This week, Lasya sits down with Michael Minh Le, an MD Candidate at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He is very knowledgeable about the pre-medical path and mentors many students. Make sure you check out more of his content on Tik Tok @michaelminhle.

Through this episode, he shares the 6 components that make a competitive medical school applicants. He emphasizes the importance of authenticity working through pre-medical years through pursuing interests you truly enjoy and how to find such activities. Furthermore, he explains how exactly pre-meds can make a plan and self-assess to make sure they don’t fall behind on their path to medical school. Sometimes pre-meds do fall behind, but Micheal describes how to self-assess and compensate for any gaps on your application. Overall, this episode can be informative to anyone interested in pursuing medical school!