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What Do Scribes Do – And How to Become One [Episode 191]

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Medical schools across the board want to know that the people they admit know what they’re getting into and have an understanding of clinical practice based on personal experience. Clinical exposure is virtually a requirement for acceptance to ALL U.S. medical schools. A great way to get such exposure is by working as a scribe. …

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Is My Profile Competitive for Medical School Admission? [Navigate Med School Maze]

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You’ve taken the MCAT, completed all the pre-reqs, and maybe shadowed a physician, done some research, and volunteered. Now it’s time to make sure you’re all in for the last legs of this long journey. In this series, we’ll discuss how you can continue to navigate your way to a med school acceptance by analyzing your profile, creating …

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This DO Finds Balance by Mucking Horse Stalls and Gardening

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This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Shannon… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as …

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M3 and Entrepreneur: An Interview with David Eisenberg, Co-Founder of PreMD Tracker [Episode 189]

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Like most premeds and med students, our guest today, David Eisenberg, is a very busy person. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in neuroscience, took a gap year, which we’ll learn more about, and then began medical school at The Commonwealth Medical College where he is now an M3. Along the …

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Medical Minority Applicant Registry (Med-MAR): Who, How, & Why?

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AAMC’s Medical Minority Applicant Registry (Med-MAR) is specifically designed to improve admissions opportunities for students from groups underrepresented in the medical field or who have an economically disadvantaged background. Read on to learn more about AAMC’s Med-MAR registry, to see if you qualify, and to understand how it will help you navigate your way through the …

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From Ciudad Juarez to BU School of Medicine, via the Early Medical School Selection Program

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This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Daniella… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an …

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Firecracker – A Dynamite Way to Approach Med School Education [Episode 187]

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Today’s guest is Ben Williams, founder and CEO of Firecracker. Firecracker is, according to its website, “an adaptive learning platform that uses amazing content coupled with spaced repetition to help medical students crush their exams.” Ben graduated from Harvard College in 2005 with a BA in Biology and Health Policy. From 2006-09 he co-founded and …

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Life as a Med School Student and Nigerian Olympic Star

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This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Chierika Ukogu… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as …

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How to Give Your Application as Much Weight as Possible

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Although you may think that your grades, test scores, resume and application essay carry the most weight, the actual application form is important too. The boxes should contain valuable information that helps convince the admissions readers you will thrive at their school and add to their community. If you fill in the boxes at the last …

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