UCLA general chem for dental school
Hi, I just graduated from UCLA and will be doing a post-bac program to complete the remainder of my prereqs before applying to dental school. I have taken chem 14a, 14b, and 14bl, which is what pre-health advising at UCLA counts as 1 year of general chem with lab. My issue is that schools require 12 quarter units of general chem and this is only 11. I want to do organic chemistry during my post-pac as I did not finish the entire chem series at UCLA. Will this be an issue for admission/has...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 29, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ci888 Tags: Pre-Dental Source Type: forums
Using the Kaplan MCAT Review Books:
Hello,
I am a current community college student, and I am planning on taking sciences such as the following:
General Biology I and II
General Chemistry I and II
Organic Chemistry I and II
College Physics I and II
Biochemistry
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Sociology
I recently have checked out the Kaplan MCAT Biology Review, Kaplan MCAT General Chemistry Review, and the Kaplan MCAT Biochemistry Review. I decided to check these out to review the...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: TS2354 Tags: MCAT - Medical College Admissions Test Source Type: forums
School list HELP+gap year idea
Hi guys. I made an old school list, but a lot has happened and one semester my gpa drastically dropped but now back on track for the last two semesters.
MCAT: 522
GPA: 3.63
State: TN
Race: Asian
Major: Biochemistry
Experiences:
1. President/started anime club organization (2 year)
2. Volunteer at children’s cancer research hospital (1 year)
3. Volunteer at hospice (office work)
4. Research in organic synthesis (150 hours)
5. President of chemistry club (2 semesters)
6. KPCA...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 16, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: erikakim0311 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Am I completely hopeless at science, or am I being overly dramatic?
I've never been good at STEM, but it has never shown up as much as it did in college.
I have around a 3.5+ science GPA from a "reputable" T15-T30 university, with the following specific grades.
And if I provided the name of where I went to school, you'd think "grade deflation omg" even though that is not an excuse for my terrible performance.
General Chemistry - A's in lecture and lab
Organic Chemistry - B- in lecture, A in lab
Math - B+'s in 3 calculus/statistics classes...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 9, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: LollipopHuman Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Taking the MCAT a third Time
3.52 GPA
MCAT1: 510 (126/123/130/131)
MCAT2: 508 (130/122/129/127)
New Jersey resident
B.A. from Top 25 US Liberal Arts Institution, Biochemistry w Honors
2 publications in chemistry journals
Organic chemistry tutor
Research assistant at research hospital. Studying rare genetic disease
Speaker at different conferences discussing this research
Abstracts published and posters presented discussing this research
Need more shadowing and non-clinical volunteering
Volunteer experience in operating...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 2, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: bosewearer1 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC - undergrad senior needing to strengthen my application
Penn undergrad here with a lack-luster GPA. Reading this forum has really humbled me, and I am daunted by the long road ahead to prove that I do belong in a vet school. Does my application demonstrate that I belong there?
I ended up failing Organic I, which is on my transcript, but I retook it and got an A-. Other than that, I am a mostly B’s with some C’s and A’s (A’s from freshman year of undergrad) kind of student. My explanation for these grades isn’t really special (mental health...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 1, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Esha.vet Tags: What are my Chances? WAMC Veterinary Source Type: forums
Gap year suggestions, research or clinical experience?
Need to decide what to do after my MCAT in January. Applying in 2024. My current research and clinical experiences are listed below:
Research:
1000 hours in cancer drug development
500 hours in autoimmune disease drug development
(Both are organic synthesis and no pub)
Clinical:
1300 hours as a scribe
1000 hours in health coordination in ICU
600 hours in Crisis Text line
I really want to get into microbiome research, but with no biological research background, it’s been difficult to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: lachea7223 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Can I Take the MCAT Before Finishing Prerequisites?
Hello. Can I take the MCAT exam before taking organic chemistry 2, physics 2, and biochemistry? I'm a nontraditional student and I plan to complete my prerequisites coursework by Fall of 2024. I wanted to apply for the next application cycle to start med school in the fall of 2025. Since I don't really have an advisor, I'm not sure of how possible it is to take the MCAT without taking those three courses yet. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: noelmedicine1 Tags: MCAT - Medical College Admissions Test Source Type: forums
As a transfer, is taking pre-reqs at my previous university ok?
Hello, I transferred to Cornell from UMass Amherst. I'm currently a sophomore. I am currently taking physics, and plan on taking organic chemistry 1 and 2 (lectures only) over the summer at UMass. My plan is to take Cornell orgo lab during junior fall, and also biochem/genetics/etc at Cornell. Is this ok? My logic is that prestige doesn't matter, and that my Gen bio/Gen chem/stat/calc 1 grades are already from UMass.
Here are a few more questions I have:
1) Theoretically speaking, would it...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: roadhogmain Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Worth it to re-take Physics (last time 15+ years ago w/ 2 Cs) to help raise my BCPM GPA? Or focus time self-studying to obtain good MCAT score?
Sorry for the long post...I'm a non-traditional student meaning I completed my undergraduate classes over 15 years ago. My sGPA, particularly my undergraduate sGPA, was pretty low and just a bit above 3.0.
The bad news is I got Cs in Physics both semesters of my undergraduate (as well as Bs in both semesters of Organic Chemistry). I have taken neither again since then. (Aside: I thought I wanted to be a PA which doesn't require them as prereqs.) I was completely lost as a young college...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 2, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: studentdoctornetwork2024 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Should I retake the DAT
Hi everyone. I'm currently a junior in college and just took the DAT for the first time in early November. I am slightly hesitant about my scores and I am wondering if I should retake the exam. Here is a breakdown of my scores:
AA: 24
Biology: 21
General Chemistry: 24
Organic Chemistry: 20
Quantitative Reasoning: 24
Reading Comprehension: 30
Perceptual Ability: 18
TS: 22
I am satisfied with my AA but my PAT and TS kinda troubles me. I feel like my AA is only boosted because of my high...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: garbie0324 Tags: Dental Admissions Test (DAT) Source Type: forums
Reinvention and Class Schedule Help
Hi Everyone, I hope that the weather and life is treating you well wherever you are. My class registration day is coming up and I am trying to figure out what to take next. For this semester i took Organic chemistry I, Introductory Bio I, and College Physics I. Currently I know I will be scheduling myself for Organic Chemistry II and College Physics II. I took the intro to Biology course because one of my dual credit biology courses will not contribute to my TMDSAS GPA because it was a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: AveragePerson.Psych Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
I am an international student with a complete app in August and have not heard from a single schoo. Do I prep for a reapp?
Hi everyone!
I'm a junior in college planning on applying to medical school this May and was wondering if I should take a gap year before applying given my app:
- International student at HYP studying Biology
- Gpa is around 3.88-3.89
- MCAT is 512 (127,129,128,128)
- ECs: (I had my first year of college online from home but I started the ECs during my sophomore year when I came to the U.S)
work as a course assistant and tutor students on organic chemistry, general...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: s.nd Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Online Organic Chem II?
Hi! I'm a non-trad student and did a "career-changer" post-bac to take my pre-medical requisites and during that year I opted to take Biochem over Ochem II. I'm applying next cycle and decided I want to take Ochem II. Anyone have any thoughts regarding taking Ochem II online? I've made my school list and looked at MSAR and pretty much all the schools on that list say they accept online Ochem II. Should I be in the clear then? I don't want to raise any red flags to admissions but I'm working...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: filmtomd Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Should I Do Content Review While Taking Prerequisites?
Hi Everyone and thank you for your help! I am currently taking my Physics I, Organic Chemistry I, and an introductory biology course for my post bac (I was able to take the Gen Chem series, a few statistic courses, and an upper level biology course during my undergrad as a psych major). I had previously taken two introductory biology courses during high school for dual credit and it has been some time since then and one of the courses was a nonscience biology course (which won't fulfill the...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: AveragePerson.Psych Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
