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A Talk with Stanford School of Medicine Grad “Tea with MD”

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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 and residency application process. And now, introducing Dr. Joyce Park… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did …

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Shadowing Experiences Around the Globe with Gap Medics [Episode 141]

Ricky Persson

If you’re a pre-health student interested in international travel and one of a kind clinical experiences, this is the show for you! Meet Ricky Persson of Gap Medics [1:40] Gap Medics overview [2:16] Gap Medics coordinates short term shadowing placements in the health professions for high school and college students. The placements are in 1-week blocks; …

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SMDEP – All You Need to Know

Summer

SMDEP, or the Summer Medical and Dental Education Program, is a free six-week program for freshman and sophomore undergrads from demographics underrepresented in medicine and dentistry.   As you probably already know, there are loads of other premed summer undergraduate research programs (see our chart here). What sets the SMDEP apart from the others is …

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How to Address a Low MCAT Score

Your MCAT score is not the end

After weeks of patiently waiting, you finally receive your MCAT score, only to realize that it’s much lower than you’d hoped. In this situation, you have several options.  First, take some time to think. It’s not a good idea to make a decision immediately after receiving your score. Give it some time. Identify and consider …

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An Inside Look at Med School & Life in Puerto Rico

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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 Jani… 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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What I Learned from My Shadowing Experiences

Caring about patients

As a pre-med, I was grateful to shadow seven physicians in different medical environments. Some were primary care doctors, others were D.O. physicians. I even had the opportunity to learn alongside an orthopedic surgeon. People constantly say shadowing is important for resumes, applications, and medical school acceptances– and that’s true. But shadowing is more than …

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An Inside Look at Med School & Life in Trinidad & Tobago

Cara Gabriella

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 Cara Ghabrielle… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as …

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Getting in With a Less-Than-Perfect MCAT: Morgan’s Med School Journey

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This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com 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 Morgan Day… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as …

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6 Last-Minute Tips for MCAT Day

Preparing for MCAT test day

You’ve got a big day ahead of you – are you ready? Have you done everything you possibly can so this day goes off without a hitch? I’m not talking about the actual MCAT studying – that’s something you certainly can’t leave till the last day! – I’m talking about all the organizational and practical …

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5 A’s for Your Low GPA [Episode 137]

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  Not proud of your undergrad GPA? Concerned it will hamper your chances of graduate acceptance?  Get ready to find out what to do about it.[powerpress] The 5 A’s for your low GPA: 1. Assess your GPA (2:40) Is it really low? I define a low GPA as one that is .3 on the U.S. 4.0 …

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