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January 13, 2019

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How to Choose a Medical School: Numbers Aren’t Everything

How to Choose a Medical School - Numbers Aren't Everything

After completing the first steps in determining which medical schools you should apply to by analyzing your scores, it is essential that you use these scores to guide your decision-making process (and not beat yourself up about the numbers!). Separate yourself as much as you can from those numbers; take some time to process any… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, where to apply to med school Leave a Comment

December 7, 2018

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How Your Academic Statistics Should Influence Your Medical School Choices

How Your Academic Statistics Should Influence Your Medical School Choices

The most reliable source of information about allopathic medical schools is provided on the Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR) website, offered by the AAMC. It is worth purchasing access to this database because the statistics it contains can be extremely valuable in helping you decide where to apply. Before you begin exploring the school data,… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, researching med schools, weakness, where to apply to med school Leave a Comment

June 20, 2018

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Free Webinar Recording: Can You Apply to Med School with Low Stats?

Answer: YES! Now’s your chance to catch up on the valuable information that Alicia shared during last week’s webinar, Get Accepted to Med School with Low Stats. Med school applicants with a low GPA and/or MCAT score – let Alicia’s expert guidance give you confidence to apply! View Get Accepted to Med School with Low… 

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May 24, 2018

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GPA Issues When Applying to Med School: What to do With a “W”

What to do with a W when applying to med school

Almost everybody has a blemish on their GPA. Usually it’s a failed class or a semester of poor grades. But there’s also the issue of how a “W” on your transcript will affect your chance of admission to medical school. The truth is that withdrawing from one or two classes is not going to hurt… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / GPA, med low stats, weakness 6 Comments

May 23, 2018

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Applying to Medical School with a Low Science GPA

Applying to medical school with a low science GPA

The process of applying to medical school is stressful. Applying with a low science GPA can make the process even more nerve-wracking. For over five years with the UC Davis School of Medicine Postbaccalaureate Program, I specialized in helping students with low numbers apply successfully to medical schools across the country. In my last year… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, postbac Leave a Comment

May 2, 2018

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Writing about Weaknesses in Your Med School Personal Statement

Writing About Weaknesses in Your Med School Personal Statement

When coming up with material for your personal statement, it’s important that you ask yourself the following: Are there any weaknesses, any holes in my information, or any questionable data that somebody may question about my application? You don’t want your admissions reader getting to the end of your application and then asking, “But why… 

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February 9, 2018

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How to Improve Your Study Skills to Become a More Competitive Med School Applicant

As an aspiring doctor, you have a lot on your plate. Upgrading your study skills now can help you learn to be more efficient about how you study, save you time, help you improve your grades, and allow you to establish the skills that will see you through medical school. These strategies can make a… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, optimize your med admissions profile, premed 1 Comment

January 28, 2018

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How Does the Med School Adcom View Multiple MCAT Scores?

How do adcoms view multiple MCAT scores

In 2007, the MCAT was first offered electronically. Prior to this technological shift, the MCAT was only offered a limited number of times a year – as a paper and pencil exam. There was also a restriction placed on the number of times you could take the exam in one year as well as in… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / MCAT, med low stats, weakness Leave a Comment

December 19, 2017

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Rejected From Medical School 3x – Today a Pediatric Resident and Mom [Episode 238]

You’ve taken the MCAT, maybe even applied and been rejected. Discouraged? Don’t be. Hear Dr. Allie’s story. Allie Lyle had wanted to be a doctor since she was 14. More specifically she wanted to be a pediatrician. And she pursued this path diligently. But the MCAT and a few mistakes got in her way. She… 

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December 12, 2017

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What Every Premed Student Needs to Know About Retaking Classes

AACOMAS has changed its grade forgiveness policy as of Feb 2017. For more about this, check out AACOMAS Changing Their Grade Forgiveness Policy. If you have retaken classes in the past or will need to retake a class in the future, reading this post will tell you what you need to know about how the… 

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November 29, 2017

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Applying to Med School With Low Stats? Read This.

Medical school admissions are competitive: it’s a fact of the process. If your GPA or MCAT is lower than average for your target schools, you may be facing an extra level of worry. Can you mitigate your low stats with a great essay? Or should you take a step back and focus on raising your… 

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October 19, 2017

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Tips for Applicants With a Low MCAT Score (Part 2)

To learn more about your options without retaking the exam, check out Part 1 of this series. Your MCAT score is crucial to making it to the interview stage of the medical school application process. For those with low MCAT scores who want to attend a US allopathic medical school, the only real option is retaking… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / MCAT, med low stats, weakness 2 Comments

October 18, 2017

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Tips for Applicants With a Low MCAT Score (Part 1)

Medical school applicants (or any other professional school applicant) must assess their credentials realistically to present themselves in the best possible way during the application process. Since applicants are evaluated based on specific quantitative (primarily undergraduate GPA and MCAT scores) and non-quantitative (research and clinical exposure, leadership skills, mentoring experiences) criteria as well as on… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / MCAT, med low stats 4 Comments

June 7, 2017

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Your Past Doesn’t Define You [Episode 209]

Today’s one of those shows where I’m going to be the sole presenter. I actually started preparing this show during the World Series way back in October. Yes, folks, after 108 years of losing, the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series. At the same time, we were working (and have worked in the past)… 

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April 13, 2017

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What to do About a Low GPA, an Encore [Episode 201]

Many of you are planning ahead for your first application this summer and fall. Others are concerned that you may need to reapply because the news you’ve received so far isn’t what you wanted. In either case, if your grades are a concern, this podcast is for you. This week, join us for a rebroadcast… 

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February 7, 2017

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Improve Your MCAT Score for Medical School Acceptance

In the next section of our Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, we’ll move from increasing your GPA to improving your MCAT score. Fortunately, it’s easier to tackle a poor MCAT score than a poor GPA. While you should not retake the exam too many times, a better-prepared second or possibly third attempt can be a sound strategy…. 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / MCAT, med low stats, Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, optimize your med admissions profile, Reapplying to Med School Leave a Comment

January 30, 2017

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Boost Your GPA for Medical School Acceptance

In our last post, we talked about how to best present yourself in your secondaries and interviews. Today we’ll move forward and discuss ways to boost your GPA, another important feature of your med school application profile. Feeling a bit fragile after these first sections? That’s to be expected – you’ve just undergone a pretty brutal… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Reapplying to Med School Leave a Comment

August 29, 2016

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An M1 Who Smashed Every Obstacle on Her Path to Med School

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

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May 20, 2016

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Help Your Child Boost Their Premed GPA

Do you want to help your premed child get into med school…without having to nag or stress them out? This series has loads of concrete, actionable advice that will help your premed discover their competitive advantage and get Accepted!  A low GPA is probably the hardest area to improve. This makes sense – it was years in the… 

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March 23, 2016

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What to Do About a Low GPA [Episode 146]

This week, join us for a rebroadcast of one of our most popular shows – our discussion of how to address a low GPA. Many applicants are concerned about their undergrad GPAs, and nervous that their GPA might be too low for their target graduate program. If this is you, don’t miss this episode! Accepted’s founder… 

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