Edward Chang

Edward Chang is the Co-founder and Director of Operations of ProspectiveDoctor.com. He graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is currently a urology resident at the University of Washington. He also attended UCLA as an undergraduate, graduating with a major in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. If you are interested in contributing to ProspectiveDoctor.com, please contact him at edwardchang@prospectivedoctor.com. Follow him on Twitter @EdwardChangMD and Prospective Doctor @ProspectiveDr.

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Common Interview Mistakes

Here is a list of common interview mistakes that medical school applicants make: 1. Not preparing beforehand 2. Dressing inappropriately 3. Arriving late 4. Inability to properly answer why you want to become a doctor 5. Rambling on when answering…
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Applying to Medical School

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How To Write a Letter of Intent

If you want to inform a certain medical school that they are your top choice, you must write (now usually through email) them a letter of intent. The letter of intent is important because medical schools want to accept applicants…
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Extracurriculars

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Why Should I Volunteer?

“Why should I volunteer? I heard all you do is clean rooms, shuttle papers, greet patients and/or hand out food. You can’t really gain any significant clinical experience. I will most likely do it but only because it is an…
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Applying to Medical School

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A Year Off Before Medical School

Getting into medical school is already difficult and only getting harder. The traditional applicant will apply after their third year of college. If the applicant is accepted, they will matriculate the fall of the year they graduate. Many applicants do…
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Gap Year

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Memory Improvement Tips

You’re taking your final exam and you run into a question that provokes strange feelings. Deep in your brain, you know you have the answer but for some reason, you can’t pull it out. You remember seeing it in your…
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Path to Medical School Part 4: How Do I Know I Want To Be a Doctor?

Please read part 1, part 2 and part 3 before reading part 4: It was in China. It was during a month long mission trip the summer before my sophomore year. I knew I wanted to pursue medicine at this…
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Gap Year

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What is the Best MCAT Prep Course?

What is the best MCAT prep course? There is no hard data to answer that question. Most people have not taken more than one prep course so their recommendations are biased as well. Therefore, take my, or anyone else’s, advice…
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What is a Well Rounded Applicant?

Most people know that medical schools value well-rounded applicants. But what dictates a well-rounded applicant? What does a well-rounded applicant look like? Does that apply specifically to the applicant’s accomplishments or does it even extend to his or her character…
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Does Undergraduate Reputation Matter for Admissions?

Does undergraduate reputation matter for admissions? Unfortunately, the answer to this question is complicated. In a sense, the undergraduate institution you attend is insignificant. In another sense, it is significant. Why is it insignificant? When admissions committees from medical schools…
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Residency & Beyond

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Coffee Reduces Risk of Oral Cancer?

Coffee drinkers rejoice! Recent research from the American Cancer Society states that coffee intake is associated with reduced risk of oral/pharyngeal cancer. The prospective study, which began in 1982, included 968,432 men and women who were cancer free at enrollment.…
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