WAMC / School List Help
Most secondaries are already submitted. Should I add any other schools? Also applying DO and posting that seperately.
Here are my details:
Non-trad URM (career changer from tv production & photography)
Interested in serving disadvantaged and underserved populations
Florida resident w/ strong ties to DC & VA
cGPA/sGPA: 2.7/2.9
Post-bacc c/s: 3.07/3.1
Graduate c/s (MS in medical science): 3.79/3.78
MCAT: 496, 503
ECs:
TV producer: 4.5k hrs
Photography studio / small business owner...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Khairym Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC/School List, NJ ORM (3.8cGPA, 3.7sGPA, 510 MCAT)
GPA: 3.8cGPA, 3.7 sGPA
MCAT: 510 (130/125/129/126)
State: NJ
Ethnicity: Asian
College: Public state college
Clinical: hospice volunteer (150hr), ED medical scribe (400hr), outpatient medical assistant (250hr)
Research: research assistant (400hr), 1 poster presentation, 1 publication
Shadowing: 100hr, IM/Peds/EM/Gen Surg/Ortho
Non-clinical volunteering: food bank (50hr)
Other: tutor, work at my family's small business, personal trainer
Honors/Awards: dean's list 6 semesters
Current school...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: nuggetsovertenders Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Only one spinal level for RFA with commercial insurance?
Im in PA, and some pts have UPMC insurance. I have been getting denials for 2 level MBB and RFA by UPMC insurance and have looked into the policy and procedure manual for UPMC commercial insurance (again NOT medicaid), but insurance small business owners actually pay for.
Two things obviously jump out
1. No more than 1 level can be ablated in 12 months
2. Cannot ablate at level with spondylolisthesis.
HAHAHAHA this is absolutely laughable.
Has anyone else ran into anything like this? What...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 17, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: thecentral09 Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
TheDO article: startimg a practice
Getting started in private practice - The DO
For those who want to take on the exciting challenge of operating a small business, we’ll share some important steps in starting a new practice.
thedo.osteopathic.org (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 27, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Mr.Smile12 Tags: Med Business [ MD/MBA, DO/MBA, DDS/MBA ] Source Type: forums
Introduction to the SDN Pre-medical community
(Note: I posted this in the Nontraditional forum but decided to cross-post here because it is naturally much more active.)
Good evening, fellow pre-meds!
Selfishly, I thought it might be a good exercise - perhaps even cathartic - to write out my (very preliminary, exploratory, non-committal) plans. For some context, a little about me:
35+ year old male, married, young children under four.
Sole breadwinner - work in sales (own a small business with 2 employees who are in support...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 8, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Asclepius2000 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Becoming a physician is not a ticket to the 1%
When you look at net worth (not income) in the USA the threshold to top 1% is about 11 mill. Due to the delayed earnings, most physicians never make it to this tier, even in high earning specialties.
Most of the professions that make it now are financial (private equity, real estate investors/management, fund management) or entrepreneurial (small business owners, of which fewer and fewer are doctors).
Being a doctor is still a good route to the top 10% but not 1%. Food for thought...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 24, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: doctalaughs Tags: Finance and Investment Source Type: forums
Retirement
So as I sit here in my house watching the snow fall, it dawned on me that I may not be able to be a pharmacist until retirement.
I probably won't have to explain the reason for this. What are your thoughts on the next 15-20 years of our career and what to do next if there are no more pharmacist jobs in the near future? I actually thought about buying a small business while i'm still young and able to start something new. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 23, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: iamapharmacist Tags: Pharmacy Source Type: forums
WAMC DO SCHOOLS 21-22 3.5cGPA and 500mcat
Hi everyone! I wanted to see what you guys thought about my chances for DO schools this upcoming '21-'22 cycle. Especially looking for opinions from @Goro and @Faha
-3.5cGPA
-500 MCAT
-150 hours shadowing MD and DO
-200 clinical volunteering
-300 hours clinical MA
-nonprofit small business owner (5 years) donates all profits to different organizations and causes (American Cancer Society, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Covid-relief, BLM, local women's...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 11, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: justtryingtoDReam Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Independent Physicians being denied Paycheck Protection Program?
Doctor's offices being denied special small business loans
Crucial small businesses have consistently failed to get funding under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), including doctor’s offices.
www.kxxv.com
"Many banks prioritized big bucks for big chains, like $20 million for Ruth’s Chris Steak House and $10 million for Shake Shack. A loophole in the program categorized those companies as a small businesses based on the number of workers at an individual location." (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 23, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: drusso Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Here's why i wont become a dentist, although i was accepted to school
DSO's and corporate dentistry are imo destroying dentistry as we know it today. As these larger entities take over, it will eventually drive out the small business owners. At least for me, when deciding my career, owning my own business and being my own boss was high on the list of priorities (obviously helping ppl ect. was there too ). At this point, it doesnt seem like that is going to happen. Its really sad and I'm at this point not going to continue on my path to becoming a dentist...
Here's why i wont become a dentist, although i was accepted to school (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: chris ergot Tags: Pre-Dental Source Type: forums
How long should the lock down last?
We all know that the lock down for the last couple of weeks has already had an enormously negative effect on the economy. The national unemployment rate is approaching 15 percent. Small businesses all over shut their doors and may never be able to reopen them. Heck, even we, with our “super safe jobs,” are taking huge pay cuts in the form of lost RVUs and shortened or cancelled shifts. The economy aside, our mental health and our relationships with others will inevitably suffer.
Call me a...
How long should the lock down last? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 8, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ERCAT Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
EIDL from the SBA Loans for Emergency Medicine Docs?
Kinda controversial, but here goes. I was hoping for everyone's opinions and what everyone plans to do. As a part of the CARES bailout including for small businesses there is a large amount allocated to small businesses to loan money for payrolls, rent, etc. (I am NOT an expert!) Some of these loans used for this purpose would be forgiven if used for payroll. It is prorated for high earners (greater than $100,000), but seems to still be available for doctors at this prorated amount. Are...
EIDL from the SBA Loans for Emergency Medicine Docs? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 2, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DaKitty Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Prior authorization: biggest problem small radiation oncology practices are facing
Write your representatives to fix prior authorization. I know how much trouble it causes the little guy in the community. It's not like the real agenda is approval for protons or MRI viewray nonsense. Its helping small businesses. Please help. Forget about residency expansion. That's not real. This is. Stop everything you are doing and call your representative. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 11, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: NAMthrow Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
521 MCAT, 3.85 sGPA, 3.7 cGPA career changer
Hello SDN,
Looking to narrow down my school list from around 40 to 30 hopefully. 400 clinical, 400 nonclinical volunteering at substance abuse clinic for the past 4 years. 500 hours of computational genetic research and currently working on my own project for publication. 521 MCAT, 3.85 sGPA, 3.7 cGPA after taking all my prereqs with 50 credits of 4.0. 75 hrs shadowing - ER, Psych. Coming from a non-medical field where I started, built and recently sold a small business. My main question...
521 MCAT, 3.85 sGPA, 3.7 cGPA career changer (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 29, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: towardtheward! Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
chance me?
GPA: 3.79
DAT-
AA: 20
PAT: 18
QR: 16
RC: 19
TS: 21
Extra Curriculars- Ambassador for my college, basketball coach, tutor, own a small business, past president of a club for a year, did research for a year (no publications though), and couple other things
Shadowing Hours- I will have around 150 when I will apply
LOR- general dentist, two science professors, my tutoring supervisor, and volunteer coordinator at the local food bank.
Basically what schools do...
chance me? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 26, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: cluelessdr Source Type: forums
