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Stony Brook University vs HOFSTRA vs St. John’s University (Queens)
So I’m currently a senior going into college next year and well, please help me out. I can’t decide on a college to commit to so I’ll list the pros and cons. Any feed back is helpful !!! Also, which one would you say has the better science program for med school? Stony Brook U Major: Biology... -
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Chance at getting into another school after suspension / dismissal
Hello. As explained in another thread, I was dismissed from optometry school at the end of my 1st Year Fall Semester for academic reasons - failed one lab and lecture. I attempted to appeal and that fell through - the committee upheld my suspension. I was wondering how likely it could be to...- deleted989644
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Forensic science as pre med
I'm planning on choosing BSc Forensics as my premed in Canada. Do you think there's any scope for it there in case I don't get into med school? Will a Masters in Forensics help me land a stable job with a stable income?- Irene Mariam
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I’d love some advice on my next step
Hey all, Non trad mom here! I’m graduating with my bachelors this May, likely with a 3.6 gpa . However, due to my academic past (esp grades 7-10 years ago) , my gpa for applications are 3.018. My trend is upward, but I do have a mixture of Bs and As. My extracurriculars need strength as well...- fewturmomdoc
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Current cycle applicant slowly becoming a re-applicant, please help fix my app.
As the title says, I am a current applicant this cycle. I am a senior finishing my now final semester of undergrad, and it is safe to say that this cycle has not gone as I had hoped. As of now I only have had one II from my state school, to which I won't find out the final decision until March...- WillOfTheSon
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Need advice on what I should do next
Hello all, I am currently a senior and just finished what could be my last semester. However, I wanted guidance on what I should do next to maximize my chances of getting into medical school. Currently, I have a cGPA of 3.28 and sGPA of 3.32. I understand my GPA's are on the lower end and are...- Yourse1f
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UIWSOM vs PCOM-GA?
My husband and I are trying to attend law and medical school at the same time. These are our options to do so. As of now, I really don’t want to pursue a competitive speciality. We plan to have children. I guess I’d say I’m most interested in IM. I know some people are unhappy with the PCOM...- j1121
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- Forum: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School
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Advice Needed: The school put me at a site where the town has shootings and crime on the daily
Hi guys hope everyone enjoyed the holiday: I just started my psychiatry rotation on Tuesday and luckily have not had to go in since. The site, despite me reaching out to them numerous times, did not give me their address till Monday morning, so I only knew exactly where it was 24 hours before...- CrazyHorseLady
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- advice request core required rotations core rotations help
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CPJE 11/22/2021
Starting this thread for anyone who wants to take or has already taken their CPJE. Trying to get some insight, especially from those who already passed. I just took mine 11/22/21 and walked out feeling fairly good. As I have checked some of the answers I was able to remember, I can...- The_Dude
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Mods delete please, in wrong forum
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- advice fellowship help medical student residency
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Please help me pick between two classes for my last semester in college
Hello, I really want to take two Biology classes for my last semester in college, but they have time conflicts so I can only take one of them. I’m in between Bio 362: Endocrinology and Bio 365: Introduction to Microscopy. Which one do you think I should take? I want endocrinology because I...- helpmepickbetween
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- course help pre-med adivce
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WAMC 20 DAT 3.1 cGPA 2.9 sGPA
Date of submission: Sep 7 Overall GPA: 3.1 Science GPA: 2.9 Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 2.65 DAT score: 20AA 20TS (18,19,24) 19PAT 20QR 17RC State of Residence: Ohio Major: Bio Definitely Count as disadvantaged, but not necessarily minority Reapplicant? No Nontrad? No, added a 5th undergrad year...- captainClappa
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- Forum: What Are My Chances? WAMC Dental
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KCU-COM (Joplin) vs WVSOM vs VCOM-Louisiana
Hey guys!! So I've recently been accepted to three pretty amazing schools, feeling incredibly blessed, but the first deposit is dawning on me, and I'd greatly appreciate y'alls insight on how to best go about choosing between these schools: KCU-COM (Joplin) Pros P/F Curriculum No mandatory...- aspiring_physician123
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- help help a poor lost soul help me choose help me decide: school x vs school y kcu-joplin osteoapathic vcom-la wvsom
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- Forum: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School
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Pharmacy School
hey everyone so i submitted my pharmacy school application just a couple days ago and just got verified for my grades and here are my stats Science GPA: 2.80 Pharmcas Cumulative: 2:95 University transcript Cumulative: 3.31 also apart of clubs and am president of a minority relief org. I...- diana2000
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PHARMCAS CONFUSION
Hey guys, I'm pretty sure most of us know how annoying pharmcas is but I have a question hopefully someone is able to answer me about this. Regarding the program material section, there is a part for each school for selecting your pre-requisite courses that may fulfill their requirement or...- Alessandra20
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prereq confusion? does it matter?
Hello everyone :) I am pretty sure this is a stupid question but doesn’t hurt to ask but I am applying to pharmacy schools this cycle and am currently in my last year That being said, will it hurt me if I take biochem after I apply? i currently am taking genetics, Orgo lab, and bio stats and...- Alessandra20
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- help help deciding pharamcy pharmacy admissions pharmcas prepharmacy prerequisite
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Will I need a postbacc
Hello I am a rising sophomore but because I did two years of dual enrollment I am graduating next year. I major in Math and have taken the full Chem, Physics, Bio, and Calc series. I am now gearing up to take OChem 1 in the call and complete the mcat this March. Because of the pandemic...- Zigstar
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- Forum: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical
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biochem with little orgo knowledge?
Hey everyone I’m a senior at my university and i took organic chemistry my freshman year and decided to take biochem now. My only problem is that i forgot a lot of the information for organic chem and barely remember how to name structures at the top of my head. I need to pass this biochem...- diana2000
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- biochem biochemistry failing help prepharmacy
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Germophobic doctor?
So the last couple of weeks (& especially these last few days) I've been heavily pondering my pre-med track. As of late (since COVID, really), I've been what some people would call "excessively cautious" about not catching COVID or any other illnesses, for that matter. I wash my hands a lot and...- Bookish_future_mergrey
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- advice needed covid19 doctor germs help premed
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How to effectively review bio practice tests
Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone could share how they reviewed their biology practice tests? Was your method effective and did you notice an increase in your scores? I need all the help I can get and just reading through the correct answer option is not helping much, neither is writing out...- sunshinedental
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- Forum: Dental Admissions Test (DAT)
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WAMC, please? URIM, 3.83/3.89, 509?
Edits: tried to make it clear and concise! Hey guys, I'm pretty new to online forums and feel like a floundering fish looking at medical school lists. My prehealth advisor is also super swamped as many many advisors left recently, so I haven't heard back and I can't schedule a meeting...- newtnewb
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- help medical admissions school list school list advice school list help wamc
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- Forum: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical
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Address academic probation?
Hello everyone :) I am in the works of applying for the upcoming pharmacy cycle and there is a question regarding if I have received any academic violations of which I was on academic probation as well as received 1 F and 1 XE (failure to show up to final(i contracted cellulitis and was unable...- Alessandra20
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- help pharmacy admission pharmacy school prepharmacy probation thank you
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- Forum: Pre-Pharmacy
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Maybe some advice please
Hey! I never really write in discussion posts but I feel like I needed some advice, tips, or any help. Much of my social group is not pre-medical students so I have no idea or any extra friendly advice. I go to UIUC pursuing a chemistry major, and hopefully medical school post-undergraduate. I...- AntH2104
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- advice help help a poor man pre med pre med advice undergaduate
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Stick with DPT or move to PM&R?
I am only a month into DPT school and don’t get me wrong, I LOVE it. But I find myself thinking, “should I have gone to medical school?” I think PT is what I want to do. Senior year of high school, when you’re supposed to make a college decision that effects the next 4-6 years of your life, I...- meregardner
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- doctorate of physical therapy dpt dpt school help med school medicine physical medicine & rehabilitaiton pm&r pt school
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Help
Hi, I am currently 23 years old. I am a hospice RN currently. I am on track to finish my BSN this coming December. Right now I have a GPA of exactly 3.50. I am considering the possibility of med school. I once was pre med so as far as pre reqs go I am only 3 chemistry classes off the mark. I am...- Green22
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Difficulties in creating a class I amalgam preparation
Hello everyone, I'm a student and we just started working on class I amalgam preparations. I keep practicing but constantly get the same mediocre results. The floors and walls of my preparations are always bumpy and I can't seem to fix it without eventually making the preparation too deep or too...- Dental Student In Need
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- class i dental student help
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CTE and Waitlist Question!!!
Hello everyone! My CTE deadline is quickly approaching and I am WL'd at my top choice institution. My WL school encourages updates (I have sent a update/LOI pre-WL, an update and a LOI post WL already). I was wondering if it would be acceptable to send another update 1) reiterating my...- highlightstar
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- commit to enroll cte help waitlist
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Is there a “chance” difference between a B.S. and B.A. degree if the intended major is biology/chemistry when applying to Med-School?
I have been admitted into Berea College—a small liberal arts school for the favorable tuition and expenses—but they only offer degrees as a Bachelor of Arts rather than like Biology B.S. or Chemistry B.S. Will this affect my chances when applying to competitive medical programs, specifically... -
Volunteer/Service Mission Abroad
Hello! Have a question about one of my most meaningful experiences. Thank you so much for helping me out. Spring break of my freshman year, I did a mission trip through my school to a children’s home/orphanage in a developing country. We raised money, and also had most of the trip covered by my...- Snoop32
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Please help me with my school list!
Hello all! I have recently learned a ton since joining SDN. I think I would really benefit if you guys could take a look at my stats and see if my school list looks alright and if I should add/remove any! Stats: PA resident, ORM, T10 Private Liberal Art School Senior Biology major, Biochem...- Snoop32
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Lost and Confused: WAMC
Hi, I'm really sorry if this is redundant. I tried looking for similar questions but didn't see any. I am crazy worried because I've been told there's no hope for me going to med school and I wanted opinions. I wanted to apply med school this year but now am debating between post-bacc and SMPs...- MedSchoolHopeful56
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- advice advice needed faha goro help post bac premed premed advising smp
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U of AZ vs WSU
I have promised WICHE funding so WSU should be a little cheaper than UAZ in state. UAZ goes year round, so they finish about 9 months earlier but only have 1 week mid semester breaks and 2 weeks between semesters with 3 a year. Honestly, the major advantage for UAZ is that my family is 30min-2...- slaytonpal
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Questioning Pursuing Dentistry...
Hello! I’m a senior in undergrad and have everything set to apply to dental school. However, due to COVID I didn’t start actually shadowing until recently. I find dentistry very boring. The first few days I came in I was kind of interested in what all the dentists were doing, but now that I’m...- WumboDebt
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- advice dentistry help questioning
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- Forum: Pre-Dental
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help
I usually don't post to forums and just lurk around and read but lately I've been lost and I don't know where I stand. I plan on applying to dental school this application cycle and the last thing I want is to have an incomplete application. I was wondering if you guys could point me to the...- Taufiq Khaled
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- application help lost predentaladvice
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- Forum: What Are My Chances? WAMC Dental
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transfer Classes at community college?
Hello everyone, I am right now a junior and am applying for the pharmacy fall’22 cycle soon. I have a couple classes soon that i want to complete before applying but due to financial problems, i am thinking about taking 2 or 3 classes this summer at my local community college instead of my...- Alessandra20
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- help pharamcy pharmacy application pharmacy school prepharmacy prepharmacyprereqs prereqs sos
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DAT Retake necessary with my profile?
Hi guys, I took the DAT last month and obtained a score of 20 RC 22 QR 21 BIO 21 GC 21 OC 21 AA 20 PAT. However, the other aspects of my life is not very traditional. I am 32 years old, and I graduated college 10 years ago with a GPA of 3.65 overall, 3.5 science GPA. I was pre-med when I was...- Mterizan120
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- dat dat retake help need help need opinions
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- Forum: Pre-Dental
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[non-traditional] should I retake my exam in April
Long story short, I was accepted to physical therapy school out of undergrad but soon found out that what I desired was outside the reach of PT and decided to pursue being an MD/DO. My undergrad gpa is little above 3.2 Science gpa is around 3.45 All of my thousands of hours working and...- erowe22
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- help mcat
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- Forum: MCAT - Medical College Admissions Test
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Help with NBEO Part 1
Hello! I need some advice.. so I finished KMK almost twice now, and i've been doing alot of optoprep. I finished all the practice questions, and now im on the timed exams. I've been doing half exams, but i keep getting 50-60% on them!! it's really frustrating. is this a cause for concern? i know...- stargirl777
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- help kmk nbeo nbeo part 1 optometry optoprep
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WAMC? When to take DAT?
Hello, I am currently a junior majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry and I am interested in going to dental school. My GPA is very low compared to others; my cGPA is 3.28 and my sGPA is 3.27. I don't have much volunteer hours in the dental field but I have been shadowing a dentist. My...- sadgirl304
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- dat dental dentalschool dentist gapyear help predental predentalstudent wamc
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PRE-MED NON-TRAD STUDENT NEEDS HELP
Hello everyone! So I really need help in starting over or completing my pre-med undergrad degree and I'm TOTALLY lost as to where and how to start. A little about me before I let the questions pour our. So I'm a 27 year old woman, wife and mom to 3 beautiful kids (aged 6,4, and almost 2). Due...- Jawaria
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- community college classes help help a poor lost soul help decide mom non-trad non-traditional older student under grad
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