6 Things to Do After Being Accepted to Med School (BEFORE Starting)

So you got accepted to medical school. What now? How can you prepare for medical school? What kind of things do you need to get in order?

For the rest of your life, you're probably going to remember where you were when you got accepted to medical school. I remember for me, I was at work. My mom called me crying on the phone and read me the letter from New York Medical College.

But after all the work and waiting to finally get that acceptance, people often ask, "How can I prepare for medical school now?" Here are 6 things to do after getting that acceptance:

1. Make sure you're reading EVERYTHING sent to you from your medical school. DON'T miss any required follow-up letters or anything like that. It IS possible that you accidentally give up your space in that medical school class if you miss something like this.

2. You'll have to start getting your loans ready with FAFSA or whatever you're doing personally. If you have bad credit, try to fix it as quickly as possible, so you can be sure to get your loans.

3. Understand that your acceptance to med school is conditional upon you meeting all the requirements of matriculation at that school. If they require a specific class that you haven't taken yet, be sure to have it done before you're starting. If you get into trouble with an arrest or something, report that to the school—don't try to hide anything. If you're open and honest, you will likely not lose your place in the class.

4. If you're in a Master's program or other program when you got accepted, you usually don't HAVE to finish that program. You can ask the medical school that accepted you if they are okay with you quitting the program you're currently in.

5. Can you "pre-study" or do something else to "prepare for medical school," academically? Not really. Some people think they'll prepare by learning Latin or taking anatomy. But there is no way to seriously prepare for the fire hose that is med school. Instead, you should relax. Enjoy time with family and your hobbies. You could read or listen to podcasts about what med school is like, what to expect—but don't expect to seriously pre-study the material in a way that will prepare you.

6. Allow yourself to enjoy the fact that you're going to become a physician. Getting into medical school is one of the major hurdles on this path. Yes, you have a lot more work ahead—but you've really achieved something by getting to this med school acceptance, so take a moment to appreciate that, enjoy that, and celebrate it!

[keiraferrari]

After three cycles, I finally have an acceptance, and it still feels unreal. I find myself checking that it actually happened.

[violeta]

I got accepted this cycle and I loved this video!! Thank you! Especially the last minute, I felt like you were talking directly to me! I can’t believe I’m going to be a physician!!! ☺️🙌🏽

[ZSC-hxhy]

I'm now an accepted-DO and waiting to hear from the MD program I interviewed at. Your help was paramount to my success. One cycle, two applications, two interviews, 1 acceptance. It was a bold and crazy move but I believed I could do it. Non-trad, matriculating to medical school at age 34. Thank you Doc Gray!

[Lichenroc]

The dream has come true officially today, thanks Ryan for your videos they helped on my journey.

[taishagomez]

I’m a sophomore and will be applying next spring! I hope I get to rewatch this video in 2022 with an acceptance letter beside me!

[danielmink]

Ryan, I just wanted to thank you for your help through my application/MCAT/premed process. I thankfully got accepted into my top choice program yesterday, I am glad that you have one more video for me to watch. Your information is appreciated and extremely helpful. You make a difference.

[javeriasiddiqui]

Whose advice am I suppose to follow now that I’m in 🥴Followed your advice to the T for my application and I got in!!

[HarpreetSingh-ttio]

Read costanzo physiology before med school start building your dream now

[JenCheng]

It ain’t cheap to be going to medical school. Besides the tuition, how do you fare paying the rent each month, especially if it’s in NYC or LAX? They’re like around $2, 500+ each month. I feel like med students contributes the most to our US economy, borrowing and lending $250, 000 and that’s just from one person. Who pays for YOUR rent and boarding and food and car payments?

[daveyjones]

Me watching this without even tho I didn't take the MCAT: 🗿

[tstoke]

Can you make a video sharing your thoughts about USMLE Step 1 being made pass/fail in 2022!? 👍

[Obamnaz]

If USMLE is so hard, why don't they call it the UFRWN?

[JenCheng]

Probably there's 20, 000 residents x 4 years of residency years right now and each physician is making x $50, 000 during residency.

Seems like the US government has $4, 000, 000, 000 (trillion)
to give away every year to physicians who are in residency. Imagine these residents graduate, and how much money they will make per year. AT LEAST 3 times that much!

$150, 000 a year! Is that true?