Recent content by EpiII

CalBears, Did you check with Berkeley? They have a school of PH. What I have found is that schools are more likely to allow you to do the program in a year if you are an MD or in med school (the perks start early). I would caution though, you learn less in a year than you would in two years...

I also agree with the input from others. I am 30 and have been working in the Public Health field for the past 5 years. I will be starting med school this fall. I found that as long as you have compelling reasons to be going to med school and you have had good experiences, the schools like...

I agree with those that say it totally depends on whether or not the individual has unique ECs and the rest of the application is real solid. There is a person on SDN that got into UCSF with an MCAT less than 30 this year because they have what UCSF is interested in. Trust what Vader says more...

From what I understand, the DO degree is not recognized outside of the US. If you want to do international work, then you might want to look further into whether that is a possibility with the DO. There is no reason to not apply to both right now and continue to think about it throughout the...

Each school contacts AMCAS with the information on who they admit and then they contact them again when we withdraw or matriculate. There is much more communication between the schools and AMCAS than you think. After the May 15th deadline, the schools can see if their acceptees are holding at...

lola, I think that this brings up a good point. Those older students who have a degree and maybe a graduate degree, where do we put personal edification coursework taken after grad school? Mine went into my "Senior" year because there was no post bac option since the school was a Jr. College...

All of us are lucky to be applying to med school and if you have one acceptance you are fortunate. Cambrian, you listed 4 schools that have accepted you. One of which people drool over. To imply that you are not blessed lacks perspective. My reference to Harvard was so I would not have to...

If they can speak to the kind of person you are, etc., then it is a good idea. 6 letters might be a bit much. Some schools only want a certain number. I know because I asked them. I had 2 undergrad profs, one grad prof and my current supervisor write one (I am 8 years removed from...

While they might be available on-line, I would expect the date to be pushed back. Ours came after the last expected date last year.

I think it already is too late. Withdrawing after you matriculate is clearly ridiculously too late, but if someone holds multiple acceptances into May and June, and then decides to drop them, I certainly hope they dropped them because they decided NOT to be a medical doctor period. Doing what...

WOW what a great ending to a long wait. I am so sorry that you had to go through that agony, second guessing and worry. See you in the fall.

I had not even thought of becoming a doctor until it was mentioned to me during the middle of my sophomore year in college. I graduated in 1994 with a major in Biology and have since gotten a master's in Public Health and have worked for 5 years. Needless to say, there is no one perfect way to...

I think the physical & geographical limitations of the city are what really make the city what it is. I doubt there are more homeless in SF than in LA, they are just more concentrated in SF. There is still the same drastic gap between the rich and poor, they just are so physically juxtaposed...

Why not apply to get into the Post Bacc programs at UC Irvine, Davis or UCSF? Are you graduating with a non science major and have not taken any of the pre-reqs, or do you just need to increase your GPA? Remember, if you want to increase your GPA, grad classes do not do that, they are just...

In CA, the state legislature has mandated the class size for the UC schools. UCSF has 141, Davis 92, Irvine 91, etc. I do not know how they came up with the numbers, but they are fixed right now and do not change from year to year. Part of the reason for limiting the size is the fact that the...