Recent content by ginseng

To reply to Pico: To say County is a better hospital is a joke. Why are all of Harbor's residency programs highly regarded, competitive, and completely match, while USC has to fill with foreign grads. Second of all, to place USC in the same field as other top-notch private med schools...

Yes VA stands for the veteran's health care system. Cedars is for Cedars-Sinai, the glitzy Hollywood private hospital in Beverly Hills/West Hollywood.

Sorry to post this thread, but I'm sooo sick of people saying that USC has a better clinical experience than USC because of County-USC. What people (probably bitter USC students) don't realize is that UCLA students actually spend half of their time at UCLA-Harbor and UCLA-Olive View, which...

I know people hate these kinds of threads, but if you like, please feel free to share your opinions. Here's my situation: I'm taking a year off during my fourth year in medical school at UCLA to do my MPH for a year. Thinking of going into emed or ob-gyn, hopefully would like to stay in...

Estou estudando para o Step 1 tambem. Hoje, meu universidade tem um concerto de reggae muito grande, mas nao vou poder ir. Boa sorte!! P.S. Sou do havai, mas minha familia e do Rio de Janeiro. Entao meu portugues e muito mal.

I realize that. I wasn't just listing those schools for the mere numbers, but to show the numbers of world class institutions in the U.S. that could match up with Oxford/Trinity. I realize that there are thousands of universities in the U.S. not worth mentioning, but that's a result of the...

I had no problem in deciding. As a California resident, the school I decided to attend is both a public school and a "top-ranked" school whatever that means. I was originally going to attend another school on the East Coast, but when I got that acceptance letter, I said good-bye to double the...

Onde e os brasileiros tambem?

Another thing to consider about the top medical schools in the U.S. is whether they accept international students period. There are way too many qualified American citizens as is. I have a good friend, who has a green card and received his bachelor's at a top university, and then applied to...

I'm sorry aydinhatemi, but an extra major took more than a semester of extra work, especially if it's not in the sciences. So I think it's very arrogant of you for saying that it's no big deal to complete a double major. Because it is a big deal and I think it got me into all the schools I...

My experience as a double major applying to medical school was positive, not because I was simply a double major (actually a triple major), but because it showed that I was well rounded and interesting. Besides the sciences, I majors in both the arts and religious studies. All my interviewers...

I don't want to get into an argument here, but the only source you've sited is UChicago and a guy who works for a commercial test prep company. And I think the reason they site the UChicago example is because its an abberation. Most of the top med schools probably heavily weight the sciences...

That's a toough question to ask. I'm from Calfornia, so a lot of my state schools are either in the top 10 or top 20 and they're really cheap. So it all depends on which state you come from.

a spot at UCLA will be open if they grant me a deferral this late in the year. So everyone pray that I am granted my request.