Recent content by sandflea

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it's nice to be enthusiastic so early on, but how can you really know that pitt is your first choice when all you know about the school is what they show in the booklet? simply because they claim to look past the MCAT? to be honest, many, if not most, schools claim to 'look past the MCAT'--it's...

the in-state percentage is composed solely of people from michigan. the out-of-state percentage is composed of applicants from all of the other 49 states combined. so michigan residents DO still have an advantage.

•••quote:•••Originally posted by charleb11: [QB]You cannot get a tetanus shot unless you are in an accident or at a particular risk. All Doctor's know this, so even...

i'm sure each individual medical school has their own policies for following up on native american status--not all might be willing to pursue it, especially since there are so few native american applicants to med school. however, i do know that many native american scholarships do require that...

in addition, to 'claim' native american heritage, you need to be able to show proof of registry with a particular tribe. you can't simply state that you have heritage.

•••quote:•••Originally posted by ckent: •People have been misleading you. Schools do look down upon re-applicants, your chances of admission to a particular...

yes, you should definitely cancel them, especially since you don't use them (i'm assuming, since you didn't remember that you even had them). it's not looked favorably upon to have a lot of open credit accounts, and store credit cards are the worst kind because they have limited use (only in...

•••quote:•••Originally posted by sunflower79: •When I went to Berkeley's med school fair, schools that were recruiting included University of Illinois and...

everything mpp said is right on the money. mpp said that with a current UG GPA in the low 2.0s, it is very unlikely that anyone would be accepted to med school. there is no arguing with this. no one said it was impossible (for those of you who mentioned stories about people who DID get in with...

there are 'post-bacc' programs that are actually masters degree programs, so in these cases, it wouldn't factor into your undergrad GPA, but would count as a graduate GPA.

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Bikini Princess: • Reconsider the post-bacc program. It won't help your gpa much, since med schools don't care usually about...

if i'm not mistaken, the 90-hour/3-yr requirement is a prerequisite to apply to med school, not a prereq to matriculate. the assumption is that you finish your bachelors during the year that you apply, so that your degree is finished by the time you are ready to start med school. this means that...

mr. z, i agree with you wholeheartedly about the intellectual advantage and career advancement you get from pursuing an advanced degree, and it is this same reasoning that led me to pursue a masters to boost my app instead of the more-direct method of taking more undergrad classes. i completely...

tweetie bird, your research experiences were unique in that they combined hands-on clinical work with actual research. i think what most of us are considering as 'research' here is basic old benchwork with no contact with the real world, so to speak, as doubledigits referred to his offer to work...