Evan Laveman
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Applying to Medical School
“Don’t Become a Doctor”
It’s the most encouraging words you can hear as a premed. There you are, filled with passion and excitement, your whole life is in front of you, and the doctor you’re shadowing turns to you with dreary eyes and reaffirms…
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Applying to Medical School
Why Grades Matter in the Medical School Application
I’ve touched on this in a past article, but I feel that it’s a subject that deserves more consideration. To start, the road to medicine is often associated with some emotional passion for becoming a doctor. This is an important feeling…
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Applying to Medical School
Diversity in Medical Secondary Applications
Descend no further because this is the bottom line: if you are a premed applying to medical school, you will be required to take part in the timeless discussion of diversity and healthcare. It’s advantageous to acknowledge this as you…
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Admission Tips & Secrets
Should I Prewrite Secondary Applications?
Once a primary application is submitted, there is generally some time before that AMCAS application is verified and sent out to your list of schools. Depending on when you submit your primary application, the waiting time can vary anywhere between…
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Medical School Chance Predictor FAQ
Welcome to ProspectiveDoctor’s Chance Predictor FAQ! The PDr Chance Predictor was created to help guide medical school applicants as they begin to determine their own candidacy and the range of schools that they should consider applying to. It takes into…
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Applying to Medical School
The Healing Capacity of Empathic Curiosity in Medicine
By Larry Laveman and Evan Laveman Medicine is a plurality of science and humanitarian principles measured by scientific research. Unfortunately, there is very little scientific research on the effects of our humanity on medical outcomes. Since the idea of empathy…
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Applying to Medical School
How a Premed Can Impact Medicine
By Evan Laveman When you’re a premed student you don’t know enough to contribute medically, yet there are plenty of things you can do to make a contribution to medicine. For instance, I hear many doctors say that they see…
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Admission Tips & Secrets
But I Don’t Have 15 AMCAS Activities!
In the primary application, section 5 will allow you to enter up to 15 “AMCAS activities.” You can enter short descriptions or reflections for each of these activities and you can designate three of them as important, which means…
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4 Ways Greek Life Can Help Your Medical School Application
Over the past few years I’ve noticed a tendency for medical school applicants to downplay their fraternity or sorority involvement when submitting their applications. It seems the stigma of Greek life has driven some people away from embracing that aspect…
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