r/medicalschool is a subreddit with 808k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses struggling, worst, step 2, medicine, and tired, and they frequently recommend/review drinks, energy drink, and dress shirts.
/r/medicalschool is an international community for medical students
Popular Themes in r/medicalschool
#1
Advice Requests
: "If you were fortunate enough to graduate without student loan debt and realized medicine wasn’t your calling, what career would you pursue instead?"
22 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Med students are not annoying. We should stand up for ourselves."
8 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "Where does the money go?"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "IM Program List Help"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/medicalschool
#1
Struggling
19 posts
#2
Worst
11 posts
#3
Step 2
: "Mentor's response to Step 2"
11 posts
#4
Medicine
7 posts
#5
Tired
7 posts
#6
Looking For A Mentor
6 posts
#7
Looking For A Study Partner
5 posts
#8
Frustrating
5 posts
#9
Med School
: "For my Med School Gamers/Scapers"
5 posts
#10
Academic Internal Medicine
: "Chances for academic IM + fellowship? USMD, STEP 2CK 249"
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/medicalschool
Drinks
64 reviews
#1
Celsius
3.6★ from 13 reviews
#2
Monster
4.1★ from 12 reviews
#3
Reign
4.0★ from 5 reviews
Energy Drink
55 reviews
#1
Monster
4.4★ from 12 reviews
#2
Celsius
4.0★ from 8 reviews
#3
Reign
4.8★ from 5 reviews
Dress Shirts
40 reviews
#1
Nordstrom Rack
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Charles Tyrwhitt
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Brooks Brothers
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/medicalschool
#1
🥼 Residency
: "The Joys of Occupational and Environmental Medicine"
61 posts
#2
🏥 Clinical
: "people notice the little things 🥹"
25 posts
#3
😡 Vent
: "Real talk on anesthesiology"
22 posts
#4
📚 Preclinical
: "When is it actually the worst?"
17 posts
#5
❗️Serious
: "Did I lose my spark in medicine?"
16 posts
#6
😊 Well-Being
: "Mentor's response to step 2"
12 posts
#7
📝 Step 2
: "What specialty did you think you'd choose at first, and what changed your mind?"
8 posts
#8
📰 News
: "NRMP Confirms Highest Step 2 Score in 2026 Match"
7 posts
#9
🔬Research
: "Research Publications!"
7 posts
#10
🤡 Meme
: "Where does the money go?"
6 posts
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Yearly
+42k members(5.5%)
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Last updated: August 4, 2026