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Hey, I've been lurking on the forums for a while. SDN's a great place, very informative. Anyway I'm currently in high school (in Canada), grade 10, and am very interested in the medical field. I'm gonna do my best to get into medical school (MD most likely) and have been researching on how it all works. My mind is still open to what I'll be doing in the future, but medicine would be my first preference as of right now (I also have a strong interest in business, finance, law, government, etc.). I'm slowly trying to step it up so I can see these goals to be true. Also I have some questions below. I hope to be able to post here in some years following up on how all this going!
1. During my undergraduate university years, I would be working on my ECs for medical school. What types of things do you do when you "research"? What counts as "research"? Does "research" during medical school help you at times like matching or do people just do it for general knowledge?
2. Just need some clarification, the MCAT is scored out of 45 right? What about the USMLE Step 1?
3. Some people have listed that they've published things on their ECs, what type of things do they "publish", articles, books or what? Are these "publications" usually medicine/health-related? What counts as "published"?
4. For ECs, some good things that should be on there are volunteering in a clinic-like setting (like a hospital), job shadowing with a physician, research, any clubs and sports, anything else that could be of help?
5. Are LORs typically submitted with initial applications or when the school requests secondaries? Who submits to the LORs to the schools you apply for, you, the people that wrote the LORs, or the company that manages your applications (like AMCAS)?
6. What is included with these secondaries?
7. What does "II" mean when talking about interviews for medical school?
Not all of this is relevant to me right now, but I just like to know things in general... Also helps me know what people are talking about here haha, thanks for any help!
1. During my undergraduate university years, I would be working on my ECs for medical school. What types of things do you do when you "research"? What counts as "research"? Does "research" during medical school help you at times like matching or do people just do it for general knowledge?
2. Just need some clarification, the MCAT is scored out of 45 right? What about the USMLE Step 1?
3. Some people have listed that they've published things on their ECs, what type of things do they "publish", articles, books or what? Are these "publications" usually medicine/health-related? What counts as "published"?
4. For ECs, some good things that should be on there are volunteering in a clinic-like setting (like a hospital), job shadowing with a physician, research, any clubs and sports, anything else that could be of help?
5. Are LORs typically submitted with initial applications or when the school requests secondaries? Who submits to the LORs to the schools you apply for, you, the people that wrote the LORs, or the company that manages your applications (like AMCAS)?
6. What is included with these secondaries?
7. What does "II" mean when talking about interviews for medical school?
Not all of this is relevant to me right now, but I just like to know things in general... Also helps me know what people are talking about here haha, thanks for any help!
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