medical school admissions

Hello everyone! I have been scouring forums from past years, trying to get an understanding of OU's timeline for interview offers and other application dates. I thought I would start a thread where people can discuss their information and personal experience from this application cycle (for...

SDN will be doing a Live Ask Me Anything on Medical School Admissions in partnership with the Admissions Office at Case Western School of Medicine. We are happy to have Dr. Henry Ng, Assistant Dean for Admissions, (username @Dr.NgCWRU), Tom McKenzie, Assistant Director of Admissions, (username...

Hey guys, this is my first time posting here. So pretty exciting stuff. I finished undergrad at a good public institution with a 4.0 GPA and 512 MCAT. Have an interest in understanding the larger policy picture of healthcare in addition to medicine, so have began an accelerated one year MPH...

Hello SDN members, I would like to get your advice on my chances of getting into medical school, specifically an MD school, at the age of 20 with getting my Biology degree early? To further explain, I technically started college at the age of 15 while being in a unique dual enrollment program...

Hello everyone, I am a Junior at a small liberal arts school in SC. While we are a small school, we take pride in our academics and typically people find our courses to be very difficult. I am really excited to apply to medical school. I have already started building a relationship with the...

Do you guys contact the MD/PhD program directors of the schools your interested in applying? If so when is the best time? And is it through email,phone or in person? What do your conversations usually involve? -There are so few spots available for MD/PhDs, so I feel that the people that contact...

I am the co-owner of a social media agency, although it's in its infancy (5 months), we've partnered up with some experts in multiple platforms and are well on our way to success. I apply MD this year and my partner will receive a large portion of the equity I hold once I leave to medical...

I am 28 with a wife and 2 year old child. I have a great job working in business development for a Futune 100 company. I have a B.S. Biblical Studies (2.83GPA), Master of Systems Engineering (3.86GPA), Graduate Certificat in Marketing from Harvard Extension and am three classes from a Master of...

Personal Info: I am currently a 4th year undergrad at UT Austin. I currently have a science GPA of 2.7, and a cumulative GPA of 3.34. I had received 2 Fs, 3 Cs, and 1 D for my basic sciences courses (Physics 1, BIO 1 and 2, CHEM 1 and 2) early on during my 2nd and 3rd year of undergrad and had...

I transferred to an Ivy League University with a 4.0 GPA from my CC, and will be graduating in May with a 3.0 GPA from my University (does not include grades from CC, only credits). I attribute my decline in grades to emotional issues that I encountered when I moved to attend University. I have...

Hi everyone, recently I was offered a research position at NU where I'd be analyzing parent's behavior looking for nonverbal communication and other markers to see if there is a correlation in their behaviors to their children having autism. I've noticed that many MD schools in their technical...

I will be doing the MD one next, please private message me with source to correct something. The cost to apply to every DO School is $3,270. DO Schools: Post-Bacc/Premed programs: The cost to apply to every DPM School is $515 Podiatry Schools: Caribbean Schools:

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Hello, I am a student applying to medical school this upcoming May (2017) for the 2018-2022 cycle. I am a senior graduating this May 2017. So I am in a bit of unique situation in that, since I was in an accelerated medical program up until 2 weeks ago, I was forced to enroll in 2 graduate level...

Your med school application is your sales pitch. If after reading your application, the adcom isn’t interested in hearing more from you, then you haven’t done an adequate job selling yourself. There are FOUR things you need to reveal in your application if you want to convince the admissions...

I am a URM and come from low socioeconomicbackground (parents supported a family of 5 on $30,000 annual salary), First Generation college student. Florida Resident. I graduated HS with 96 college credits ( earning an A.A in Pre-medical Science from Community College) 3.8 GPA I graduated from...

Hello friends. During the course of college I have recieved the federal pel grant. Additionally, I have recieved the Fee Assistance program for applying to MD schools. I guess the trend has been that higher socioeconomic students get into school, whereas lower class do not make it as much. If I...

Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I'm a little new to this website so bare with me :P Quick question about summer courses :-) So I heard Med Schools don't mind if you do a summer course. even if its a prereq because its so much info in such a short amount of time. Well, the college...

Hi guys, I really want to get into a good MD school however my gpa is really bumming me out. I have a 3.35 and scored a 523 (131 CARS/131 CPB/131 PSB/130 BB) on the MCAT. I know I scored really well on the MCAT but I am afraid my GPA is a deal breaker for some of the better schools. What do...

I wanna ask if anybody knows about any medium to low tier SOMs that are known to have high acceptance rates for their early decision applications. I recently toured the Mercer University School of Medicine and was super shocked to see that it's acceptance rate for the early decision pool of...

Hello. I am a freshman right now. I have joined several clubs, etc. Was wondering what other kind of stuff I should do? I posted a thread similar to this a couple months ago and I got a couple A-s and ONE B+ -_- I know this doesn't kill my chances and I'm doing really well right now. I am...

Hello I have a question for med student from Heidelberg or other universities. I don't have German language skills. I want to have medicine education in Heidelberg. Is there conditional acceptance for foreign student?

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So I have a 3.65 currently, I am only a sophomore, and I was a math major, but am switching my major to Kinesiology and am expecting my gpa to go up as I do not have to take any of those extremely difficult mathematics classes anymore (linear algebra, diffy q). I think that I will be able to...

Hello, I am a 19 year old honors student and just finished my first semester of sophomore year. I graduated high school with over a 4.0 GPA. Depression, however, has had a big impact on me over the past few years. I have always wanted to be in the medical field, either as an MD or PA. I am now...

I was just wondering if I did my BSc in Canada or USA , what countries other than the US, Canada or Australia can I go to for medical school to do MD.I am an international student and I think that chances of getting into medical school into the US or Canada are very low, other than its expensive.

Hey guys, I am an Australian Citizen who received a green card in the DV Lottery, legally im a permanent resident of the USA. I received a bachelor of information technology in Australia. I am just wondering how a foreign degree would stand (GPA) when applying to graduate entry medicine in...

OK guys. I just applied to dental schools. BUT I am just curious and want to know what kind of chances I would have at medical school if I did just as well on the MCAT, got new (possibly better) LORs, and rewrote my personal statement. Take where I am at now and push it to the 2018 AMCAS...

OK guys. I just applied to dental schools. BUT I am just curious and want to know what kind of chances I would have at medical school if I did just as well on the MCAT, got new (possibly better) LORs, and rewrote my personal statement. Take where I am at now and push it to the 2018 AMCAS...

My application to dental school is in right now. I just have to complete the secondaries and send in my final application fees to each of the 15 schools I applied. I love surgery. I get a thrill out of the idea of cutting into the human body, being able to take something out and let their body...

Hi guys, I've been lurking on this site for about 2-3 years now, and have always valued the interest members have in helping each other and in offering advice. As such, I finally summoned the courage to post my own case here in the hopes of getting some much-needed advice. To make a long story...

I am from Illinois. I have a 3.5 and 500. Upward Trend: 3.7 GPA last two years 3 years of research +200 community service shadowed MD and DO 2 DO school interviews last year, but very late in the cycle. What are my chances for DO schools and low-tier MD schools if I have already applied...

Help. I am about to enter my sophomore year of college and my current GPA is a 3.1. I had a rough freshman year and recently took Chem 2 over the summer and received a C. At my college, you can retake the class and have the grade replaced; however, I want to know if it is advisable to move on...

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate some critical advice! This could really save me! My mom passed away my second term of college and I failed three classes, which included Chem, calc, and writing 121. My first term was a 4.0 and after that I also became my brothers legal guardian and...

Has anyone received a secondary from UCLA? If you have not received one yet, does this mean you will not get one?

Has anyone received a secondary from UCLA? If you have not received one yet, does this mean you will not get one?

I am an international student and I do want to stay in America after my undergrad and study medicine. I also plan to practice medicine in America but I am not sure which med schools I should apply for. I have found a list stating which schools accept international students but when I contact...

Good afternoon, I've been snooping around for quite sometime, but yet to find the right answer for myself. My MCAT score is a 526 ( Got my score in June ) but my cgpa 3.25 sgpa 3.1. I'm currently a senior so I really have no idea how to recovery my gpa. I'm against doing a post-bac but I can...

Hi all, Back in February, I took my MCAT and received a not-so satisfactory score of a 505 (Phys/Chem:129 CARS:125 Bio/Biochem:128 Psychology:123). During the time I took it, I was a Division I rower for Rutgers University and trained twice a day/6 days a week. I also worked in a marine science...