6. Starting a non-profit by putting passion into action with Cameron Reinisch
09/30/21 • 63 min
Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.
In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of fellow first year medical student Cameron Reinisch, Cam as he prefers to be called. Cam shares his journey of starting a non-profit organization dedicated to lowering the social isolation that patients with Alzheimer's face. While bringing this idea to life, Cam also took several younger premed students under his wing and successfully mentored them through medical school applications and onto acceptance into their desired programs. Enjoy!
In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore
- How to go beyond checking boxes for your pre-med experiences
- Steps to starting a non-profit organization
- How having a strong team makes you achieve your goals
- Effectively conveying your story on a medical school application
- Entrepreneurship as a premed
- Why meaningful experiences make you shine on your medical school application
- Sharing his admissions secrets he uses to mentor premed students
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
Links from the Show
Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.
In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of fellow first year medical student Cameron Reinisch, Cam as he prefers to be called. Cam shares his journey of starting a non-profit organization dedicated to lowering the social isolation that patients with Alzheimer's face. While bringing this idea to life, Cam also took several younger premed students under his wing and successfully mentored them through medical school applications and onto acceptance into their desired programs. Enjoy!
In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore
- How to go beyond checking boxes for your pre-med experiences
- Steps to starting a non-profit organization
- How having a strong team makes you achieve your goals
- Effectively conveying your story on a medical school application
- Entrepreneurship as a premed
- Why meaningful experiences make you shine on your medical school application
- Sharing his admissions secrets he uses to mentor premed students
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
Links from the Show
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5. “Why my scores don’t define me” with Brianna Bangert
Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.
In this week’s episode, we are blessed with the presence of our colleague Brianna Bangert, Bri as she prefers to be called. Bri comes from a humble upbringing and has defied the odds in all aspects of life. She provides the listeners with deep intimate accounts of her journey through high school and college. She delves into the highs and the lows, the ups and downs, and the value of being persistent and taking care of your mental health through it all. Bri openly shares her struggles on the MCAT and, despite her low MCAT score, how she developed a stand-out application. Enjoy!
In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore
- Pearls of wisdom on succeeding in school, with insurmountable amounts of responsibilities
- How to overcome a low MCAT score on your application
- Working 6 jobs without losing her sanity
- Strategies to overcome procrastination
- Highlighting the values Bri learned during her upbringing, being intimate with the juxtaposition between wealth and poverty
- What makes a ballerina fall in love with medicine
- The power of mental health and therapy to avoid burnout
- Women-centered organizations providing research opportunities to high school and college students
- How to overcome a low MCAT score on your application
- The approach one ought to adopt when searching for a research position
- How shadowing impacted her application
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
Links from the Show
Next Episode
7. How to develop the virtues of a physician through your experiences with Kevin Piczer
Each week, we will be bringing you incredible tips, strategies and interviews with phenomenal medical students and residents. You can listen online (below), download it to listen later, on your smartphone: all for free.
In this week’s episode, we present our amazing colleague, Kevin Piczer. His path to medicine seemed very conventional, but after our discussion, probing into the details of his experiences, it appears he’s indeed not your average premed. Kevin provides earnest, intimate accounts of his time working at the suicide prevention hotline in Columbus, and many more. If you want to develop productive insights into the skills that lends one to work suicide prevention, become a co-founder of a non-profit, or learn the intricacies of Kevin’s journey to medical school, stay tuned and enjoy!
In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore
- How to go beyond checking boxes for your pre-med experiences
- Experience as biochemistry major
- How to approach gaining research experiences
- Reflections and accounts of the suicide prevention hotline
- Confounding a nonprofit
- Kevin’s personal philosophy on how to find or create meaningful experiences for oneself
- Hobbies, or, aptly put, passion for making drinks as a bonus!
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
- Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
- Is It Me or My Meds?: Living with Antidepressants
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Links from the Show
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