r/medicalschool is a subreddit with 813k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses struggling, tired, worst, medicine, and interview, 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
: "How the frick am i supposed to find specialty specific research/opportunities?"
10 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I am in a dark dark place"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Suggestions for my iPad screen and eyes"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Cold emailing for research opportunities"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/medicalschool
#1
Struggling
16 posts
#2
Tired
6 posts
#3
Worst
4 posts
#4
Medicine
3 posts
#5
Interview
3 posts
#6
Im
: "Im Residency List"
3 posts
#7
Lor
: "ERAS Lor without a Letterhead??"
3 posts
#8
Letter
: "Fucked up massively by accidentally sending the same Letter to two programs, and one of them already submitted it"
3 posts
#9
Eras
: "Eras LoR without a Letterhead??"
2 posts
#10
Moving
1 post
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
: "Am I still competitive?"
59 posts
#2
❗️Serious
: "Better to apply now as a USMD senior but without a STEP 2 score or as a USMD graduate next year?"
16 posts
#3
😡 Vent
: "surgery clerkship is impossible"
13 posts
#4
📚 Preclinical
: "How many hours do you actually study?"
12 posts
#5
🏥 Clinical
: "Fourth Year"
11 posts
#6
💩 Shitpost
: "How your search history feels 4 days into a new rotation"
5 posts
#7
🔬Research
: "Glucose level as vital sign"
5 posts
#8
😊 Well-Being
: "Just wanted to give a shoutout to all the people doing family medicine, you guys are amazing!! do not let anyone tell you otherwise"
4 posts
#9
📝 Step 2
: "New Step 2 percentiles released"
4 posts
#10
💩 High Yield Shitpost
: "My qbank snuck a Pitt reference into a question"
2 posts
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Last updated: September 18, 2026