Stanford v Columbia
Stanford
Pros
Weather,
Chill students
Small class
TAing and tuition reduction opportunities
Research opportunities/connection to the undergrad campus
Closer to family
Cons
Not trying to do Biotech, MBA, fifth year if I can help it and want to focus on strong clinical training
Spent 4+ years there and feel sort of over it (won't ever get over good weather and nice campus, but just overall)
Second look didn't make me that excited (not basing my...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 16, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: leavingAMA231 Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
Harvard Vs. Michigan Vs. WashU Vs. Cleveland Clinic LCM WL
HMS (~120k debt)
Pros
Its HMS, universal reach with the name
Boston seems good for biotech, industry innovation (im interested in exploring this side of things as a side thing for research, NOT as primary career)
Excellent specialty advising and insane match list (would help as I am interested in something competitive)
PF clinical and preclin, and no Honors (no AOA? can someone confirm)
Excellent research resources
Cons
Boston is cold (but I am from a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: smurf durf Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
Tulane vs Einstein
Einstein
Pros
Really interesting global health opportunities that jive with my background and previous experiences, provide funding and support to do these types of programs
In NYC (kind of), think I would learn so much on clinical rotations in the bronx, the faculty are heavily invested in their community (feel like this is also true with tulane tho)
Commutable to Manhattan where I have friends living, maybe could escape the concrete jungle every once in a while to get to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 29, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: biotechguru Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
Wamc: orm 3.95/520
Stats + general info:
Asian F from CA,
cGPA: 3.95; sGPA: 3.9
MCAT: 520 (130/130/130/130)
Undergrad: top public
Clinical Experience:
140 hrs hospital ER volunteer, projected 200 by application time
Research Experience:
150 hrs evolutionary genetics research (started fall 2023, intending to continue til end of summer 2024) no pubs,
300 hrs biotech internship (done in senior year of hs and summer before college)
Physician Shadowing:
40 hrs shadowing pathologist...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 31, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: aretevir Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Is dentistry future-proof?
Hi folks
I'm in a position where I can make career recommendations for young people.
I'm trying to be very forward looking. I'm aware that due to advances in tech, biotech, AI etc. that the job market in 25 years could be very different from what we have now. It would seem that a procedure-based profession is safer from redundancy than something that can be delegated to sensors and an algorithm.
Is it therefore safe to say, that dentistry, more so than even family medicine, is better...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Optogal Tags: Dental Residents and Practicing Dentists Source Type: forums
Wamc 3.2x/515
I was wondering which schools I should add, and my chance for MD/DO
Demographics: Afro-Caribbean Male, Trad Applicant, ROTC(if that helps), residence New York
Major/GPA: Dual Degree in Biochemistry & Biotechnology(engineering major), 3.2X
MCAT: 515
T-30 school in Boston, Cross-registered at MIT for several courses
Research : 3 years at a lab at MIT, 1 pub(2nd author), 1500 hours, NSF-REU, 1 poster+1pub(4th author), 600 hours
Shadowing: 200 hours shadowing Cardiologist
Volunteering...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Affectionate_Level81 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC? Take MCAT again?
Unsure if I should take the MCAT a third time (esp for MD) . Looking for any advice!
Current stats:
CA ORM
2 gap years
cGPA - 3.95, sGPA - 3.89 from a T20 (upwards trend)
MCAT - 507 (127/123/128/129), retake from last year
Research - wet lab (600 hrs, w/ poster), biotech lab (500 hrs)
Clinical - shadowing (50 hrs), volunteer (200 hrs), medical assistant (projected 1000 hrs)
Teaching - TA (1000 hrs)
Volunteering - food bank (400 hrs), social activism org (200...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BlueCorazon Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Help with non-trad admissions process.
Hi all,
I am new to this process and was asking for some advice. I thank you all in advance.
Basically I am asking for some advice on how to achieve my goal to be admitted into a US dental school as soon as I can. I would be a non-trad in that I am in my mid twenties with 30 months of biotech work experience.
While in highschool I achieved straight A’s, in college the lack of structure and my lack of drive resulted in me finishing just above a 2.9 gpa with a biochemistry major and a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: SirLordTeeth Tags: Pre-Dental Source Type: forums
Physician scientists in industry
I'm at a mid-low tier MD/PhD program, on track for several 1st authors, won a grant from a foreign government. My work is 100% dry lab, computational/AI stuff, so not exactly high start up costs. I am increasingly unsure about pursuing a life in academia. The tedium of grant writing and the limited impact that academic research has is making me rethink things. I know people in biotech and arguably they're doing cutting edge work with higher upside. Ultimately, I want my work to be impactful...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: convolutional Tags: Physician Scientists Source Type: forums
WAMC 3.58 cGPA 3.45sGPA Nontrad 29M 512 MCAT One F
Hi guys,
I want to see everyone's thought if I have a shot.
Lots of research in undergrad
400 hours of research in health psychology (poster presentation undergrad) (2years)
500 hours of biotech research and started and won my school's first iGEM award and stage presentation with poster + small research report on lab practice(4 years with 2 as student leader and mentor)
600 hours? Oncology research (interrupted by COVID)
Clinical
200 hours emergency room volunteer
300 hours hospice (3+...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: waffleman94 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Are there any good career progressions from a entry level biotech job in business?
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Source: The Student Room - August 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: TSR Hippocrates Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Application Advice
Hey all! I was hoping someone would give me some advice as I plan to apply next cycle.
I graduated last year in the spring of 2022 and have since worked at a Ivy League medical school research lab for 10 months and then for the last 5 months a manager and senior researcher at a biotech start up.
Not URM
cGPA: 3.68
sGPA: 3.55
MCAT 501--> 506 (126/125/127/128) both in 2022
Over 6k hours of patient care as an EMT (primarily paid but some volunteer)-includes as a supervisor
About 5k hours...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 22, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jacksparrow1 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Advice
Hey all! I was hoping someone would give me some advice as I plan to apply next cycle.
I graduated last year in the spring of 2022 and have since worked at a Ivy League medical school research lab for 10 months and then for the last 5 months a manager and senior researcher at a biotech start up.
Not URM
cGPA: 3.68
sGPA: 3.55
MCAT 501--> 506 (126/125/127/128) both in 2022
Over 6k hours of patient care as an EMT (primarily paid but some volunteer)-includes as a supervisor
About 5k hours...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 22, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jacksparrow1 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Should I go into biotechnology or medicine in terms of a job
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Source: The Student Room - August 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Democracy Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Submitted 74 primaries... Which schools should I submit secondaries to?
Hi all,
I am pretty burnt out. I applied to 74 schools out of which I have sent 47 secondaries. I am trying to figure out which other secondaries I should submit. Here are my stats:
ORM, GA resident
Bachelor's / Master's from Ivy
Undergrad: 3.73 cumuluative GPA and 3.63 sGPA
Masters: 3.83 GPA (5 As and 1 B)
506 MCAT in 2020 and 520 MCAT in 2023
4k hours as a life sciences consultant - clients included biotech and pharma and large part of work was...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: yourmcatbuddy Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
