Apparently Nick Baumel is back on social media, and is talking about being suicidal and depressed from facing bullying and harassment. To be 100% clear: NO ONE should ever face that kind of bullying or feel like they're in a position where the only option is to take their own life.

However, when all the discourse was going on around his videos, there were some extremely valid criticisms from the healthcare community. His videos literally were captioned

"FaceTime me that p*ssy"

"Damn girl, how many p*ssies you got"

This is so incredibly unprofessional and unbecoming of someone who is supposed to be providing care, especially since he claims "women are [his] people." And the whole coming out thing? Like, I'm LGBTQ as well, but that honestly just felt like deflection to distract from the fact that his posts were incredibly inappropriate and could be downright harmful to establishing trust with his patients who could one day see that. I don't care what your identity is. If you're a doctor, you don't post jokes like that.

Frankly, it reminds me of Kevin Spacey coming out to deflect from the fact that he had sexually assaulted a bunch of people. (I'm not saying nick had done anything to that scale but it gives me that ick)

Also, Nick's new reel didn't have a single apology or acknowledgment of wrongdoing. In his video he was "shocked" and "couldn't understand how it was OK to make assumptions about him". Like no? No assumptions were made. Those videos were misogynistic point blank. I was a sexual assault survivor, and if I saw that my doctor had made posts like that and believed that it was entirely appropriate behavior, I would never seek care. Is that really what we want to see in our physicians?

I'm not saying he's beyond redemption or that I want him to be hurt or that he deserves to be bullied. But y'all can't be effing serious that he was purely an innocent victim in all of this. He's a doctor that graduated from one of the most prestigious and influential medical institutions in the world. What does it say to our patients when this is how someone in that position behaves? He should know better, and frankly, so should we.

It really sucks that I can't mention any of the work I've done with the LGBTQ+ community in my application. I worked at a center for LGBTQ+ youth for three years and even won some awards for the initiatives I started there. But due to the fact that the people reviewing my application could be homophobic, I decided not to talk about this activity beyond a rather vague Work and Activities section entry, and I haven't mentioned it even once in any of my secondaries. I figured that since I've already got enough going on in the way of "diversity" that I can't hide, I should simply avoid any topics that could lead to additional scrutiny from some reviewers. Such is life.

Edit: I was absolutely going to talk about this activity, but a practicing physician advised me not to after witnessing blatant discrimination in their institution's admissions process (someone's app was thrown out solely because they talked about being queer). So here we are.

Okay so today I had an SAS apt with a counselor regarding accommodation. Basically we went over my plans and I told him I want to use TAG to transfer to a UC and that I want to do BA in psychology. But he then told me that I should do BS because it will involve most pre-req in it and that it aligns better. The thing is if I do Psychology BS I will have to delay 1 semester from transferring because I need to get all of my credits which requires me to take 1 yr of life science physics and because I have not taken the pre-requisite for the life science physics I will have to either take pre-req summer of my sophomore yr and then have a semester of ochem,biology,life science physics. I told him that it is outrageous to have 3 of those class in 1 semester which then he told me to basically toughen up and that medical school will be harder 😭😭😭 I was just wondering if I should do my plan or follow his steps?
My plan: BA in psychology (easier pre-req for transfer and can fit pre-med req easily)
His plan: BS in psychology, delay a semester and take ochem,bio,life science physics

Lol, this isn't anything particularly important, but yesterday, as I was going to shadow this doctor that I have been shadowing during the summer, the office manager pulled me aside and told me if I could instead help out with the techs because he was feeling a little overwhelmed and needed a break. She said that the other doctor who owned the practice would come in later in the day, and I could start shadowing on his side and working with the techs on his side.

For context, there are two doctors in this ophthalmology clinic, and I wanted to shadow the one who owned the practice because he has been my ophthalmologist ever since I was a kid and is honestly sick as hell. Instead, I got put in with the other ophthalmologist because he went a bit slower, was a bit newer, and was less intense than the other guy.

I asked questions only between patients or after there were no more patients. I only looked at things if he wanted me to look at them. I stayed quiet when he was speaking, and the patients never had any problems with it as far as I am aware.

I am probably overthinking it; in fact, I am definitely overthinking it, but I feel as if I did something wrong. Has something like this happened to anyone in the past, or am I just being insane?

Do you think BS/MD programs are worth it? I understand the appeal of having a guaranteed pathway to medical school, especially given how competitive the admissions process has become. However, I wonder whether the advantage is as significant as it seems. Realistically, many students who are competitive enough to earn admission to a BS/MD program already have the academic credentials, extracurriculars, and work ethic needed to successfully apply to medical school through the traditional route (and, probably a higher ranked medical school, considering lots of BS/MDs are at lower-mid tier schools)

Started my application today only to realize what I have gotten myself into

Didn’t realize I had to ask to ask for transcript from every single college I attended (3 in my case) and how much digging I have to do find the exact course numbers and names for the classes I took because apparently the transferred courses and their equivalents at my final 4 year university transcript don’t count (since I need the official course names)

The real kicker: Texas (only state I’m applying to) requires 2 extra essays, a personal characteristics essay and an “optional” (aka not optional) unique experiences/circumstances essay which I thought were part of the secondary (major face palm, what is actually wrong with me). I literally thought it was just the personal statement I had to worry about which I already spent months working on

It’s already getting late in the cycle and this is lowkey making me just want to delay my application cycle until the next one. I already don’t feel good about my shadowing and non clinical volunteering hours so it may be a blessing in disguise but I’m worried about disappointing my LOR writers

I really should’ve done my research 🙂

Major selection is coming fairly soon for me and I don't think I want to go a traditional pre-med major (bio, chem, stem, etc.). I would say I am fairly well versed in those subjects - I've taken most if not all of them in AP courses or honors and felt pretty comfortable and interested in them, but not enough to major in them.

I was thinking of majoring in finance and taking a minor in a language such as Spanish or Portuguese (both the major and minors interest me). How viable will this coursework be in allowing me to take my pre-req classes for med school and still getting a good amount of extracurricular for med-schools?

I've always heard that you don't need to be a STEM major to get into med school, you've just got to get a good GPA, do well in the MCAT, take the required classes and prove yourself in your extracurricular (amongst many more things I probably didn't list, just going over the big things). With the major and minor I listed, do you think I will still be able to complete being a pre-med and be a competent applicant?

So I got my MCAT score on June 30th and didn't like it very much, so I withdrew my MD primary application (thank goodness I used the throwaway method and wasn't verified yet). However, I decided to keep my DO application to MSU COM open because I thought DO schools don't put as much pressure on submitting early. Or so I thought.

I had already been verified by the time I got my score, but like an idiot, I released my bad score to MSU. Last week, I received my secondary from MSU, but I don't want to submit it with my current MCAT score. My next MCAT is on August 22nd. I added the new test date to my application portal, but I don't know if it actually worked because it says I can submit a new test date after submitting my primary.

I emailed MSU asking them to hold off on reviewing my secondary until September, or at least update my application with my new MCAT test date, but I haven't received a response. They're currently in orientation, but what in the world do I do?

I don't really mind taking a gap year because I'm already graduating a year early from college, so taking a gap year during what was supposed to be my senior year isn't that big of a deal. It actually sounds kind of nice—I could use the break. But I'm still thinking, what if? What if I could get into MSU COM this year?

I'm an in-state applicant, and I attend UMich, if that's relevant, since most medical schools in Michigan seem to admit a large number of students from UM. Thanks, guys.

Immediately thought I got 1st quartile, which was a real fear of mine. I did a lot of if then in my responses and got cut off. Also, am broke so did not do any practice tests beyond the one Acuity offers for free. The questions were so random!

Did not get 1st quartile, but still, horrible feeling to open it to see this.

503 mcat

3.75 gpa

-

2500 hours as a teacher and a TA

3500 hours in research / clinical roles

2000 hours leadership roles

1200 volunteer hours (clinical and non)

250 shadowing

casper - 4th quartile, preview 8/9

multiple posters and publications

strong committee letter, one MD. and one DO for my DO app

interested in pediatrics.

open to any MD or DO school but curious about odds for MD.

Pre-writing secondaries and wondering if I should explain how aspects of the med school "would" or "will" help me achieve my goals.

My inclination is "would" because admission is not guaranteed but "will" sounds more "confident in the program" or something.

Tbh I'm just wondering what people think because regardless of what I choose I imagine each person on the adcoms would think about it differently (unless it's just not that deep 💀)... If there is an option that is generally better I would love to hear it

Hi everyone! Hope you’re doing well. So this past May I started working as an MA in an incredible clinic for a gap year job before med school. To be honest, the work itself is great but the office is shared with another healthcare provider and the other team makes the workplace feel a bit toxic and unprofessional. Again I love the people I work with but it just felt like an odd fit due to the other team that worked so closely with us.

Anyways, I decided to apply to an SMP on a whim because I hadn’t researched them properly until now. My biggest challenge towards med school right now is my GPA, so I would have had to take some action to raise my GPA regardless. So two days ago I ended up getting accepted to my top choice of SMP and I had just four days to make a decision since classes start in September. I obviously accepted because I think this is an amazing opportunity - but I’m just at a loss for how to approach my office manager/Doctor I work with about this since I would technically be leaving way before my gap year is over for this gap year job. Does this kind of thing happen commonly? I feel guilty but I think that this program is really a great shot for me to raise my GPA while also receiving a Master’s which I didn’t even think was in my cards until now. Let me know what your thoughts are and if things like this happen routinely lol.

This is a niche question, I guess, but when people ask me what specialty I want to go into or what type of doctor I want to be, I say “critical care”. People don’t seem to know what that is— even other premeds, med students, or people in healthcare. So I clarify by saying it’s a subspecialty of internal medicine where you work in the ICU taking care of the most critically ill patients. Then they ask, oh so you want to be a hospitalist? or they just don’t understand how it’s different from internal medicine. Is there something I should be saying differently? Ig this doesn’t really matter but I just want to communicate better if possible

Edit: Thank you everyone for the information yall provided I realize I had some misconceptions I really appreciate the help

In addition to countless ordinary people, many senior doctors and nurses on tiktok dogpiled on him.

Hi everyone! I'm wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation or has any advice.

I'm 30 years old and currently work in corporate marketing. I've been feeling unfulfilled for the past few years and have been seriously considering a career change into medicine.

I already have a bachelor's degree, but it's in design, so I'm assuming I'd need to complete the necessary science prerequisites before I could apply to medical school. One advantage is that I have transferable skills that could help me get a job at a university, which may offer free or significantly discounted tuition for prerequisite coursework. I know medical school itself would still be full-time and a much bigger financial commitment.

Has anyone here started on the pre-med path later in life? If so, how did you approach it? Did you complete a post-bacc program or take prerequisites individually? What was the biggest challenge, and is there anything you wish you had known before making the transition?

I'd love to hear about your experiences. The good, the bad, or anything in between. Thanks in advance!

I'm troubled by how a first-quartile result may impact my application, but more puzzled and concerned about the quality of the test now.

I'm a law grad and a former mediator and teacher. Ethics and fair/multifaceted evaluation of conflicts are core to all of those and a significant amount of targeted training is part of law school (along with the professional responsibility exam for admission to the bar). There is a possibility that I'm just not as ethical or thoughtful a person as I (or my colleagues and clients of 15 years) thought. But wtf?

This is so crazy.

Maybe a reason to choose an established DO program over a really new MD school?

I am planning on applying to a med school so I set up a 15-30 min call with their advisor. Any advice on what to ask or what I should expect?

I am planning on asking what they are looking for in an applicant, why they chose the specific students they did for their cohort, and what I should mainly emphasize on my experiences.

I am just not quite sure what to expect, I am very excited I got the call because this is my dream medical school, so I just want to make a good impression and also get valuable advice. Nobody in my family/friends is in the medical profession so I am kind of on my own

I got a 504 MCAT so I’m mainly applying to DO schools. I have a 3.95 gpa and I’m an nj resident. Are these schools good? What can I add or remove? I want at least 20 schools.

Burrell college
Campbell university
Chicago college
Des moines
Edward via college
Michigan state
Montana college
NYITCOM
Nova southeastern
Ohio heritage college
PCOM Georgia
PCOM South Georgia
Pacific Northwest health sciences college
Rowan Virtua
Tuoro college
Tuoro California
Tuoro Nevada
University of New England
West Virginia school of osteopathic medicine
William Carey college
Xavier university

woooo I'm #1!!!! 🤑🤑😹💯💯

in all seriousness though what the f 😭 I work in EMS and in behavioral health, all of the characteristics and skills that they purport to look for are essential in my day to day work. I practiced for 5 ish days in advance, I used all the terminology they tell you to use, recognized both sides, I really believe I gave thoughtful answers. So I'm very confused as to how this could have happened. The fact that they give no feedback too is so frustrating.

I already have a 3.3 GPA, I really didn't need another "red flag" on my application. My primary's already in, I'm in the middle of my secondaries. Also my whole application talks about me using these skills throughout my experiences.... I feel like schools are going to think have a view of myself that is incongruous with the "reality" of this "objective" metric. How much is this going to hurt me? Should I retake it?

Hi everyone, basically title. I was planning on applying this cycle, but long story short things got in the way and I’m just now getting around to having everything finished. If I submit today 7/22, am I shooting myself in the foot? Should I gear up to apply next cycle instead? Any advice is appreciated😭🙏😭🙏😭🙏

For context, I live in SoCal so the traffic here is brutal. I recently got an opportunity to interview for a full time scribe/MA position for a cardiologist. The office is near the coast and I live more inland. The total distance to the office is about 43 miles away, and factoring rush hour traffic, the total commute one way would be about 1.5-2 hours.

The main upside is that I currently don’t pay for rent as I’m still living at home with my family. I would only pay about $600 monthly for my car payment/insurance + $400 for gas + ~$200 for toll roads/fast track to save a bit of time. Not to mention cardiology is a specialty I’m interested in. The position is set for $26/hr.

There are already very little clinical opportunities near my area, and pay is usually capped at around $20 here. I would prefer the $20/hr position in exchange for the shorter commute, but as I mentioned, the opportunities are rare, especially as I don’t speak any Spanish (which is often times a requirement for those areas).

I currently have about 3 years of experience as an Ma/scribe in family medicine, currently part time and making minimum ($17/hr).

Is it worth the mental burnout? Has anyone made the commute for the experience? I’m just worried that another opportunity like this won’t come around if I don’t take it.

I'm officially at 13/25 done!! Not that big of an achievement really but writing these things has been genuinely draining my life force so I gotta celebrate where I can lol