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    Need advice regarding SMP and medical school application timeline.

    Hello all. I am having some difficulty figuring out my timeline for SMP and medical school applications. This is going to be a long post, so thank you for your patience and willingness to help! Essentially, I was wondering if it is okay to apply to medical schools the summer before starting your...
    • premedthings12
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    • help low stats non traditional non-traditional pre-med advice needed post bac post bacc pre-med pre-med advice smp timeline
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    • Forum: Nontraditional Students
  2. brown_girl_premed

    3.1 cGPA, suspension on record

    Hi all. Need your advice. Long story short, I have 2 IAs on my record, and a suspension. I am an OOS college student, but TX resident. Med school dreams all my life. Super expensive, half a million tuition, t25 (was t20) school. Went thru multiple family tragedies while in college, had to come...
    • brown_girl_premed
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    • academic dishonesty advice on getting into med school non-traditional pre-med advice needed
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    • Forum: Pre-Medical (MD)
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    Apply upcoming cycle or take another gap year? How do you know when you’re ready to apply?

    Basically the question above. Should I apply for 2025 cycle or take another year off to apply for 2026 cycle? I graduated spring 2023. For stats rn I have a 3.9 cgpa, ~150 nonclinical, 35 hrs shadowing, got a scribe job this august, (+ recently started hospice volunteering), and 200+ research...
    • niv777
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    • advice advice needed non traditional non-traditional pre-med advice needed
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Pre-Medical (MD)
  4. mj4566

    Non-traditional Pre-Med Advice Needed

    Hi, so I recently graduated with my BA in Psychology. In Decemeber, I will start my full-time job as a patient sitter in a local hospital. Now, to fulfill the pre-reqs needed for med school I was contemplating whether to go for the post-bacc program in William Paterson or in Rutgers-Newark. I...
    • mj4566
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    • non-traditional pre-med advice needed pre-med advice
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Pre-Medical (MD)