med school app advice

Hello! I just finished my first year of my undergrad as a premed and I received a D+ in one of my online elective courses. I have received A's in all my other classes including core science classes like Orgo and physics. I am currently retaking the class in order to get a better grade, and show...

Hi -- I'm new to SDN but I was just wanting to get an idea of the severity of my misconduct. I'm in my freshman year of undergrad. I made a mistake, and lied about getting an assignment in to my professor before a certain date when I hadn't. The professor caught me out and filed a report on me...

Hi, I am applying for the application cycle next year and had a question regarding institutional action. I graduated from college 2 years ago and also finished a Master's grad school program (510, 3.78 cGPA/3.63 sGPA). During college my sophomore year, I was reported for academic dishonesty in...

Had only a little involvement in musical theater in college (the odd talent show or theater class) but was heavily involved K-12. One specific experience involves me being in a theater troupe for 5yr in which we put on 6 recitals a year lasting 1mo each, and we'd have to learn almost all our...

Hello! So I am a current senior in undergrad and med school applicant ( MD only, no DO) from TX, URM, MCAT=500, GPA= 3.5, bcpm=3.2, pretty good EC's. I applied to every MD school in TX and 17 mid tier (w a couple low and high tier sprinkled in) OOS MD schools As of right now, I have 2 OOS...

I’m a recent graduate (URM/disadvantaged/3.64 GPA) and just got my second MCAT score back. 494. Pretty discouraged because I spent months studying. I used Khan Academy, Kaplan, and the AAMC materials. I decided to study on my own since I didn’t have the money to pay for a professional...

Hi, so this may be a bit different since I am about to start junior year in undergrad. My gpa is 3.93. My main question is: as long as my gpa and mcat are solid (like 3.7+ gpa and hopefully 505-510 mcat at the very least), will I be able to get into DO schools with not much...

Hey everyone! I had decided a while back that I would be taking a gap year after undergraduate school. I recently graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in biomedical sciences and a 3.97 GPA. I have a bit of shadowing experience with surgeries in a foreign country, and...

Hi All! I am applying this cycle and am planning to take medical Spanish classes at a community college starting in September 2018 during my gap year. Is this something I should include in the course work? If so, am I supposed to submit a transcript from the community college even though I...

I sent some applications to transfer schools. I'm a freshman in undergrad at a school that is paying me to attend. I am very honored to be at this private school on full scholarship, however I have a lot of problems with their science department. I came here because it was free but I'm...

I am currently a Masters student in biological anthropology at the University of Cambridge and am considering applying for the PhD program in the same field for next year. It would be a 3-year program and am wondering how it would be viewed along with my past experiences for when i reapply for a...