Are you a pre-med student wondering which job will wow medical school admissions committees? Should you spend your weekends volunteering at a hospital, or would a paid clinical job boost your application more? How many hours of experience do you really need, and what do admissions officers expect to see on your resume?  These are crucial questions every aspiring doctor asks. Medical school admission is fiercely competitive, and the experiences you gain before applying can

I remember sitting alone at home during my first year of medical school, trying to study for an upcoming exam. I hadn’t slept the night before—something that had become all too common—and the sleep deprivation was compounding my long-standing mental health struggles. My mind felt sluggish. No matter how many hours I spent with my notes, I couldn’t retain information. The stress mounted. I began slipping in classes, and with every poor quiz grade, my self-worth plummeted furth

The United States is grappling with a significant physician shortage in 2025, a challenge that will profoundly shape the experiences of today’s premeds, medical students, and early-career doctors. Recent data paint a sobering picture: the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) projects a shortfall of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036 under current trends aamc.org. This gap is especially acute in primary care, where demand for services far outstrips supply.

TL;DR: Primary care in America is in crisis. Medical students are increasingly skipping family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics in favor of specialties; as a result, only about one-third of new primary care residency slots are filled by U.S. MD graduates. Meanwhile, roughly 75 million Americans (22% of the population) live in primary care shortage areas, and by 2037 the U.S. is projected to be short ~87,000 primary care physicians. Contributing factors include mass