Applying to Medical School
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Top 15 Medical Schools in the World
Every year, thousands of pre-med students flock to newsstands and bookstores to see the updated rankings published by U.S. News.…
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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…
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Path to Medical School Part 3: Pre-Med Advising
Please read part 1 and part 2 before reading part 3: As an underclassman, I really wondered about everyone else.…
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Path to Medical School Part 1
To be completely honest, my initial decision to become a doctor was a relatively arbitrary thing. Near the end of…
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How to Get into Harvard Medical School
For a majority of pre-meds, getting into Harvard Medical School would be a dream come true. So what does it…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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From a C Student to an A Student
I am currently a second year medical student at NYU’s School of Medicine and I must say that getting into…
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