Session 192 Today's episode is another interesting discussion on the medical school interview particularly about knowing YOU. For most students, this is a huge challenge as they pretty much have a difficult time talking about themselves. Ryan talks about how you can best know yourself as well as some types of questions and scenarios where you need to know yourself so you come prepared during interview day. Here are the highlights of the episode: Know how to answer "Tell me about yourself." question: Know what the highlights are in your life. What are the interesting things about yourself? What do you do for fun? What are your hobbies? Which places have you traveled to? Understand your strengths and weaknesses. Try this exercise: Email your family and friends and ask them what they think is your biggest weaknesses. You might not get the best answers back. Tell them to give you the brutally honest truth because you need it. Do not just leave your weaknesses at that. Be able to leave it with something positive. So talk about what you've learned from it and how you're trying to overcoming it and how it won't be an issue in the future. Understand and know your stances on specific topics. Be able to talk about abortion and euthanasia. You have to have a side and understand why you're taking that side. Be thoughtful about it and do some soul searching. App recommendation: Texture - Get access to every magazine out there to help you read about different topics and different ideas  and perspectives from different people. Be able to talk about your different experiences. You have about 15 spots for experiences in your application. You need to be able to talk about all of those experiences as well as the most memorable clinical experience you've had. Ask yourself what might the interviewer ask you and how are you going to respond to that. Ryan's book, The Guide to the Medical School Interview gives you access to around 600 different potential interview questions to help get you thinking. Be able to talk about lessons learned. There is always a lesson learned from each experience that you have and that means everything. So what have been the lessons you learned? Be able to talk about your future. Have an understanding of what you hope life will be like years from now. What kind of population do you want to serve? What kind of setting do see yourself in? Know why you want to go to that school. Know why you're sitting in that chair to interview for a spot in next year's class. Why are you hoping to take a seat from somebody else that might know better why they want to go to that school? Links and Other Resources: www.medschoolinterviewbook.com www.medicalschoolhq.net/texture Elite Medical Scribes - www.medicalschoolhq.net/ems