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Chronic Illness and Med School
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A long stretch of academic excellence will allay Adcom's concerns about you. I've have plenty of student with chronic illnesses, including CD.
Do us a favor? Learn how to use paragraphs. Reading the wall of text was very difficult.
Do us a favor? Learn how to use paragraphs. Reading the wall of text was very difficult.
Sorry about that. I'm on mobile. I put spaces in and yet they just didn't translate when I posted. Would 2 years be considered "a long stretch" or should I pursue education after a pre-med program?
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Everything depends upon your GPAs.
Thank you. I know some people say the MCAT is more important or GPA is more important or that one can balance the other if there is a weakness. Are there any merits in those beliefs? I've often heard that certain schools do a "holistic" admissions process viewing the student as a whole and others do not.
While I live in PA, it is only because of my husband's career. My residency is in Texas and I will be applying to mainly Texas schools come the time. I don't know how competitive Texas programs are, but I do know that a Vet Tech friend of mine could not get into any of the Texas Veterinary doctoral programs. Not a 1:1 comparison but something I've considered. I wouldn't even mind applying outside of Texas to less desirable areas as I do have a passion for serving the underserved.
A strong MCAT does NOT remediate a weak GPA.
Strong GPAs tend to be far more common than strong MCATs.
SDNers should NOT focus on single metrics.
TX law stats that 90% of TX MD seats have to go to TX residents.
