After 15+ years as a chef, Kurtis has decided to pursue a career as a gastroenterologist. How can he use his experiences to his advantage in his med school application?

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This week's question comes from Kurtis, a nontraditional premeds who's been a chef for 15 years and now wants to become a gastroenterologist. Such a cool path, right?

Kurtis wants to know if his experience being a chef at a hospital may help his application in some way, despite the lack of direct patient care.

In my answer I discuss:

• Why you should fully tell your story in your med school application—not just list the things you think will help you get in.
• What admissions committees gain from seeing your activities and your reflection on its impact, even if they have nothing to do with medicine.
• The difference between *showing who you are* versus *saying what you think the admissions committees want to hear.*
• An example of how NOT to write about your past career on your medical school application.

As always on the OldPreMeds Podcast, our question this week was taken from our nontraditional premed forum. Ask your own questions at [ Ссылка ].

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
2:24 Student Question
3:10 My Answer

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