Critique for a Likely Reapplicant
Hello all,
I am having a bit of a rough cycle right now (1 IS II, 14 Rs, 0 As, 28 Schools on my list). I want to make sure that I am doing everything I can to be a successful applicant next cycle. Any advice or critique is appreciated.
Stats:
519 MCAT,
4.0 GPA
ECs:
600-ish hours as a math tutor
500 hours researching in oncology lab (no pubs, but a poster presentation)
150 hours shadowing
150 hours volunteering at local homeless shelter
110 hours volunteering in local hospital...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 15, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: primerfish Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
PACIFIC-2 is negative
https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2023/update-on-pacific-2-phase-iii-trial-for-imfinzi.html
Thoughts? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Palex80 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
School list Feedback 3.6/516 URM!!
I would like some feedback/help with my school list. I will be applying for the 2024-2025 cycle. I still have time to improve my app so feel free to rip me apart lol.
URM(AA woman)
NJ resident /NY ties
Senior undergrad
3.6 overall 3.5 science 3.8 non science (upward trend)
516 MCAT
1. clinical Experience: CNA(400hrs); 150hrs cancer center volunteer
2. Non clinical volunteering: 380hrs tutoring public school students, 100hrs ESL TA, 400hrs homeless shelter, 400hrs helping refugee students...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: tiramisu_44 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC: 4.0 GPA, 518 MCAT (24-25 cycle)
Hello, I’m a senior looking to apply in the 2024-2025 cycle. Any advice on my school list or how to strengthen my application would be appreciated. Thank you for your time!
cGPA: 4.0 / sGPA: 4.0
518 MCAT (129/127/130/132)
White MI non-trad (had to take gap semester in middle of undergrad due to outside circumstances)
Clinical experience: 400 hours as paid medical assistant in surgical oncology. 120 hours medical assistant volunteer in internal med. I’ll have...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: kuronomaru Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Re: Pyrotinib versus placebo in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel as first line treatment in patients with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer (PHILA): randomised, double blind, multicentre, phase 3 trial
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - November 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Research after fellowship
Resident currently in the fellowship match process here. I want to make an earnest go at academics and try to spend my 18 months of research time in fellowship in a bench or translational lab. If I am not able to get funded, how feasible is it for me to find an academic job where I can have enough time to do a pseudo-postdoc on the side? My concern isn't so much the money, but really maintaining my clinical skills while I do research. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jackinabox1 Tags: Hematology / Oncology Source Type: forums
ASTRO Actively Working Against Member's Interest
https://x.com/ParikhSimul/status/1722972663667175879?s=20
These people... (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RealSimulD Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
ProPublica Picks Protons
Big Insurance Met Its Match When It Turned Down a Top Trial Lawyer’s Request for Cancer Treatment
Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer. But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
www.propublica.org (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: winstonfoot5 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Breast CA antihormones, concurrent vs sequential
I have a patient with very poor health who cannot medically undergo surgery - heart failure, O2 dependent - but we are treating a bulky breast mass about 7 cm in size and grossly involved regional nodes.
ER is 90 plus percent positive, so she will be getting anti estrogens of some kind; the question is whether to give the radiation and anti hormones together or sequentially. Is there any data either way?
I believe there was a breast chemo study that showed better response rate if the...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: IonsAreOurFuture Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Where do medoncs generate most of their WRVUs?
Hey guys. I’m wondering what activities generate the most wRVUs for a medonc? Is it mostly just the consults/followups? How about giving/monitoring infusions? Other things? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: thesauce Tags: Hematology / Oncology Source Type: forums
How to find and apply for community jobs
Hi All,
I’m a second year fellow at a heavily academic program and have decided that a life in academics is not a good fit. There’s not a lot of resources in my program for identifying and applying for community onc jobs (it’s been awhile since any of the graduating fellows chose the community path and the faculty are focused on mentoring physician scientists/clinical investigators), so I was wondering how/where y’all would recommend starting? Are most opportunities publicly posted or is it...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: deis11 Tags: Hematology / Oncology Source Type: forums
Wet or Dry Lab Research?
Hello! I’m currently in the 2024 application cycle and wanted to do a research while waiting for interview dates and in case for reapplying.
I have an opportunity to either work in a dry lab or a wet lab. For the dry lab, I would be completely using coding like python for biomedical dataset analysis. I started learning coding a few months ago and thought the research was interesting as it analyzes datasets of cancer and other diseases of real patients.
The wet lab is a neurophotonics lab...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: acha9349 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Re: Pharmaceutical industry payments and delivery of non-recommended and low value cancer drugs: population based cohort study
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - November 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
3% cancer referral threshold
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - November 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Prostate Single Fraction Treatment Discussion
The prostate is in the pelvis. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Palex80 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
