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The Importance of Mentorship
While I was eating lunch with him, my research mentor, who is a renowned urologist, said to me, “I always learned from the person who was one step ahead of me.” This meant when he was an underclassmen, he learned…
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Time Management as a Pre-Med
Time management is everyone’s problem. In modern times, the difficulty has become “so much to do but so little time”. A lack of time management can lead to stress, anxiety and lack of sleep, which ultimately has a detrimental effect…
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Overall and BCPM GPA
BCPM stands for Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math. The courses under these categories are usually pre-requisites for life science majors. Usually these pre-requisites are also the requirements for medical school. Nevertheless, many upper division classes fall under these categories as…
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Applying to Medical School
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Dropping Pre-Med Because of One Bad Semester
According to AAMC, the average GPA and MCAT of a U.S. medical school matriculant in the 2022-23 application cycle is 3.75 and 512 respectively. These statistics are pretty high given the fact that 3.75 is pretty much an A average.…
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Does Ethnicity Matter for Medical School Applications?
Does ethnicity matter for medical school applications? It is a simple question but a very complicated one. In 1978, Justice Powell, speaking on the case The Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, declared that race would be a…
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Is It Worth Going on Medical Mission Trips?
Medical mission trips sound impressive. Spending a couple weeks in a third world country and providing health care seems much more meaningful than volunteering at a “boring” clinic in the U.S. It is also enticing to think that going on…
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Pre-Med Academics
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Five Steps to a Better GPA
Like many of you reading this article, I am not a genius. I may have above average intelligence but by no means could I rely on my natural intelligence to excel during undergrad. Therefore, I needed to study hard and…
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Why Should You Do Research?
Here are five reasons why you should do research: 1. Research is the lifeline of medical advancement Essentially every single treatment, diagnostic tool and medication in Western medicine is a result of research. Without dedicated researchers, there is no way…
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