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Articles
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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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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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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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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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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How a Pre-Med 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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Applying to Medical School
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 that…
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Sororities and Pre-Med Sororities
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a tendency for medical school applicants to downplay their sorority involvement when submitting their applications. It seems the stigma of Greek life has driven some people away from embracing that aspect of their…
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Personal Statements and Emotional Topics
By Evan Laveman Tragedies can be a very difficult subject to write about, give advice about, and to deal with in general since every one of them is different, and everyone who goes through them is different. This article is…
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Ashton Kutcher’s Advice for Future Doctors
I generally keep my PDr articles pretty focused on the medical realm, but today I wanted to briefly step outside of it to recognize someone who has demonstrated values that I’ve found personally relevant to my growth in medical school.…
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