that can be used as you use like sudo chicken strips Um, they're really affordable, which is like one of the biggest reasons I like them Is that like one pack of those, um, you get three of them for 15 on Amazon So I'll link that down in the description for any of you guys that kind of want to try some new protein sources But it tastes really good. Um, if you choose your sauces correctly, um, highly recommend So we will put this in a pan soon after soaking for about 10 minutes And then we'll kind of marinate them with our tickle masala sauce that I've already bought. Um, unfortunately This is all the rice I had Sad life. Um, so it's mainly going to be a chicken strip or sudo chicken strip Um, tickle masala with rice But that's kind of what we have to do on a residency's Season Like I said, my fridge is pretty empty, but we'll make do we'll enjoy this and um, I will kind of fast forward to a b-roll now All right guys, hopefully you guys enjoyed the b-roll of um the tickle masala I'll be honest I ate it and had a food coma and basically binged on youtube videos for about like an hour and a half For a while I recovered, but it is about nine o'clock. And so I need to pack Um, I have my clothes already, you know ironed out folded So I'm gonna show you guys kind of what um, I will take on an interview day for me And I will take it in a typical duffel bag. You guys have seen this in my other videos Um, but this is going to be It in terms of what I take I'll take a backpack from my laptop and stuff, but Um, this will be a carry-on. So in here, I will have to fit a suit my dress shoes my clothes for The inner or the dinner um tomorrow evening as well as just like my typical clothes It's going to be pretty cold. I've been roughly around like 30 29 degrees So, uh, I'll have to have a jacket, um dress socks and basically all the little things plus like toiletries and stuff So I need to fit it in here my chargers and whatnot. So I'm gonna show you guys my outfits as I put them in First things first, so I don't have like a suit bag I just don't want to like have another piece of luggage just for one thing So most of you guys have seen this in my other interviews. I have a gray suit Um, I love this suit and got it pretty affordably But I will nicely nicely fold this into Uh my duffel bag and the goal is most guys have this issue of where you start to have creases especially when you don't have like a Um a bag meant specifically for suits And so I'm going to fold this and try to put it on one side of my bag and not overloaded with other things So I may put some of my lighter clothes Under garments and things on that side and then the other side will have like my toiletries and my dress shoes And so that way the crease won't be as prominent The last interview I went on I couldn't find any creases and I didn't have to fix them. So I'm gonna try to do the same thing Let's see how I do I get the slacks All right, so next up is the clothes that I need to wear tomorrow evening for Dinner most of those they say casual business casuals. So Um, if it's not very hot most guys would wear like a bund of shirt ladies can't help you out But they tend to wear typically a nice dresses nothing over Over the top or anything, but a bund down shirt khakis Or slacks usually does the trick for most guys, but since it's cold tomorrow. I kind of want to have layers on So I'm going to have this nice dress shirt. Don't really get to wear Very often, but it's a nice slim fit. I'm sure that I'll have and then I'll cover it Oh, there's more This nice Wine color purple sweater that I have so this Um, plus um the shirt. I think it should make a nice combo. So common below with what you think of my design and fashion choices. I'm a pretty simple dresser. So this should do the trick um, and what I'm going to do actually to kind of keep My uh baggage kind of low is I'm going to wear this tomorrow pretty much all day Um, I call the plane and whatnot and there's a change in my hotel and put this back on for the dinner And then I'll just neatly fold this So now we're kind of wrapping up the last bits of things. So I have my socks got some new pairs over black friday excited to wear these Um, but have those in I want to make sure I don't forget my tie. Um, I just use two ties on my interviews. So Uh, I usually have both in my bag in case I lose one or something goes wrong Uh, but this is going to be my tie for tomorrow And then I have my belt. So Nothing fancy here. So basically I'm going to give my outfit for the plane ride there ready And in the restroom so that way tomorrow morning I'll have to do a shower wake up Put this on and then call my uber But otherwise guys like I'll have a toiletry bag. So um, it's already packed But obviously I'll have to use it tomorrow morning just to freshen up and then I take some ziplog bags That I will use tomorrow morning just to put some of the travel restricted items The liquids that the tsa agents will like to look at To make sure that there's nothing suspicious and that they meet the size requirements So I'll put these on and then my dress shoes I will be ready and I have a nice little pocket Um in the duffel bag where I just kind of put them in underneath It goes under all my clothes and it just kind of hides there So that's pretty much me packing. Um, the last thing I'll have to do today Is shave this beard because I want to look somewhat decent for my interview And so I will trim this beard and then I'm going to call it a night. So I will see you guys Um, very early tomorrow morning likely around 4 or 4 30. So, um, wish me good night. I'll see you guys and take care Good morning guys. Um, it is about 4 40. So I don't have that much time to waste I'm going to go ahead and get ready brush my teeth I'm shower and then go ahead and call my uber. Luckily all the stuff is packed and all I have to do is just head out Um, and it's like a five minute drive to the airport. So everything's pretty quick I just have to be quick on getting ready. So, um, I'll see you guys at the airport. All right guys So, uh, finished taking a shower getting ready and call my uber realize he's one minute away So I'm gonna head out and I'll see you guys at the airport All right guys, so I'm headed to my destination just picked up my rental car It is a pretty tiny car and for those of you guys don't know don't know I'm six foot one It's how my head is like almost tied to the ceiling, but it's okay We're gonna save some money on this trip But I have about two to three hours to waste until My hotel lets me check in. So this is the northeast. There is some water And I don't get that in Dallas or Austin Where I'm from so I'm gonna go ahead and just visit one of the nearby harbors And then I'll check into my hotel. So I will take you guys along with All right guys, so, um, I managed to go do a little bit of side thing I know I have originally I said I wouldn't say what city I'd be in But, uh, most of you guys probably follow me on Instagram and able to see this So I'm in Baltimore. Um, and it is gorgeous Look at this harbor that is a barns and opals right there. I went inside. It's pretty huge But yeah, I'm just gonna take a walk on this beautiful harbor. It's pretty chilly But I have a pico don't and then I'm gonna add to my hotel around Another an hour or so so I'm gonna enjoy this. Um, hopefully You guys that are from the northeast can understand why this Texas guy Is freezing his butt off right now. So I'll see you guys soon. All right. So the harbor was freaking awesome Um, really cool environment much different than taxes of just having that big body of water around with a huge city Right in the middle of it. It's pretty cool. The other thing I learned is when I try to navigate to my hotel Is literally like 10 minutes of walking distance away So if I wanted to I can go back there again and kind of check some other things out But I'm going to check into the hotel. Um, there is something that I want to see here in Baltimore Kind of in the DC area about 20 minutes away I'll tell you guys there with me. Um, and I try to do every major city that I can go to Um, and so that means I'm gonna have to kind of plan accordingly of getting ready Um, going there 30 minutes driving back 30 minutes is still making my dinner, which is around six o'clock So I'm going to check in kind of relax change. I need to put on my dress shirt underneath this for my dinner tonight But otherwise I'm wearing the same outfit plus maybe some slacks Don't wear jeans on your pre-interview dinner and I'm going to do that. Uh, I bought some Shake pack, uh, which I've never had before But I remember a huge fan of milkshake in any place that makes good ones. So today we have A coffee milkshake and I'm a huge coffee fan. So this tastes really good. Um But otherwise is have a vegetarian burger in there But I'm going to check in and I will check in with you guys. Um in a bit So all right guys, so a little bit of update Unfortunately wasn't able to do any more sightseeing The place in particular that I wanted to go to was about An hour away and that's going to be a little bit too much Especially trying to make it back to my dinner So I managed to just kind of crash chill for a bit But now I'm dressed up the dinner is in about 20 minutes And so I basically took that sweater, uh, and I have a dress shirt underneath some slacks below Let's do this dumb youtube thing where you can see me record on my phone But luckily the dinner venue is within like a six minute drive From my hotel. So it's gonna be pretty cool. Um, but these dinners are usually fun Everyone's really welcoming and warm It's a good way for you to kind of ask some, you know, honest questions about the program as well as just kind of see Can you see yourself working with these individuals because if you come here, you know They're gonna be your co-workers your peers your colleagues So that's really what these pre-interview dinners are. So I'm gonna enjoy it And I will see you guys after the dinner All right, guys, I am back in my hotel room Just got back from dinner, which was delicious. It was fun to meet all the residents But I am tired of I think I had like a Maybe three hours of sleeping me for the last 24. So I'm definitely gonna hit the hay pretty soon I'm gonna change out of my clothes get my suit ready for tomorrow Also have my backpack because I am basically going to be heading to the airport immediately after my interview I need to turn in my rental car. So it's going to be a time crunch. So I'm just trying to be as efficient as possible The last thing I'm going to do before I go to bed is just do some last minute research on the program Uh, just things that I should know going into the interview day. That way I have some more specific questions to ask about You don't want to just go in blindly to your interviews. You want to be prepared Especially if it's going to be a place you're going to be working in the future. So That's what I'm going to be doing, but I will catch up with you guys tomorrow morning. So good night guys Good morning guys. It is 6 15 my interview day starts officially at eight o'clock and The hospital is about 15 minute drive from my hotel. So I'm going to try to get ready Luckily, everything is packed for the airport. My clothes are just kind of like Sitting on this chair. So I'll have to do Shower put my suit on and then head out. So But yeah, I'll see you guys probably talk to you guys on my drive there All right guys, what is going on? So I am driving to the interview in the hospital. I have 30 minutes to spare so I should be able to get there within 10 to 15 minutes after parking me or not But I'm driving through downtown Baltimore. It's pretty nice. It is cold today Um, probably you guys are probably if you're from this area used to worse But it is a nice solid like 35 degrees with a pretty Decent wind chill. So it feels like 20s But I got my P code on got my suit on so Uh, we're gonna just enjoy this weather because when I go back to Texas This is going to be even nasty and different every single day All right guys, so I am back in my car the interview day is over if it's three o'clock So it has been a while. Um, I'm sure you guys want to know how it went. It did go well I always enjoy these kind of interviews that are really conversational very homie. That's kind of how this program was So I enjoyed my experience, but now I have to catch a flight So my flight is in about an hour and a half and I need to first return the rental car So I have about 10 15 minute drive left ahead of me to return the car Hopefully there's not that long of a security line at four o'clock in Baltimore We'll see. I have no idea. Um, but regardless, I'm just really tired. Let me take these contacts out I don't wear them very often So my eyes are drying up and then put my glasses on and fall asleep and taking an amazing nap on the car Very guys, so I made it back to Texas. I'm officially packing Dallas Um, the flight overall was good. It is very late now. It's about to be 11 o'clock. I'm super tired One bad thing that happened on my travel year is I somehow lost my license when I was in Baltimore. So I'm more gracious though that I somehow managed to keep my license until after the tsa line So I still managed to be able to get on my flight But that's going to just unfortunately be something I'm going to have to do this week and just get it replaced More annoying than anything, but it's like whatever But more importantly, I'm just so super tired. My bed is there I'm going to bed have nothing left to do and I'm going to wake up at whatever time I want Benefit of a fourth year But let's close this video off if you guys enjoyed this video First of all, make sure you give this video a like subscribe to the channel comment below with any Questions videos ideas that you guys want to see in the future. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this one But I'm headed to bed. I will see you guys the next one. Take care guys