MCAT Study Ideas
by jasonwatson11 (Posted Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:13 am)Hey, I need some help regarding MCAT. How to start preparing for this. If you have some tips then please share it with me. (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - July 8, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Strong Recommendation Letters
by 2bdoc (Posted Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:39 pm)Hello,So I submitted my primary application; GPA of 3.68 and, BCPM 3.49. I will be taking the MCAT this month, and am nervous, I have been studying for quite a while but started to really hit it hard the past couple of months. For some reason when I take practice tests my scores are low, around 25. The rest of my application is pretty strong, I have great extracurriculars that I have enjoyed being a part of, have research experience, and good volunteer/shadowing experiences. I am just wondering how much weight is put on recommendation letters; they are strong especially one that I...
Source: Med Student Guide - July 6, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
What is the difference between Premed and other majors?
by DNambiar (Posted Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:38 pm)Another thing to add is that some medical schools have unique requirements in addition to the standard sets of "premed" classes that are expected of applicants. It is best to check with the admissions offices/websites of schools that you are potentially interested in to be sure that you have fulfilled all the pre-requisite coursework. For example, not all schools require that you take a biochemistry course during undergrad, but if you are majoring in biology and chemistry, it is probable that you will do so anyway. As Adminaoum and elitea said, make sure to check with your advis...
Source: Med Student Guide - June 28, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Funny MCAT article [satire]
by gomerblog (Posted Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:42 am)Take a break from studying. Never forget rule #38.http://gomerblog.com/2013/06/student-ta ... g-proctor/ (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 28, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
MCAT Study Ideas
by elitea (Posted Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:21 pm)Hi AppStateAlex,It's been almost a year since you asked about studying tips. How is your studying going? Were you able to take some of these tips and use them for your benefit? If you need any other helpful ways of studying for your MCAT, just ask away, and I can help.Happy Studying!elitea (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 27, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
MCAT after PhD Biotechnology
by minchia (Posted Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:27 am)I am more or less in your situation and I am not going to give up (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 25, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 4-5 weeks:
Twitter and Facebook: Potentially inappropriate attitudes towards professionalism were found among pharmacy students http://buff.ly/136KLJZ
Harnessing the cloud of patient experience: using social media to detect poor quality healthcare http://buff.ly/136KRkO
Social media and you: what every physician needs to know - J Med Pract Manage. http://buff.ly/ZFKvvw
How to Get RSS Feeds for Twitter http://bit.ly/Yp4VHq
Effectiveness of Mobile-Health Technologies to Improve Health Care Service: Not much benfi...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - June 22, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: #HCSM Source Type: blogs
Veteran looking for advice about medical school acceptance
by MrReeves (Posted Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:07 pm)i apologize if i'm not posting in the right category first and for most.I am trying to get a realistic idea of what i need to do to get into medical school whether MD/DO, and anything else I can do to help with my chances of being accepted anywhere.-I am a 24 y/o African american male and will have my bachelors next year in micro biology. GPA is 3.2 currectly. (low due to health problem while in the military, (4 F's from a month long stay at the hospital in the middle of the semester and no the school wont remove the grades with the documentation))-I am a 90% disabled veteran th...
Source: Med Student Guide - June 22, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Science GPA exactly at 3.0, do I have a shot?
by foville1859 (Posted Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:32 pm)Have you taken any more practice MCAT's since your first attempt, and if so, what were your scores on each section? - A. (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 21, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Any hope for me if I want to go to medical school?
by Brady Kinesia (Posted Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:27 pm)I think generally what you need to do is - Be a full-time student in a post-bac program to complete all the premed requirements - Get very high grades and very high MCAT, then your age, per se, is not going to prevent you from getting in to med school somewhere. - Like the previous author said, you have a little bit extra to explain, a little bit extra to prove - why did you decide to make this big change, what have you done that is relevant to medicine, etc. (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 21, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Free MCAT Passages, 150 Question Quiz Generator and Review!
by pjain23 (Posted Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:45 am)Hey buddy, could you please let me know where the link to that website is? I would really appreciate it. Thanks! (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 20, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Most Difficult MCAT Topics
by foville1859 (Posted Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:02 am)Physical sciences I thought was not so bad because it's well-defined, either you know the equations and concepts or you don't. Whereas Bio depends more on memorization of facts that cannot be generalized. There was one section in the Bio part of my MCAT that had several question on nitric oxide, I was surprised because the answers to that topic were not even known until fairly recently. And I wouldn't have gotten them right if I had not coincidentally done some lab research on nitric oxide myself.It seems like sometimes they throw in some questions like that at the end of the...
Source: Med Student Guide - June 20, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
When to take mcat in relation to completion of coursework?
by foville1859 (Posted Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:16 pm)What year are you in your college program, and what date do you intend to apply? You could get some MCAT practice tests and do them now, that will give you a good idea of what subjects you know and do not know well at this point. (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 19, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
what US & Carib schools will CONSIDER gpa < 3.0 MCAT 33R
by hemat (Posted Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:17 am)does anyone knows how to overcame a poor gpa? i really want to know too (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - June 19, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Got in, but failed a class during my last undergrad quarter
by GrossFTW (Posted Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:59 am)I was accepted to med school on February 14, 2013. This was, of course, contingent on the maintenance of good grades and the eventual completion of my degree in the spring. This quarter, I decided to take Immuno as an upper div bio course applicable towards my degree. I had heard bad things about class/professor, but thought that I could at least pass the class. Last week I took the final (40% of my grade) and I'm pretty sure I bombed it. People that have never failed a science class before have gone into her class and failed. The way she tests (short answer and essay) and grade...
Source: Med Student Guide - June 17, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
