Post Bacc Committee Letter Summary or Separate LOR?
I am in a Post-Bacc program and we are required to submit a minimum of 3 LOR and 1 additional LOR from a MD or DO we have shadowed. I graduated undergrad in 2020 and worked as a Medical Lab Tech. Medical Lab Scientist, CNA and Caregiver during this timespan. What I am wondering is that the Post-Bacc program now wants me to add up to 5 LOR total, 1 being the MD or DO I shadowed and the committee will summarize the letters with a letterhead? Some of the medical schools I have emailed have told...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 21, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: deleted1146879 Tags: Nontraditional Students Source Type: forums
Schools that will Review your App without MCAT Scores
Does anyone have a list/ is there a list somewhere of schools that will review your application/send secondaries without having your MCAT scores in? Thanks! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 21, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: medstudentwannab111 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
How long (realistically) can you wait to apply for a fellowship?
Hi all!
I am interested in applying for OB/GYN and I am also interested in applying for a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship once I complete residency. When looking at the different scholarships to pay for schools, I am really interested in doing a service scholarship and per the terms of the scholarship, if I were to specialize in MFM, I would not be eligible for the scholarship. In an effort to have the best of both worlds, are we able to wait a few years to apply for a fellowship or is it...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 19, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Doingmybest98 Tags: Medical Students (DO) Source Type: forums
Course Repeats > 2x
How to do Canadian Med Schools treat more than 2x repeats of a course? I have one I repeated 4x and failed, not due to lack of of ability but more like extenuating circumstances due to which I couldn't take the exam and those excuses not being considered/accepted. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 18, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: latemedgirly Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Realistic chances of getting in?
I will graduate undergrad with a 3.2cGPA 3.0sGPA Biomed major and take my MCAT in May.
EC: 2000+ hours CNA, Scholarship chair for fraternity 2 years, Certified EKG tech, 50 non-pod shadowing hours. Start shadowing DPM next week.
Will be applying this coming summer and want to know what my chances are. Top schools are Temple, Kent State, and DMU.
Any suggestions are also greatly appreciated (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 15, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: gs123. Tags: What are my chances: WAMC Podiatry Source Type: forums
should I take the mcat a 4th time? looking for advice
My MCAT history:
Sept 2022: 500 (125/125/125/125)
May 2023: 508 (125/125/130/128)
Mar 2024: 507 (129/125/125/128)
cGPA is 3.38, sGPA is 3.16. No upward trend, my GPA fluctuated a lot over the last 2 years.
Ive gotten advice that I should apply DO, which I plan to do. But I would also like to apply to MD schools, and I feel very strongly that this recent 507 score was a fluke. Had my bio/biochem score stayed the same, I would have gotten a 512.
Ive considered that my bio/biochem score...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 15, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: trueheater43 Tags: Pre-Medical (DO) Source Type: forums
WAMC if I get a low MCAT
Took my MCAT yesterday, think I bombed it. let's just say I got a 498. WAMC with the rest of these stats. Can I get in anywhere if I apply to like 30ish DO schools? Willing to go anywhere
AACOMAS cGPA 3.75 sGPA 3.55
300 hours clinical volunteering at hospital
200ish hours volunteering in a research lab
Leadership across 3 different university orgs for 3 years. Around 600 hours total with doing blood drives, Bone Marrow Registry volunteering, volunteering in underprivileged...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 15, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Xbeeman Tags: Pre-Medical (DO) Source Type: forums
online biochemistry course
I wasnt able to take biochemistry at my college before i graduated so I am taking it now through MIT EdX online. I emailed some schools and they said they would accept it but I am wondering how I would submit the certificate to the schools? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 15, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: bree777 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Medicine bad gcses
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Source: The Student Room - April 14, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: GANFYD Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Schools that screen below 125?
What schools screen applicants with subsection score below 125? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 14, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: don't you dare Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
SAT restarted in Ivy League schools, is MCAT becoming more important? Could Step1 score come back?
Harvard announces return to required testing — Harvard Gazette
Leading researchers cite strong evidence that testing expands opportunity.
news.harvard.edu
Harvard is the latest Ivy to require SAT for undergraduate admissions, after data showed SAT scores correlate well with student performance in college.
Could MCAT, which has also a demonstrated correlation to board exams, regain some of its lusters?
Could STEP 1 again become scored rather than P/F? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 12, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: tompremed Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
WAMC: Help me decide which schools to apply to!
Date of submission: June 2024
Overall GPA: 3.95
Science GPA: 3.95
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.95 (?)
DAT score (include AA and all sections):
PAT: 20
QR: 20
RC: 30
BIO: 25
GCHEM: 24
OCHEM: 22
TS: 24
AA: 24
State of Residence: PA
Major: Biology (pre-dental)
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 100 hrs (75 hrs w/ general dentist and 25 hrs w/ cosmetic dentist).
Volunteering Experience:
- Orientation Leader for 100 hours
-...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: risa707 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Dental Source Type: forums
WAMC for DO (3.9 cGPA, 3.86 BCPM, 500 MCAT)
Hi all! I’ve been going back and forth on whether I should apply this upcoming cycle to DO schools. My MCAT is a 500 with unbalanced subsections (123 CP, 127 CARS, 123 BB, 127 PS). I’m nervous to retake for risk of doing worse or similar. My cGPA is a 3.91 and BCPM GPA is 3.86. I’m a CA resident and would love to stay here.
I have 1 MD letter, 4 professor letters, and 1 volunteer manager letter. I have 60+ hrs shadowing, 170 hrs medical scribing, 1500+ hrs clinical volunteering, different...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jeanditt Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Do schools screen for both cGPA and sGPA or just one?
I ended undergrad with a 2.73 sGPA and i’m currently at the end of a 30+ credit postbac and I have brought it up to a 2.93 sGPA. My cGPA is a 3.05. My postbac gpa alone is 3.73 (all science classes). I am wondering if schools will screen only for cGPA or for sGPA as well for the schools that say they screen on MSAR?
Other (maybe) relevant information: I am an AA female. I had to work 2-3 jobs to support myself and send money to my family when my parent lost their job to covid during...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 10, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: chickenloverr5 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Good MCAT, bad CARS, below 10th percentile
I have a 3.81 GPA, MCAT is 516 with a breakdown of (132/125/129/130). Initially I was very happy with the score, but I had such awful anxiety that night that I never slept. As a result, my cars score was abysmal. Wasn't far off from my practice exams either, it was always a section I struggled with. I didn't think it'd matter for US medical schools since it's still a very respectable score, however according to this year's MSAR, the top schools I'm looking to apply to, the cars score is 1...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 10, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Hiddendeterrence Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
