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bump. stupid questions be making a return to the front page.
bump. stupid questions be making a return to the front page.
any good study habits that worked for you?
21. What field has the hottest doctors for ladies? For men?
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Also of relevance: "douchecanoe" is now in my vocabulary and will be used often in the upcoming weeks
A lot of schools have something like this. It is generally offered through the office of extension of that school. However, the rules differ with every school.question: if i am graduating in the spring and i have the year off before med school (given that i get in when i apply this summer) and i have one prereq class left to take (that i dont need to take in order to graduate) can i take it an any university any time before matriculation?
for instance (this is a COMPLETELY hypothetical situation), lets say that i live in Boston and i want to take my last prereq class at Harvard. could i just sign up and pay per credit hour to take that one class? how does one go about applying for this?
ok, so CC is definitely the way to go price-wise. If you are already accepted to a medical school do they care where you get that last class done?
i guess what im asking is... does it look bad to do your last class at a community college after graduating from a university? or does it really matter?
lets say that i need to reapply. adcoms will see this. is it that big of a deal as long as a get a decent grade (B+ or above)?
uas long as that medical school you are matriculating to isn't one that starts in early summer like FSU's program which starts in may or RFU and CCLCM which start in july before a lot of summer courses end it shouldn't be a problem.
To all of these (btw guju.....you do a great job giving advice on these boards, for the record).If you've not already got the answer to this you could ask:
1. Whether they have a note taking service or some form of audio or video lectures.
2. What kind of time there is for Step 1 studying?? Some schools now do it after 3rd year (FIU anyone?). Most do it after 2nd year but each school has their own schedules and some make second semester of 2nd year ligher to accomodate ability to study while others don't necessarily give a lighter schedule but give a couple of months off before clinicals to accomodate this time for studying.
3. Specifics about special programs you may have found exist at schools.
4. If you are interested in research what kind of research opportunities they have and whether there's a chance to do in first two years or only summer between the two, etc. If interested in under served communities, what kind of opportunities for such. If interested in international health opportunities what kind of opportunities for such? etc.
5. What they think makes the program stand out above others in their personal opinion as a faculty or student member of the university.
What questions should I ask at interviews.
When do I ask for letters of recommendation, and who do I have them sent to given that the AMCAS application doesn't open until June?
Is there elective time third year and how much?
If you don't use Interfolio, you are then treading on very treacherous territory....because you will then want your letter writers to submit your letter afer May 1st, but not TOO late.THANK YOU CougarMD. So, people use interfolio? Can you give me an idea of what people would do if they did not use interfolio?
I am thinking about asking for recommendation letters soon. This interfolio thing looks like a good idea... can anyone else comment?
Could you elaborate on this?
Everywhere has all or close to all of 4th year made up of electives. One more elective during a whole year of electives isn't going to make up for lacking an elective 3rd year.but what if you have a structure like WashU where you have all required clerkships scheduled for 3rd year but then 4th year is completely elective?
Deleted because MCAT Guy beat me to the bump.
Petition to sticky?Lots of good posts here over the past few weeks. Been kinda a bum and will update everything in the next few days.
You forgot the third.....overweight people get weeded out in almost any live interview process due to discrimination
They should have a fat smiley to post.... they probably did... but he didn't make the cut
Pharmacists. Pharmacy School doesn't seem to age people as much as Medical School and also their jobs are not as stress-intensive so their general appearance is more awake, positive, etc.Can someone answer question 21, please? That's easily the most important question up there and it hasn't been answered yet. *sigh*
I'm not even speaking sarcastically, I actually want to know.
You put what was on the original transcript always, word for word. If AMCAS has an issue, they will fix it.two questions! I did a year at a CC (semester) and took a beginner chem course there. When I transfered it to the 4 year (quarter), it got transfered as intro to ochem (4 units), chem 1 (4 units), and a bit of chem 2 (2 units). Now, for the three transfered courses, my detailed transcript says I got an A for the three courses. When doing sGPA, do I used what it got transfered in as or the CC units/transcript? My university's detailed transcript says it for 3 classes, CC transcript for 1. sorry if that was confusing!
Second, I am working with the chair of our department to get our department/campus as a chapter of the ASBMB honors society in order to be a chapter and push for our students to receive academic chemistry honors. Is this notable in any way?
Thank you guys!
Pharmacists. Pharmacy School doesn't seem to age people as much as Medical School and also their jobs are not as stress-intensive so their general appearance is more awake, positive, etc.
If you've not already got the answer to this you could ask:
1. Whether they have a note taking service or some form of audio or video lectures.
2. What kind of time there is for Step 1 studying?? Some schools now do it after 3rd year (FIU anyone?). Most do it after 2nd year but each school has their own schedules and some make second semester of 2nd year ligher to accomodate ability to study while others don't necessarily give a lighter schedule but give a couple of months off before clinicals to accomodate this time for studying.
3. Specifics about special programs you may have found exist at schools.
4. If you are interested in research what kind of research opportunities they have and whether there's a chance to do in first two years or only summer between the two, etc. If interested in under served communities, what kind of opportunities for such. If interested in international health opportunities what kind of opportunities for such? etc.
5. What they think makes the program stand out above others in their personal opinion as a faculty or student member of the university.
To all of these (btw guju.....you do a great job giving advice on these boards, for the record).
I would also add:
1. What were the things on the "con" list for the students you talk to.
2. If the students could change one thing about their school, what would it be.
3. What are the policies and procedures if you want to do something slightly alternative, like take an extra year to do research, do a joint degree, etc. Some schools claim that "oh, yeah, you can TOTALLY apply MD/PhD here later" but when you look at the numbers, they don't ever take internal candidates. I think this is important if you are considering something like this but your application was not strong enough to apply MD/PhD in the beginning, or you didn't realize it in time.
4. What the the parking/transportation/gym (this one is huge for me) situation on campus (according to the students).
5. Take the time to talk to the administration. Seriously. This is the one thing I wish I had figured out before my last three interviews. Just chat with them during all of the down time and see how receptive they are to real human conversation. This will probably be a good indicator of how they treat their students. Current med students can correct me if I'm wrong.
6. What does their grading system REALLY mean. If they are Honors/Pass/Fail.....is it only the top 5-10% of people who get honors? Or could everyone get honors if they got above a certain cutoff? Is this cutoff curved?
I don't know about you all...but I have already had 7 years of highly structured higher education plus the time it took me to do my med school prereqs. I have also worked for about 15 years. And I gravitate toward work environments that are collaborative and that is now what I want in my schooling as well. If I have to go back to a cutthroat competitive academic environment where something other than my own inner will is driving me to succeed...I may vomit.
This is a really good question,and there are answers for it here:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=10338784&postcount=135
and here:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=10339974&postcount=172
and here:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=10363055&postcount=221
Read all three. They give you the complete picture
Edit: also....the AMCAS application opens in May, but you can't submit until June.
Really depends on the school.
Some schools space it out so that there are some empty seats at all times during the interview season so that no one is ever interviewing just for a waitlist spot only. UCF, for instance takes roughly 7 from each interview group so that gives everyone a 1 in 4 chance of getting accepted from each interview group. Although it is complicated a little by the fact that waitlisted/hold people who are scored higher then new interviewees yeah may still be accepted in each admit group.
At BU and other schools that are only accepting people at two times in the entire year, Feb interviewee has the same chances as a jan interviewee and many of the fall interviewees because only 1/3 of candidates accepted in fall. 2/3 are accepted in spring. So no one can say they are just competing for a waitlist spot.
So like I said it really depends on schools.