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    Sophomore Year Guidance & Inquiry

    In terms of clinical volunteering and research opportunities, I wanted to get some advice and ideas as to what/how medical background would benefit my credentials. I am a Rising 3rd-Semester Sophomore in College. My understanding is that most students in the process of applying to Medical...
    • Barbarocrat Bajaj
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    • confused med student feedback guidance help me how important knowledge exchange medical school sophomore year thank you
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    • Forum: Pre-Medical (MD)
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    Family Medicine and Its Possibilities

    HI, Im a 3rd year DO medical student that is highly considering Family Medicine because of all the possibilities with the training. I am finishing my last rotation before board studying and it happens to be ER, which I also really like. All of the ED docs and internists have been telling me not...
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    • Forum: Family Medicine
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    Starting to feel terrible...I am afraid to make that jump

    Hello all, I am currently a senior with one semester left and in a tough spot. I had originally wanted to go to med school and had a decent cum gpa and science gpa (3.6/3.5). I also had over 2000 hours of shadowing and amazing extracurricular activities but I bombed the MCAT with a 494. I still...
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    I don't know if I still want to study medicine

    I'm 19 and currently a 2nd year med student, but from South Africa so we get into medicine straight after high school. For the past year I've been questioning to whether this is the right career choice for me or not. Now I don't find purpose in what I 'learn' from lectures, I'm not enjoying my...