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Hey all. So I’m starting content review now. I plan to go through most the Kaplan books and make an Anki deck. How many chapters a day would you recommend? And about how long would you think it would take? Also, would a passive read/ making Anki them reviewing Anki be good for content? I’m...

As of now, I've taken almost all the pre-med pre-requisites except for organic chemistry and biochemistry. Plus I also want to start studying for the MCAT as soon as possible. At my school, there is one biochemistry course that doesn't require orgo but my pre-med advisor does not think that it...

Hi guys, What medical apps do You use while learning? I usually use UpToDate, Figure 1, MEDizzy and Essential Anatomy. Can you recommend other interesting apps??

This question has been on my mind since I became motivated to go into medicine. I have had a permanently detached retina in my left eye since birth, leaving me completely single-sighted. I do have 20-20 vision in my right eye, and feel I have adapted with this mono-vision quite well. I actually...

Hi. I'm a 18 yr-old, URM, pre-med, Biochem major at a community college. I'm planning on using IGETC to satisfy my pre-reqs for a UC. I enrolled as a freshman 2017 and took 3 classes the first semester. I failed 2 and Ace'd one. The F's were in Math and Art. I failed because I had personal and...

I know my GPA 3.4cGPA and 3.2 GPA are not stellar... my gpa has a steady increase (3.0, 3.3, 3.7, 3.8) My MCAT is a 515. I am a white female, Florida resident. I have over 200 shadowing hours (orthopedic surg, obgyn, and fam med). I worked in an ER as a scribe for a year. Held 1 exec board...

Hi everyone, I am a 2016 grad with a molecular bio degree from a good private liberal arts school. I graduated with a 3.13 sga and a 3.33 ugpa. I have a upward gpa trend and my junior and senior year sgpa is higher. That said, I know my GPA is too low to apply to MD schools at the moment...

So I accidentally listed one of my experiences as "paid-medical/clinical" when it should have been "paid-Non-medical/clinical". I have over 800 hours in this experience, and I don't want adcoms to think I am trying to claim more medical/clinical experience than I have. Should I email individual...

Hi guys! KY resident here. My stats are 3.75 cgpa, 3.68 sgpa, and 516 MCAT. Important extracurriculars - 220 hours clinical shadowing in pediatric hospital (various specialties) - 30 hours clinical volunteering in ED - 180 hours in peer health education (leadership role in this organization) -...

Hello SDN. I am about to start my second year of undergraduate. When I started undergrad, I did not know if I wanted to be a doctor or not. It was an idea that I developed about half way through my first semester. I still wasn't entirely sure about it, so I moved back home the second semester...

I am 1 month into my residency program, just finishing my internship. This past month has been hard, my patient load has been anywhere from 15-30 patients, many people I've talked to say "you're just starting, you need time to get used to it". I need somewhere to start. Are there any...

Firstly, thank you to my friends and famliy who have supported me in this long long journey and also, thank you to every one who took their time out and responded to my questions on this forum. You guys are amazing!! 3 years ago, I was a dental student in Pakistan and everything was going...

Hey all. This will be a lengthy post, I apologize! I will be taking my MCAT May 2019. I am a junior and will be taking Physics I and II as well as Biochem I (and either biochem II or intro to biochem) this year. Even though I still have a little under a year, the anxiety is slowly appearing...

Hey guys, I have a plethora of AACOMAS questions, but I have not found solid answers on the forums. So, please feel free to answer what you know! Thanks! 1. My mother and my father attended community college; but neither received an associates degree. They only attended to get certificates back...

Hi, I submitted my primary for verification a week ago, so its still in the works. I was speeding in vermont during a road trip and got a criminal citstion to go to court for excessive speeding. Ive tried to explain my case to the state attorney on how i regret my actions, understand why they...

Hello everyone, I am a new member to SDN. So today I come seeking the advice of anyone who may have some helpful insight to this beast of a test. My honest goal here is to score a 507 or higher. I am currently a month out from my MCAT exam date, and I am just beginning the AAMC Practice...

Please help my all my pharmacy friends. I don't know what to choose. What would you each choose? Which is a better career move? 1. Money wise - the staffing director position is 40k extra per year - I'm concerned that it is not really a director job but really a staffing job with...

Okay, so I'm a rising Junior pre-med/Chemistry student at a small liberal arts school in Georgia, and I currently have a 3.25 GPA. I have that because I had over-involved myself with extracurricular activities; therefore, I dropped some of my extracurriculars to get more serious about my...

I am a pre-med student currently discouraged because a lot of my friends always seem to be 2 steps ahead of me. I’m posting this to see if I’m on the right track/ ask critique of where my resume lacks. Thanks in advance!! Degree: Biology, Honors Track GPA: 3.833 Extra. Curriculares: College...

hi guys I have been having nightmares about this. So I have a community college gpa 2.1 but a 3.89 Gpa in the 4- years college. I have a’s and b’s in all the pre req classes I retook my general chem and organic chem and got As. I took the dat got 22 and I have volunteering hours. do I still have...

I have been volunteering in a pathology lab at a local hospital. They had a recent position open up for a Diener in the morgue and I’ve been encouraged to apply. I would be assisting Pathologists and residents in the morgue. The persons whose job I would be taking ( leaving for med school...

I'm trying to decide which would be a better shot for me to apply early decision and was wondering if you guys could help me out. I'm a biochem major, currently 3.4 gpa had 2 years of research at NIH (wet lab) and 1-year research at USDA regarding data analytics. I don't have a pharmacist's...

I am an IMG and I've been studying for step1 for more than month now. It has basically been kaplan biochem. And did some physiology before that. My problem is my speed is very slow, I have collegues, who manage to get subjects covered with in a few days and here I am taking a more or more to...

Hello All! Long story short, I won an entire Kaplan review course but I keep reading that Kaplan is bad and you shouldn't purchase it. My question is, is it bad because its not worth the money? or Is it actually a bad product and I'm wasting my time using it to study? Thanks for all your...

So I submitted my AMCAS to be verified yesterday and I may have made a mistake inputting my courses. On my transcript, it says "Subject" (which BIOL, CHEM, etc is listed), and then "Course Number" (101, 102, etc). I did not include the BIOL part on my application, because it was technically...

I got my MCAT scores back, and it was a 510. I get that it's a good score and I should be happy, but my 125 in bio/biochem leaves me completely distraught. I know it's below 10th percentile for a lot of schools in state according to MSAR. Combined with an average GPA, I don't feel like I have a...

Hi are there any schools where i won’t be notified about supplementals and must go to their website to find them?

I graduated with a BS in 2016. My undergrad institution is a top 35, jesuit university. I was a Biochemistry major, Economics minor, and a member of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program. My cGPA and sGPA havent been calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS yet but I think my cGPA is ~3.46 and my sGPA is...

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Hi everyone, I just had my primary approved and would like to send it off very soon to other schools. (I’m still working on 2 letters of rec but I'll have them soon hopefully). Any help is greatly appreciated! Age: 23 Undergrad University: University of Florida Residence: FL Sex: Female...

looking to work for a biotech VC next summer in NYC/SF. Do you think med schools would look down upon that to doing something clinically-based? Please let me know. Thanks. wasn't sure if adcoms have a stigma against "business" of healthcare

Hi, I am beginning my MSW in the fall and having SERIOUS doubts. I have worked in the mental healthcare field for over four years- a good deal of that time in case management roles, and I am feeling beyond burnt out. Even feeling bitter and taken advantage of by clients using our services. I’m...

I am a reapplicant who interviewed for the waitlist last year and this cycle was determined to get my primary and secondaries out ASAP to improve my chances. I submitted my primary on the first day, and have been working through secondaries this week, and thought it was strange I wasn't...

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Hi there, I am in need of the best MCAT program. I have done Kaplan and Princeton Review and I am sitting at a solid 492 on my 2nd MCAT. Does anyone have suggestions fo the best program? I need to rase my score at least 15 points. Please help. I am also interested in MCAT tutors. Seriously...

Y'all I am very bad at math. Like extremely bad at math. I don't know how to study for the QR section. I do Destroyer and that kills me. I am not even getting 50% on a section. My Bootcamp DAT scores are abysmal as well. I can't just do the QR videos that are on Bootcamp. I feel like I need...

So I recently took the MCAT again, previous score 501 126/123/127/125, new score is 505 126/126/126/127, I thought I was gonna get a much better score but I messed up bad in bio. Anyways I am worried that the 4 point increase doesn't look like a good enough increase for a reapplicant. Last year...

I'm currently taking the MCAT on July 21st and debating whether or not to postpone ~2 weeks, to August 3rd. I'm applying this cycle and plan to submit my app within the next week. My cGPA is a 3.63, sGPA is a 3.67. Lots of ECs, including 4.5 years of research (1 3rd author publication), leading...

I just took my first TPR MCAT full length exam after doing 2 months of pure content review and a few practice passages occasionally. I scored a 499 (123/123/127/126). The content review was mainly just taking the TPR online classes and reading through the TPR book set. All practice passages that...

I am a pharmacy school student who literally went through hell to finish pharmacy. I gotten on the bad side with the pharmacy school (and a couple other ppl I was going to school with). This led to to some serious efforts from them to try to stop me from graduating. Some of the things they...