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Personal Finance 101 for Students- Part 3 (Credit)
We are here in the final part of this financial 101 series and here to talk about credit. I’ll discuss what credit is, how to begin building it if you are new to it, how to recover from bad credit, and the perks that having good credit comes with. So starting off, what is the […]
Personal Finance 101- Part 2 (Debt Management/Investing)
In Part 2 of the PF 101 Series, I want to discuss debt management and investing. So after graduating school, you’ll have to debate between the following options: 1. Pursue higher education immediately after school 2. Take a gap year 3. Enter the workforce. For the majority of people reading this, you are probably somewhere […]
Conference for premeds
African Americans in Health (AAIH) at USC is having their first conference. It’s going to be a good opportunity to learn about applying to medical school, studying for the MCAT, and exploring gap year options. Zoom link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97015881554 Are you a premed? Join Diverse Medicine now. It’s free!
Pathways to Health Professions
Mentoring in Medicine Speaker Series Presents PATHWAYS TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS with Mekbib Gemeda Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Time: 8pm – 9pm EST Learn how to: * Explore various paths towards health professions schools * Examine ways to own, construct and tell your story […]
Should I Study or Protest???
In these racially challenging times, should premeds be going out to join the protest or should we stay buckled down and study for our MCAT exams? This question was recently posed by a member of the PreMed Mondays group. The murder of George Floyd is taking a HUGE mental, emotional, and even physical toll on […]
Compound Your Effort
Can you think of an overnight success? So often we hear this phrase. The media uses it for companies, actors, musicians. But is this true? Are these people and organizations really overnight successes? Usually they’re not. Rather they’ve worked super hard for several years and benefited from a little concept called compounding interest. Compounding interest […]
Bringing Value: The Essential Employee
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Many of us have been forced to realize the things we truly value in life. In fact, I recently heard someone thank a grocery store cashier and told him that his job is more valuable than a lawyer these days. It really got me thinking… Over 22 million […]
Making The Most of Your Free Time!
As much as this COVID situation stinks, there’s always a silver lining. For many premeds, an obvious benefit is time. You may never again in your life have this much free time so it’d be wise for you to take advantage of it. Here are 5 ways you can make the most of your free […]
COVID 19 – Hysteria???
Lions and Tigers and COVID…oh my! So, I’m a lung and ICU doctor…today that translates to a lot of people wanting my opinion pertaining to the impact of COVID 19. Let me preface this short post by stating even though I am a specialist, I am NOT an expert of COVID 19. Nothing in this […]
