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Admission Tips & Secrets
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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The Medical School Dream
“My dream is to get into medical school and become a doctor.” This line is repeated in some form or…
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Alternative Paths
Perspective on Gap Years from a Third Year Medical Student
Whether you are planning to apply straight to medical school or to take a gap year, Emily offers a perspective…
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Nursing to Medicine
My decision to pursue nursing before becoming a doctor was logical: my mother had been a nurse, I would enter…
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Medical School Gap Year Fear
Premeds fear that taking a gap year before medical school will distract from their career goal to become doctors. I offer…
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Medical School Waitlist
Applicants across the country now await decisions from the medical schools that interviewed them. They spent thousands of hours, dollars,…
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Medical Schools With Combined BS/BA-MD Programs
Combined BS/BA-MD programs allow students to apply to medical school straight out of high school. Essentially, if admitted, students will…
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Tips from a Medical School Admissions Officer
A student admissions officer from a prominent NE medical school helps elucidate the admissions process at his school. Process Overview At…
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Medical School Age Anxiety
You want to be a doctor. You really want to be a doctor. And you’re probably aware of how long…
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Medical School with No Science Courses
The path to becoming a doctor can seem pretty one dimensional. That is because most people enter the field of…
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