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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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Highlights from the Bloomberg Job Skills Report 2016

What are recruiters looking for

What are job recruiters looking for in their MBA hires? What skills are they looking for? What skills are hardest to find? 1,251 job recruiters at 547 companies were surveyed for the 2016 Bloomberg Job Skills Report about the skills they seek in job candidates and the b-schools that provide the best job candidates based …

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SMDEP – All You Need to Know

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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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When & Why to Pass on a B-School Acceptance Offer

Which MBA acceptance should you take

Scenario: You get accepted to an excellent MBA program. You’re happy…but…you can’t help thinking that maybe you could’ve done “better.” Should you turn down your acceptance (whether it’s an early decision acceptance or regular) on the chance that the school that waitlisted you ends up accepting you, or in the hope that a school that rejected you …

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