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Admission Tips & Secrets
Finding and Maintaining Balance
By Justin Groode, MD When I was a premed student I worked ridiculously hard and had very little downtime for…
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Difference Between Advanced-Practice Providers and Physicians
What are advanced-practice providers (APPs)? What is the difference between advanced-practice providers and physicians? To be honest, many physicians don’t…
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How to Hold on to the Med School Dream
By Daphne Metellus, MD Do you know what I think is the hardest part about fulfilling a dream? Making the…
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What to Remember When Reapplying to Medical School
By: Luke Wallis, MD The road to medical school is often times more challenging than one would expect. I know…
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Getting a Graduate Degree Before Medical School
There are generally two groups of people who get graduate degrees before medical school. The first group consists of people…
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Do Something Different Before Medical School
By: Tianyu Liu According to the AAMC, the average age of medical school applicants in 2016-2017 was 24 for women…
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Before the Personal Statement: Follow Your Dreams Deliberately
By: Benjamin Robison, MD, DMA Dr. Robison graduated from Stony Brook University earning a Doctorate of Musical Art before completing…
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5 Alternatives to Medical School
Going to medical school and becoming a doctor is a glorified and great career path. Nevertheless, it is not the…
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Osteopathic vs Caribbean Medical Schools
Traditional allopathic medical schools can be extremely difficult to get into. Less than half of applicants are accepted every year.…
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Calvin College and University of Michigan Medical School Partnership
Future doctors: You’ve probably winced at the price tag of a four-year undergraduate program—and cringed entirely at the additional cost…
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