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Bryan Miles
- Jun 25, 2019
- 22 min
Crushing Step While Maintaining Your Sanity
Intro While the last several weeks were some of the darkest of my life, I did survive them somewhat painlessly, as well as the last two...
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Bryan Miles
- Apr 4, 2019
- 7 min
Test Anxiety, Ain’t She a B!@#*
The title pretty much captures my fondness for test anxiety. Unfortunately, this has been something I have struggled with intermittently,...
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Bryan Miles
- Feb 26, 2019
- 5 min
Dear Premed Me
MCW has a kickass program where its students can be paired with premed undergrads. I jumped at this opportunity given my passion for...
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Bryan Miles
- Jan 20, 2019
- 3 min
Failure: Go Get Some
Failure is a very taboo subject for some reason. If you talk too much about your personal shortcomings to others it is often perceived...
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Bryan Miles
- Jan 4, 2019
- 4 min
To Scribe or Not to Scribe
I recently started my foray into a series of premed extracurricular topics. This began with how to get involved in medicine. That article...
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Bryan Miles
- Nov 17, 2018
- 5 min
Getting Involved in Medicine
Even the biggest, baddest doctor started as a pion. So, how will you get your start? Your initial foray into medicine serves two...
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Bryan Miles
- Nov 11, 2018
- 5 min
How to Study First Aid Part Two
Alright, so last week I bashed what currently exists with respect to tackling First Aid, as well as hinted at my methodology of choice....
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Bryan Miles
- Nov 4, 2018
- 3 min
How to Study First Aid
If I had a dollar for every time a lecturer mentioned Step 1, I might be able to pay for tuition this semester. Actually, just kidding,...
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Bryan Miles
- Oct 23, 2018
- 3 min
Is This Testable?
One of the most prized skills of a medical student, honed by endless hours of lecture, is reducing a seemingly never ending presentation...
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Bryan Miles
- Oct 16, 2018
- 3 min
My Perfect Premed School
So last week, I debunked the myth of the perfect premed school. This week I thought it would be prudent to show how I actually went about...
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Bryan Miles
- Oct 9, 2018
- 5 min
Who Cares Where You Went to School
Honestly, who gives a @hit where you went to undergrad. I sure don’t. The same can be said for admissions committees. You are probably...
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Bryan Miles
- Aug 31, 2018
- 5 min
Is Medicine for You?
When we are young (or even old) we constantly get prodded about what we are going to do with our lives. This can revolve around a variety...
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Bryan Miles
- Aug 26, 2018
- 6 min
Pre Med and Med School Side Hustles
College and medical school are expensive, especially private institutions. Obviously, your first priority is school and building your...
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Bryan Miles
- Aug 10, 2018
- 3 min
Extracurriculars and Secondaries in AMCAS
Welcome back to Bryan’s Black Bag everyone! This piece focuses on the extracurricular portion of the AMCAS application, as well as...
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Bryan Miles
- Aug 10, 2018
- 3 min
How to Study
When you start school, they tell you to work hard. You say to yourself, “Duh!” Then they tell you to do so efficiently and effectively....
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Bryan Miles
- Aug 10, 2018
- 5 min
When to Retake the MCAT
Congrats on finishing the MCAT, that is a huge milestone, regardless of how pleased you are with your score. You studied your ass off and...
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Bryan Miles
- Jul 10, 2018
- 11 min
How I Went from the 50th to the 90th Percentile on the MCAT
Just like any other premed, I dreaded the MCAT. Dreaded is not strong enough of a word to describe my angst though. Dread is something...
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Bryan Miles
- Jun 18, 2018
- 3 min
How to Write a Medical School Personal Statement - Concluding Paragraph and Editing
So you made it to the final paragraph, the concluding paragraph. Congratulations! Believe it or not, this is actually the easiest to...
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Bryan Miles
- Jun 5, 2018
- 5 min
What to do Between M1 and M2 Year (M1 Summer)
Congratulations! You have just finished your first year of medical school! What a grind, huh? The physical and emotional energy that went...
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