Re: New treatments for Alzheimer ’s disease: The problem of cerebral amyloid angiopathy
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - April 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Alzheimer ’s Disease Treatments in the Shadow of the Cost of Living Crisis
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - January 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
WAMC/Advice on re-applying?
cGPA: 3.97 and sGPA: 3.94
504, all sections 127 except 123 CARS
Arizona
Caucasian woman, born to Serbian-immigrant parents that completed their Bachelors degrees in Belgrade.
University of Arizona
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
Elder Rehab is an Alzheimer's rehabilitation program that pairs students with cognitively impaired individuals to improve their physical and mental abilities.
Patient Experience (PX) Ambassador and Volunteer at...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: happyleo Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Re: New treatments for Alzheimer ’s disease
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - September 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Should I retake my MCAT?
Hi folks! I was wondering if anyone had opinions on if I should retake my MCAT.
Some other info so you have the full picture:
White, ORM from CT- I graduated in May 2022
cGPA: 3.68 sGPA: 3.55
About 6000 clinical hours (Approx 1k being volunteer) as an EMT
About 5000 Research hours (2 years in cancer research lab at state school, 1 year in organ perfusion lab at Yale, 1 year as a manager and scientist at an organ perfusion start up company, and some Alzheimer's psych research at...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jacksparrow1 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Informing consent to antibodies in Alzheimer ’s disease
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 23, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Best steps to take now to become a physician scientists?
I am finishing up my 1st year of medical school at a mid-tier USMD, and I am wanting to become a physician-scientist doing research in dementia/similar aging-related processes of the brain. Long story short, I realized I wanted to do this too late and did not apply to MD/PhD programs and can't transfer into my own school's MD/PhD program. I did some basic science research in undergrad, and in my gap year I was full-time in another basic science lab doing research on Alzheimer's Disease which...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Alexxxxx Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Best steps to take now to become a physician scientist?
I am finishing up my 1st year of medical school at a mid-tier USMD, and I am wanting to become a physician-scientist doing research in dementia/similar aging-related processes of the brain. Long story short, I realized I wanted to do this too late and did not apply to MD/PhD programs and can't transfer into my own school's MD/PhD program. I did some basic science research in undergrad, and in my gap year I was full-time in another basic science lab doing research on Alzheimer's Disease which...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 4, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Alexxxxx Tags: Physician Scientists Source Type: forums
Gap year: basic sciences research or medical scribing?
I am a senior in college (CA female ORM, 3.78 GPA, 517 MCAT) who is preparing to apply for the 2023-2024 cycle. I currently have 300 clinical volunteering hours spanning from the beginning of freshman year to the middle of junior year, and I’m wondering if this is enough for applications. I just started doing part-time basic sciences (Alzheimer's) research in a lab at my top choice med school about 3 months ago and I have only about 250 hours of research total. My PI in this lab is also an...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mango_steen Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Lecanemab for Alzheimer ’s disease: Little to celebrate and perhaps more to fear
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - March 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Lecanemab for Alzheimer ’s disease
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - December 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
How can I improve my application for 2023-24 cycle?
sGPA 3.92 cGPA 3.94
Undergrad - Large Private University
MCAT - yet to take (Jan date)
ORM, Mass resident
Clinical Exp - 700+ hours (as paid MA) and 100 hours (as patient care volunteer)
Research Exp - 360 hours (publication on the way - only 2nd author)
Shadowing - 80 hours
Non-clinical Volunteering - 120 hours (at food pantry) and 60 more hours (underserved children, people with disabilities, American Cancer Society, Alzheimer's' Elders House)
Leadership - Volunteer Leader for 2 clubs for...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: needsomehappinessinlife Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Cetaceans as potentially useful animal models for Alzheimer & #039;s disease
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - September 30, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy with and without Alzheimer ’s dementia: population based cohort study
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 30, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
3.4/518, urm
cGPA (3.40) and sGPA (3.2), Good (3.6-3.8) but not strong upward trend. Biochem major.
518 (128-129-129-132) (retook 514 from 2019)
Pennsylvania
Hispanic/Latino, immigrated to the US as a teen
Top 10 undergrad (graduated 2019)
Clinical experience:
250 hours nursing home volunteer spending one-on-one time with residents with Alzheimer's every week for 3 years.
100 hours volunteering for COVID testing/vaccination for underserved communities greeting people/helping them...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: PuzzlesMD Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
