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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...

Just took my MCAT feeling kind of meh about how I did. Got killed by C/P took too long trying to figure out an answer on some questions tht I should’ve skipped and went back to later. I've been reading threads and it seems that I am not the only one who thought c/p was difficult. I didnt void...

Hi, I am wondering how much shadowing an ophthalmologist would help my application for medical school?

Hi everyone, I am still an undergrad (starting my junior year in August). I am interested in a few different fields of medicine ( I know this can very well change in med school, but for now I am simply curious and want more info). With psychiatry, is it common for psychiatrists to practice and...

Sorry but I posted this in the underrepresented minority forum and it wasn't answered. Recently I have been curious to know how the admission committee sorts applicants. It is known that underrepresented minorities are accepted with lower stats. That is when I started to think. How exactly...

Recently I have been curious to know how the admission committee sorts applicants. It is known that underrepresented minorities are accepted with lower stats. That is when I started to think. How exactly does the admissions committee sort through applicants if they have a specific cut off...

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Hi, im torn between subitmitting now with my 18AA, and 3.3GPA, and mentioning a retake/emailing each school letting them know im retaking; orrrrrrr submitting in September once i retake? Thanks!

So long story short, I’ve taken 4 NBME’s (13,15,16,19) through my dedicated study (I’m 6 weeks in) and have scored between 170-190. Got a 220 on uworld1 when I was about 76% with my First pass on uworld I finished UW with a 56% I have step 1 scheduled in 3 weeks and I was thinking about...

hi everyone, I am not taking classes this summer and will start my junior year this fall. I want to do some shadowing this summer, but I am having problems with actually finding doctors who want to do it. I’ve called several neurosurgeons, multiple private family medicine practices, and a...

Hi, im applying with a 3.3 GPA and a strong upward trend of a 3.8 the last 2 years. I got a 18AA, and a 15QR (lowest score) everything else was 19/20. Im retaking my DAT in early September, but I'm submitting now. Everything else on my application is realllyyyyy strong. Really strong LORs, PS...

Hello everyone I am currently doing the Kaplan Question bank. I've been lately having a difficult time just trying to have a consistent performance. I've finished Uworld and USMLE Rx, but I'm still getting 7-8 wrong per a block in Kaplan. That's confusing to me because I've gone through the...

Sorry for having the same question as another fellow Cali applicant. Also wondering if I am applying to too many/the wrong places. My closer friends all are applying to 20 ish schools, but I've read forums that say it's too many? Thank you very much for the help in advance! My stats are: cGPA...

Help! I keep over thinking and would love your feed back. It is so expensive so I'd like to narrow it down to eight schools. Michigan Resident DAT average:19 GPA:3.4 Experience/Volunteer Two summers at oral surgeon plus one full year working full time One year at general dentist office full time...

Help!!! I am a legal resident of Georgia but I have been living in Pennsylvania for a year while obtaining my Master's degree. I would like to stay in the area and work as an EMT for my gap year, but that would require me to change my legal residency to Pennsylvania. I've been told to look at...

Hey guys. I’m reapplying for DO schools this year. I rolled over my application from last year. I did not retake my MCAT as I was happy with my first score so my MCAT score from last year is on my current DO application. Do I need to resend that same score again to AACOMAS so they can see a...

Hey everyone, this is my first post on SDN. I made a stupid mistake on the Dental school application i submitted about an hour ago. I accidentally selected that I am a DACA student even though I am not. What would be my best course of action? I am terrified my entire application may be...

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Edit: I am not URM. I just submitted my primary to one school, but I took the MCAT 2 June, so I'm still waiting on that to submit the rest. ANY assistance is deeply appreciated! GPA: 3.96 cGPA 4.0sGPA MCAT: My AAMC FLs were 508/509/509 so it has been pretty consistent but low. 5 years in the US...