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Hello all, I am currently going through a miniature crisis. I just completed my first year of DPT school and to be honest, I am underwhelmed. I want to do more, I want to be responsible for more, I want to be challenged more. I always had the thought of being a physician in the back of my...

I am a 3rd year college student currently enrolled in the "hard/engineering" 5 credit calculus and geometry course at my university as opposed to the "easier" calculus for life sciences class. The reason I am taking the 5 credit calculus is because my concentration of "pre-med" within psychology...

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I have been seeing and hearing a lot of upsetting things about clinical phd programs as I move closer to applications. Even my sister, who is just going on her clinical internship, has had a pretty miserable experience in her doctoral study. I was wondering if I could hear from some of you who...

Edit: problem solved, thanks for the help!

This may be a dumb question and a dumb decision, but how is this viewed? I feel that this may be a red flag? The different topics these labs investigate are equally interesting. Both are clinical research, if that matters. I am aware that both labs may have overlapping commitments, but if that...

Like the post says, I'm an MS3 who's completed almost all her core rotations about to take a year off to get an MPH. Once I return to the med school curriculum I'll be doing a sub-i in pediatrics and hope to take STEP 2 CK after that. Does anyone have tips on keeping clinical knowledge fresh...

Hi guys, Right now I am preparing to begin the process of applying to dental school. I haven't taken the DAT yet, but I will do so by mid July which is when I hopefully will get my app turned in. My question for y'all is does my school list look ? Should I include more schools? What other...

What are the recommended classes that I should take to demonstrate competence in upper-division biology classes? Also, is there a number of recommended upper-div biology lab courses I should take, too?

3.96 GPA, 3.9 sGPA large public school in the Northeast, Bio major expect to score around 517 on the MCAT ( I take it this week) Residency: PA (live in Ohio, will have Ohio residency by matriculation) ORM ECs resident assistant for 3 semesters pre-health honors society learning assistant for 1...

I want to take human physio to help me a little bit for the MCAT, not required for my major. At my school, it's THE hardest upper div bio class, but I don't want to risk my GPA. I know it's one class. Would it be looked down on if I take the class Pass/No Pass. Will it make a difference when med...

cGPA and sGPA: 3.8 cGPA / 3.81 sGPA (strong upward trend? 3.23 > 3.69 > 4.00 > 3.96 > 4.00) MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 514 (129/131/126/128) --> 511 (126/127/129/129) - (I realize I took a huge risk, which did not pay off. I was getting 520+ on FL so I thought I had a chance.) State of...

Hello Everyone, I have been reading alot lately on physicians seeking mental health treatment. It concerns me, because I've always wanted to go into medicine and hopefully become a surgeon. To give a little context, when I was about 11 going on 12 I was hospitalized for about a week...

Hi everyone, I am incredibly worried about an incident I was involved with my sophomore year. I was found in possession of marijuana (NOT smoking - I was in a friend's dorm room where the campus police found marijuana after an RA caught a look when the door was open.) I was issued a warning...

I'm deciding between two schools and I'm struggling to determine how much money should matter vs fit. If money didn't matter, I would definitely choose Loyola over Penn State because I feel it is a better fit for me. However, there is a major financial difference between the two. I was offered...

I have been accepted into medical schools (in NC, Va, and NY) which I was very excited about. However, at the same time, over the past year or so I have been accumulating an increasing interest in public health and epidemiology. I've worked as a scribe and MA for 3-4 years, have done wet lab...

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Hi all I am planning on attending a medical school that has a 4 year MD/MPH option. I applied for the program since I was interested and the application deadline was relatively early, but now I am having some second thoughts. For context I have a political advocacy and policy background and am...

I go to a DO school and have failed the COMLEX twice with a 375 the first time and a 393 the second time. I took it for the third and final time yesterday and came out feeling like I bombed. If I don't pass this time, I will get dismissed from school. I was getting 70s and 80s on combank, and...

To the pre-meds of the SDN community, As I reflect upon my past couple years on SDN being guided, enlightened, stressed, and wrecked by all sorts of emotions-especially throughout the 2018-2019 application cycle-I thought it was only fair for me to provide some insight and encouragement to the...

We have a medical school admissions fair at my school next week that I need to start preparing for. What types of questions are best to ask these schools? What do you wish that you had asked admissions at various schools when you were starting to feel them out? Some of the schools attending I...

Hello Everyone, So I am a junior right now and I've lately been having cold feet about applying to PA schools due to my underlying goal to become a physician. Long story short, entered into college in the 4+3 Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, realized I didn't want to pursue rehab but rather...

Hi all, I'm a current junior and had a recent change of heart about careers and want to become a physician (or give it a good shot at least). I have taken Chem 1 + lab, Chem 2, and Biology 1 + lab. I won't have time to complete the rest of the pre reqs my senior year as I have to take classes...

So, I've been a research assistant in this public health organization for about 9 months (12-20 hours a week depending on my course load). I initially joined because I met the PI who's fairly notable in his field. He encouraged me to apply, but since joining I've had no contact with him. I just...

Hello! I've searched the forum and haven't found anything with this discussion, but please correct me if I'm wrong! I work in a small rural clinic privately owned by one individual. With this being such a small clinic, rules are pretty lax and PTAs do have quite a bit more independence than...

Hello All, I just was wondering if i could get some input or maybe just writing some stuff down and talking it out would help me out. So currently, I am a junior in my 2nd semester. Next semester I will be a senior, obviously, however as i come closer to the end of my undergraduate degree i...

So my partner and I need help with which school to put by the April 30 Deadline, but here's the dilemma: SO #1 and SO #2 both interviewed at School A and School B SO #1 was WL'd at Schools A and B (will commit to School C in the meantime and probably won't hear from WL until after the deadline)...

Hello all, I'm pretty new to sdn but I really like the community and a lot of you seem to be very knowledgeable about these topics. Right now I find myself in a predicament with respect to applying to schools, and I wanted to see what my best options are. I'll just give my stats straight away...

Can really use some input! I am a senior premed student extremely interested in pursuing forensic pathology. I have high GPA, research + paper, shadowing, and awesome extracurriculars. The only thing is my MCAT score is sub-average. I did not have enough time to study for it, and my score...

Hi all, I'm an undergraduate pre-med student. I'm considering pushing my MCAT date to July 20 (scores release August 20). I will have my AMCAS application completed (except MCAT score) by early June and will submit it for the verification process since it takes 6-8 weeks. I will choose one...

I recently was accepted to both Midwestern University and Mississippi State University. I am so grateful for the opportunity, however it has been very stressful trying to decide where to go. After I interviewed at Midwestern University, everything about it felt right. The location, the people...

Need some advice as to when to take the MCAT. I am currently in my Junior year and took the MCAT in January 2019, but decided to void. I am planning on applying this cycle for 2020 matriculation and my aim is for DO, but will still be applying to MD schools. When do you think is the latest I can...

So I'm working on crafting a personal statement. Granted it is hard, I don't have one ah ha moment where I realized I wanted to do medicine. A common theme I have realized is that all of my experiences involved learning, be it learning about myself and my interests, helping others learn as a lab...

I know some of these questions have been beat to death but a lot of the threads I'm finding are from when GI was much less competitive or you guys are just too brilliant and don't have to deal with the same problems us mortals do lol. So I figured I'll just ask and I would really appreciate any...

I am completely unable to decide what career path I would like to pursue. Unlike most of my classmates, I did not have a firm career path in mind during high school, but thought this was normal at the time. After graduating I decided to save money by completing coursework part-time at a local...

Hey everyone! I made an account for the sole purpose of asking this question because I'm really not sure what to do. I've been working in a research lab for a little more than 2 years. I started in college and during my gap year I've continued my work in the lab full time. I've been working on...

I'm planning to strengthen my application for medical school and was looking into programs that will help me do that. I came across Georgetown University's Clinical Quality, Safety, and Leadership Executive Master's program. I wanted to know if this seems like a program that will strengthen my...

Hey guys, still kinda new to this so please bear with me. I graduated in 2015 with a b.s. in public health from an accredited Southern California university. College, for me, was a gigantic party and looking back, I was very lucky to have graduated in the first place. I barely graduated with...

I'll be applying to med school this year, and I am beginning to write my personal statement. Undergrad wasn't great, I spent 5 years getting my degree, and am currently enrolled in a Masters program. In my personal statement, I planned on talking about having a miscarriage freshman year in...

I was wondering if anyone knew vet schools' opinion on pass/fail classes. My advisor told me that taking one would not be an issue, but I am not sure about two. I took one last semester already and I want to take another one this semester since it is my last semester. Keep in mind that the class...