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Hello Everyone! My name is HMC McKenna and I am a Medical Programs Recruiter with Navy Medicine located in Hampton Roads, Virginia. I wanted to post here to hopefully spread some great information and answer any questions regarding the various programs we offer both students and working...

Hi, I'm looking for advice since I don't know what to do. I'm currently a 2nd Year DPT student (just finished 3rd semester) in Pakistan and I am at my absolute lowest now. I have been interested and passionate about Medicine(Anesthesia) since 9th Grade but due to some reasons I couldn't get into...

Hey everyone. I just finished OMS-1. Struggled a decent amount. Had to remediate a class fall semester and another one this past semester. Really upset about it. Questions are 1) How am I supposed to effectively study? 2) Will I still be able to match competitive specialties? Wanted Derm...

Hello I'm looking for Ophthalmology summer research programs. I have extensive experience working in Ophtho, with research. Any that particularly come to mind that arent' super competitive? Is it better to do it through a program or independently with a PI? Should I email professors with my...

Hi, if anyone has any stories and/or experiences matriculating at a medical school (MD/DO) with a 500 on MCAT (or near 500), please leave a comment down below!

I would love to be a practicing physician at a clinic ( dermatology, allergy, psychiatry, or what so have you) while being involved in public health ( a lot of my ecs and interests are public health centered) But I want to have an idea on how does a practicing physician fit in the field of...

Hey everyone. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving I have had one II and was wondering if I could expect to receive a few more? I have received radio silence from other DO schools... I know there is nothing I can do at this point... but are chances for MD interviews essentially gone? I...

Hi everyone I was wondering, how does someone explain an update? I'm updating a few schools for which I have holds and I'm not really sure how to go about it. I know the information that I am going to be including however, do I start it as "my name is XYZ, I am an applicant to XYZ School of...

Hi everyone! I am applying this cycle and currently working on my secondaries. I am referencing MSAR for my schools and noticed a few things Some specify that they PREFER committee letters, while others say "Accepted" for committee letters, letter packet, etc. I am still waiting on a LOR...

Just started OMS-1 yesterday and I am very excited. I can't lie, I am now amongst people very similar in personality to myself and they are always on top of things. Do you have any recommendations for how to thrive the first year? My study strategy; download Anki decks from prior classes/anking...

Hi everyone So I was verified by AACOMAS recently... I have an issue So I took a bunch of classes in undergrad but AACOMAS has messed up my entire "freshman/sophomore" schedule Does AACOMAS change your designation based on your description of whether you were a sophomore or not? Or perhaps...

Hi everyone Submitting AACOMAS as we speak. I took a course CHMXYZ and I entered it in as CHMXYC One WRONG number I am freaking out. will this delay verification? I apologize, please help!

Hi everyone I applied to US MD schools on July 15 (submitting primary) and I know that's a little late I had to get my MCAT score in and was pleasantly surprised (when I legit thought I did poorly and wouldn't be able to apply this cycle) What should I do to prepare? Relatively low stat...

Hi everyone I was curious if not having a committee letter would be a red flag on apps? I am trying to get one but graduated in two years ago and am on the lower side of stats. My school has a cutoff GPA-wise I may not meet (I meet the MCAT cutoff) Do schools really ask why I may not have...

Mini rant here... But I did pretty well on my mathematics courses in college and I need the GPA boost. But AACOMAS isn't going to count them I mean I know there is nothing I can do but can someone provide some clarification? The courses are Calculus 1, and Statistics Dx

Hi everyone Sorry for another post today. Just trying to navigate and Im also very new to this site I received several research grants (three) during my undergraduate studies. Should these be lumped together as one activity or three separate ones? @Goro I know you are an adcom at a DO...

Hello everyone! I submitted my AMCAS last week and am currently filling out AACOMAS I made a horrible error in which I selected -Most meaningful activity as YES And left the description blank I had three most meaningful activities, but I accidentally left one entirely blank. I did not do...

Hi everyone. I am currently in the process of requesting letters of recommendation from my professors. Many of my professors have written the letters and are willing to send them to enter folio so I can store them and upload them to AMCAS. I was wondering if there was an easier way to do...

Hello everyone, I was wondering how to proceed. I will be taking my MCAT in June, and my school requires a minimum 500 MCAT for a committee letter interview. By taking in June, I will have the score by July, and the GPA requirement is a 3.5. Is it considered late? My plan was to submit...

Hello. Just curious if there are schools that do this? I saw threads on here but most of them seem to be at least five years old. I was wondering if schools like BU still take your last 32 credit hours? Also, how does this match up to MSAR? MSAR reports GPAs of a lot higher than what I see...

Hi everyone. Just what the title says. My college has a committee but I graduated a year ago (May 2020) and will be applying this upcoming cycle. Wondering if I still need one because my school's office has been a mess due to COVID. I honestly think my individual LORs are significantly...

Hi! I am having trouble making a school list for this upcoming cycle. I know my stats are too low for T20s, but I may want to apply to a few. Do people have any suggestions on what I can do to improve my app. Should I retake MCAT? Should I apply next year? GPA: 4.0 (from IVY LEAGUE) MCAT: 514...

Hi all, Long story short, I am a dental student who will be applying to medical school (MD) this upcoming cycle after much deliberation. Dentistry no longer serves my interests as I am very interested in the biomedical sciences, and want to focus on healthcare outside of just the oral cavity...

In response to this year's unique application cycle, the ASA Delegates of the New York Medical College AIG are organizing a Q&A session with several program directors in our area. The goal is to provide anesthesiology residency applicants with an opportunity to get to know a variety of programs...

Hello! For all those who have applied to UCR's medical school, what was your stats and experience like and if you have any advice to those who are future applicants to this school? I'm from Riverside, California went to Kinder all the way to college in Riverside, my family works in...

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for taking the time to go through what I have written. I'll try to be as succinct as possible. I am entering my Masters of Science (By Research) in Bioinformatics (2 year program) starting January 2020. Following the completion of my masters, I want to enter...

I will be presenting and am currently in the process of making my poster. I was wondering if there was a specific template to follow? I feel like I've been trying to find one but can't. Really don't want to use my school' template xD Wondering if you guys had a link? Thank you so much!

Hello, I recently purchased CARS volume 1. I've been doing Princeton Review passages (form the new book). The strategies are meh, but I'm mainly using it for practice. I just purchased CARS volume 1 and am looking to do that. I've been doing well on the Princeton passages (missing at the most 2...

Just curious what all of you eat while studying? Adcoms members are welcome to reply as to what they used to eat? Personally, I go to my local Starbucks but if not, I’ll usually have a cliff bar or some type of protein bar, with water (or soda) and maybe some candy

Hey everyone. What are the best practice materials for CARS? I’ve been doing the Princeton review and they’re hard but I’m realizing my mistakes. I heard ExamKrackers 101 passages is good? Please let me know. Thank you.

Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing well For those of you that are applying this year, good luck! For those of you that are MATRICULATING this year, good luck! Just curious as to what your biggest challenge is right now? Are any of you taking summer classes? I just finished up retaking...

As it says in the title, just wondering which ones y'all would recommend? I graduate in a year with around a 3.5/3.6ish GPA. I have the clinical experience, research, etc. I'm obviously taking a gap year so I'll be applying after I graduate but was wondering what graduate degree y'all would...

Hello everyone. What do you guys do about dumb mistakes on exams? Like I misread or some nonsense. I went over an exam and I literally CHANGED MY ANSWER TO THE WRONG ONE. I don’t know how to STOP this How am I going to do well in med school when I can’t stop making silly errors on exams? How...

Post bacc looks low because the generator assumes your GPA is a 0.0 if you did not pursue a post bacc. I’m still in undergrad. Also, the AO GPA for my senior year is low Bc my senior year will be all science classes. Thanks.

Those of you that don’t stress or freak out over grades, when you open up the email and see a less than stellar grade, how do you react?

So, I know there are threads about this, but I'd like some advice from people around here. I'm not the best standardized test taker. Got an 1800/2400 on the SAT etc. I really want to go into medicine. I enjoy the field, etc. I love science. I just have really bad anxiety. Like, waiting for...

I know the DO averages range with GPA as well as MCAT. How can I ensure I’ll be competitive? I’m trying to find a DO physician to shadow

Research: tons of Orgo research. honors thesis. (maybe a pub...), presenting at an national conference soon clinical: medical assistant clinical research (I know many of you say this isn't clinical experience but I talked to an ADCOM on here and was told that what I'm doing in...

So for most schools I've seen, they require a minimum of TWO science faculty letters and one nonscience letter. I'll be getting a committee letter (applying next year) LETTERS: Orgo professor (doing research and a thesis with him. May lead to publication... only thing is, got a C in his...

Hi everyone, Recently purchased dat Bootcamp and was wondering if the bio, gen chem and o chem is the same for the mcat. I know that both exams have differences as far as pat, physics, bio chem, and math, but I wanted to know mainly for bio, gen chem and o chem. Thanks everyone!