Med School Insiders

So You Want to Be a MED/PEDS DOCTOR [Ep. 54]

8K views · 4d ago · 6:57

Skip the guesswork. Learn directly from the doctors with admissions experience. So you want to be a Med-Peds doctor. You couldn't decide between internal medicine and pediatrics, so you figured you'd do both and keep every door open for the rest of your career. Well, not quite.

Topics: What is Med-Peds? · What Med-Peds Graduates Do After Residency · Misconceptions About Med-Peds · How to Become a Med-Peds Doctor · What You’ll Love About Med-Peds · What You Won’t Love About Med-Peds

Neurosurgeon vs Plastic Surgeon 🥊 Career Battle

11K views · 11d ago · 12:44

Access weekly physician-led Q&As In this Career Battle, we're putting neurosurgery and plastic surgery head-to-head. Most people think of the prestige and the paycheck, which are easy to see, but that’s where most of the comparisons end.

Topics: Training · Competitiveness · Compensation · Lifestyle · Neurosurgery Pros & Cons · Plastic Surgery Pros & Cons

▶️ Mentioned videos: 5 Signs You're Cut Out to Become a Surgeon · Plastic Surgeon vs Cosmetic Surgeon Career Battle · So You Want to Be a NEUROSURGEON Ep. 6 · So You Want to Be a PLASTIC SURGEON Ep. 4

What Stats Do You Actually Need to Get Into Medical School?

14K views · 18d ago · 5:24

Ask your application questions during live doctor-led Q&A sessions. Everyone wants to view their GPA and MCAT in terms of a cutoff, but med school applications don’t work like that. Here’s what adcoms actually care about when it comes to your stats.

Topics: GPA · MCAT · Next Steps

Should You Apply to BS/MD? (What Premeds Need to Know)

10K views · 25d ago · 7:00

Not sure if BS/MD is right for you? Get on a free call with our team Is the BS/MD path to medical school right for you? BS/MD sounds like the obvious move. For a few students, it is. For most, it’s the wrong call, and signing up before you understand that difference can cost you more than it saves.

Topics: You're Applying Out of Fear · You Haven't Actually Explored Other Options · Your Family Wants It More Than You Do · You Wouldn't Choose These Schools Any Other Way

New 2026 Lowest Paid Doctor Specialties

27K views · 1mo ago · 7:35

Get direct access to adcoms inside our premed community. A neurosurgeon averages nearly $830,000 a year. The lowest-paid specialty makes less than a third of that. These are the 10 lowest-paid doctor specialties. Note: we left pediatric subspecialties off this list because including them would fill most of the slots.

▶️ Mentioned videos: 8 Internal Medicine Subspecialties Explained · How Are Doctors Paid? Value-Based vs Fee-for-Service Care

Orthopedic Surgeon vs Sports Medicine Doctor 🥊 Career Battle

26K views · 1mo ago · 9:53

Orthopedic Surgeon vs Sports Medicine Doctor: Two doctors can treat the exact same torn ACL. One operates on it. The other treats it without ever touching a scalpel. In this Career Battle, we're putting orthopedic surgery and sports medicine head-to-head. Training, competitiveness, compensation, lifestyle, and what it actually feels like to build a career in each.

Topics: Training · Competitiveness · Compensation · Lifestyle · Orthopedic Surgery Pros & Cons · Sports Medicine Pros & Cons

▶️ Mentioned videos: So You Want to Be an ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON Ep. 7 · So You Want to Be a SPORTS MEDICINE DOCTOR Ep. 15

New 2026 Least Competitive Doctor Specialties

47K views · 1mo ago · 5:37

: to analyze the 2026 Match data for yourself. These are the five specialties that are easiest to match into. But when we say easiest, we don't mean easy. Matching into any specialty is a huge undertaking. What it does tell you is what you need in order to be a competitive applicant for it.

▶️ Mentioned videos: 2026 Highest Paid Doctor Specialties

New 2026 Highest Paid Doctor Specialties

48K views · 1mo ago · 8:45

Get direct access to adcoms inside our premed community. Ten medical specialties now earn over $600,000 a year. The one at the top clears $800,000. And a handful of them just got the biggest raises in all of medicine. These are the highest paid specialties in medicine.

▶️ Mentioned videos: Career Battle Radiologist: Diagnostic vs Interventional · How Much Do Resident Doctors Make? Per Hour Breakdown!

New 2026 Most Competitive Doctor Specialties

122K views · 2mo ago · 7:38

[ : to analyze the 2026 Match data for yourself. 2026 NRMP data just dropped, and there's a brand new specialty at the top of the most competitive list. Let's dig into the current top five most competitive specialties and what those changes mean for future doctors.

Topics: Understanding the New Data

▶️ Mentioned videos: Specialties Ranked by Step 2 CK Score (2026 Data) · 2026 Residency Match Data Is (The Rankings Shifted)

Dermatologist vs Plastic Surgeon 💥 Career Battle

12K views · 2mo ago · 13:01

Skip the guesswork. Learn directly from the doctors with admissions experience. Live Q&As We’re putting dermatology and plastic surgery head-to-head. Both are consistently hypercompetitive specialties in medicine. Both combine medicine with procedures. Both attract people who care about precision and visible outcomes. And yet the doctor careers look almost nothing alike.

Topics: Specialties Overview · Training · Competitiveness · Compensation · Lifestyle · Dermatology: Pros and Cons

▶️ Mentioned videos: Plastic Surgeon vs Cosmetic Surgeon Career Battle · So You Want to Be a DERMATOLOGIST Ep. 52 · So You Want to Be a PLASTIC SURGEON Ep. 4

Specialties Ranked by Step 2 CK Score 📊 (2026 Data)

29K views · 2mo ago · 6:40

One test score can decide whether you match into your dream specialty or spend another year wondering what went wrong. We're ranking all 24 specialties by their average Step 2 CK score, from lowest to highest, using brand new 2026 NRMP data.

Med School Interview Mistakes That Get You Rejected

5K views · 2mo ago · 6:30

Access unlimited interview practice questions Most applicants think the interview is the easy part. It isn't. Here's what actually costs you the acceptance. Apply to work with us LINKS FROM VIDEO Medical School Interview AI Course

Topics: Interviews Can Make or Break You · Don't Memorize Your Answers · Preparing for MMIs · Everything Comes Down to This · Interview Course Overview

10 Neurology Subspecialties Explained

11K views · 2mo ago · 8:39

Weekly physician-led Q&As for premeds who want clear answers. Today, we're breaking down ten neurology subspecialties, what each one involves, and where it can take your career. Apply to work with us LINKS FROM VIDEO

Topics: Vascular Neurology · Epileptology · Movement Disorders · Neurocritical Care · Child Neurology · Neuro-Oncology

▶️ Mentioned videos: So You Want to Be a PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST Ep. 45 · So You Want to Be a NEUROLOGIST Ep. 20

Neurosurgeon vs Cardiothoracic Surgeon Career Battle

184K views · 3mo ago · 9:33

97% of our students get into med school. Here's what they did differently. Most careers in medicine are demanding. Neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery take that to a completely different level. In this Career Battle, we're putting neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery head-to-head, including training, competitiveness, compensation, lifestyle, and what it actually feels like to work inside each of these careers.

Topics: Specialty Overview · Training · Competitiveness · Compensation · Lifestyle · Neurosurgery: Pros and Cons

Stop Believing These Med School Admissions Myths

7K views · 3mo ago · 6:01

Weekly live Q&A with Dr. Jubbal, inside our Skool community. The most dangerous advice you'll get as a premed is the advice that feels good. The well-intentioned kind that everyone around you repeats. Let's break down the med school admissions myths that feel reassuring but keep you stuck.

Topics: Myth #1 · Myth #2 · Myth #3 · Myth #4

▶️ Mentioned videos: Video on youtube.com · Video on youtube.com

All-Time Most Competitive Doctor Specialties (10 Years of Data)

12K views · 3mo ago · 10:15

Physician-led Q&As. Live, every week, inside our Skool community. Today, we’re ranking the most competitive medical specialties based on ten years of data in the Decade Competitiveness Index, so you can see what’s actually competitive, how specialties cluster into tiers, and where the real cutoffs are.

Topics: Tier 6: Least Competitive · Tier 5: Less Competitive · Tier 4: Average Competitive · Tier 3: Moderately Competitive · Tier 2: Highly Competitive · Tier 1: Hyper Competitive

▶️ Mentioned videos: 8 Internal Medicine Subspecialties Explained

The Premed Questions Nobody Answers Honestly

3K views · 3mo ago · 8:27

This is exactly the kind of thing we cover in our weekly Q&As. Join us. Every year, we see premeds make the same avoidable mistakes. Mistakes that cost them an acceptance, a specialty, or years of their life they didn't need to lose.

Topics: Recovering From a Failing Grade · When to Start Your Med School Application · When to Choose Your Specialty · Overcoming Burnout · Balancing MCAT Review & Practice

▶️ Mentioned videos: The premed AMA no one else will give you

Signs You're Meant to Become a Psychiatrist

20K views · 4mo ago · 6:26

Weekly live Q&A with Dr. Jubbal, inside our Skool community → Most doctors go into medicine to fix things. Order labs, make a diagnosis, prescribe a treatment, move on. Psychiatry breaks that loop. Today, we're breaking down the six signs you're wired for psychiatry, and the one thing that will tell you faster than any rotation whether this doctor career is for you.

Topics: Difficult Patients Don't Drive You Out · Emotional Pain Doesn't Destabilize You · You Can Think without a Ceiling · You Don't Need to Work with Your Hands · You Want to Know Your Patients · The Unsolved Brain Excites You

▶️ Mentioned videos: So You Want to Be a PSYCHIATRIST Ep. 18

8 Neurosurgery Subspecialties Explained 🧠

25K views · 4mo ago · 9:41

Not sure which specialty is right for you? Take the quiz Neurosurgery is the longest residency in medicine, one of the hardest to match, and the highest-paying specialty. For some, that's still not enough. These are the 8 fellowship pathways that go even further.

Topics: Endovascular Neurosurgery · Pediatric Neurosurgery · Spine Surgery · Skull Base Surgery · Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery · Surgical Neuro-Oncology

▶️ Mentioned videos: Signs You’re Cut Out to Become a Neurosurgeon

12 Doctor Careers You Haven’t Considered

14K views · 4mo ago · 5:23

Find out which doctor careers are best for your interests and skills Most doctors end up in one of a dozen well-known specialties. But medicine is a much wider field. Physicians operating on patients before they're even born, doctors who exclusively treat astronauts, and specialists who decide the fate of prisoners.

Topics: Fetal Surgery · Aerospace Medicine · Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine · Forensic Psychiatry · Wilderness Medicine · Behavioral Neurology

How to Get Into Medical School (2026 Guide)

16K views · 4mo ago · 20:29

Skip the guesswork. Learn directly from the doctors with admissions experience The primary application has five key components that every medical school evaluates. Each one on its own won't get you in. But when they all tell the same coherent story about who you are and why you're meant to be a doctor, that's when acceptances happen. Let's break down each one.

Topics: Letters That Hurt You · What GPA Really Shows · MCAT Mistake · Problems w/ Activities · AI vs Personal Statements · Secondary Traps

▶️ Mentioned videos: The Studying Mistakes Killing Your GPA (And How to Fix Them)

Residency Applications Just Changed (New for 2027)

23K views · 5mo ago · 11:08

Residency applications just changed, and many are calling it a win for applicants. They're wrong. We'll show you exactly why, what the data actually says, and what this means for your strategy going into this cycle and beyond.

Topics: The Research Arms Race · What Changed · Will This Change Actually Do Anything? · Counterarguments · What This Means for Premeds · What This Means for Med Students

▶️ Mentioned videos: How Many Publications Required for Residency? (Specialty Breakdown) · Sheriff of Sodium - The Research Arms Race in Residency Selection

Is Being a Doctor Still Worth It? (5 Most Optimistic Specialties)

26K views · 5mo ago · 4:34

Not sure which doctor career is for you? Take the quiz Every week, there's a new doctor online explaining why they quit. AI is coming for their job. Burnout is at an all-time high. The system is broken. So before you spend a decade training for a career in medicine, it's worth asking: Is there any reason to actually be optimistic? These are the most optimistic doctor specialties.

▶️ Mentioned videos: So You Want to Be an ONCOLOGIST Ep. 48 · How AI Made 2026 The Hardest Year to into Medical School

The Doctor Stereotypes All Physicians Hate

11K views · 5mo ago · 16:11

Not sure which specialty is right for you? Take the free Specialty Quiz The misconceptions floating around about specialties shape which rotations students pursue, which specialties they apply to, and the careers they end up in. And because nobody corrects them, they just keep spreading.

Topics: General Surgery · Radiology · Psychiatry · Pediatrics · Oncology · Family Medicine