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The Journey From India to Harvard MBA [Episode 220]

Mba podcast HBS Shantanu Misra

What’s it like to be a Harvard Business School student and Google Intern? Let’s find out in today’s podcast! Our guest today is Shantanu Misra, currently a 2nd-year Harvard Business School MBA student who just completed a summer internship at Google and will serve this year as the product manager for the Harbus, the independent, …

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One Older Med Student’s Path: From Grief to Growth to Giving [Episode 219]

med podcast deborah horenstein

Our guest today has a very unusual path to medical school. I’m going to let her tell her story with very little intro from me. All I’ll say now is she once upon a time had a career in finance, did her postbac at Columbia and attended Rutgers New Jersey Medical School where she earned …

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The Leonardo of Langone: Dr. Michael Natter [Episode 217]

med podcast with mike natter

[powerpress] Our guest today is a newly minted internal medicine intern at NYU Langone. He just graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and is starting his residency in Internal Medicine at Langone almost as we speak. He is also an accomplished artist, cartoonist, and writer who uses his “doodling” as a study tool. …

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UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions According to Dean Alex Lawrence [Episode 215]

mba podcast ucla alex lawrence

[powerpress]Come learn about UCLA Anderson’s full-time MBA program with Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Alex Lawrence. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Alex Lawrence, Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at UCLA Anderson School of Management, which just happens to be where I earned my MBA. Alex is a …

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MD, OBGYN, MPH Talks Med School and Residency Admissions [Episode 214]

podcast iv suzi schweikert

[powerpress] Our guest today is Dr. Suzi Schweikert – a former English major at UCLA who decided she wanted to be an MD. She did so at UCSD, specialized in OBGYN at USC-Los Angeles County Medical Center, and after completing her residency, added an MPH to her credentials. Let’s learn more about Dr. Schweikert’s path …

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Encore: What is Med School Really Like? [Episode 213]

med podcast natalie wall

[powerpress]For the 4th of July week, we are airing an encore of one of the most popular Admission Straight Talk podcast episodes of 2017. Listen in on our conversation with Natalie Wall, a student at the University of Utah School of Medicine, for a fascinating discussion about her non-traditional path to med school, what it’s like to …

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Get Accepted to Baylor College of Medicine [Episode 211]

med podcast baylor college of medicine

[powerpress] I’m really pleased to have back on the show Dr. Karen Johnson, Associate Dean for Admissions at the Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Jesus Vallejo, Assistant Dean for Admissions at Baylor College of Medicine. When recently looking at our downloads, I noticed that one of our most popular medical school admissions shows was …

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Wharton’s Commitment Project – a Window into Wharton [Episode 210]

podcast Wharton commitment project

[powerpress]Today we’re doing something a little different: a deep dive into a specific program at Wharton. It’s a program that reveals a lot about Wharton’s culture, which also gives us insight into what the Wharton admissions committee is looking for. Commitment. Purpose. Meaning. These are all terms that are bandied about amidst the fake news, …

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Your Past Doesn’t Define You [Episode 209]

podcast past doesnt define you

[powerpress]Today’s one of those shows where I’m going to be the sole presenter. I actually started preparing this show during the World Series way back in October. Yes, folks, after 108 years of losing, the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series. At the same time, we were working (and have worked in the past) …

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Medicinal Magic and Magical Medicine: An Interview with M3 David Elkin [Episode 207]

med podcast david Elkin

[powerpress]Our guest today is a fourth year medical student at Stony Brook who graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelors in Physiology and Neuroscience. Nothing too unusual there for a medical student. However, things start to get interesting, maybe even enchanting, when we learn a little about his hobby: magic. He has been performing …

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