“Overextending yourself is a common mistake…This is a holdover from the college admissions process.” We continue our interview with Elisabeth Fassas, author of Making Pre-Med Count: Everything I wish I’d Known Before Applying (Successfully!) To Med School. Topics discussed: how to balance maturity with humility, biggest surprises about med school, the experiences that best prepared her for med school, and how writing a book fit into her pursuit of becoming a doctor, where the MCAT is going, and if med school admissions is too numbers-focused.

Author of Making Pre-Med Count: Everything I wish I’d Known Before Applying (Successfully!) To Med School talks about what she knew before getting into med school, why she took the MCAT twice, the interview question that stumped her, & traits of successful med school applicants. Elisabeth Fassas graduated from Johns Hopkins & the London School of Economics and worked at McKinsey.

“We found out how her brother got shot and died.” West Point admissions officer, Tuan Le, shares his most memorable encounter with an applicant, how majors play into admissions, popular jobs after graduation, what happens when you cram for the physical exam.