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It's not a dumb question. AMSA stands for the American MEdical Student Association, and is the largest student-run organization of physicians-in-training (med students, premeds, residents, etc.). For more info about AMSA projects and AMSA chapters, go to AMSA.org.

Hi Sonya, How's it going? I contacted you earlier on another topic. Believe it or not, we have more in common: I am a med student at Wash U. med school, and can tell you quite a bit about AMSA and about starting a premed AMSA chapter. The best way to find out about our chapter is to come to...

Sonya, I sent you a private message. I have several friends who started med school at around your age, but due to confidentialy reasons I would rather have you contact me in person.

Seal da woman, you mean ;) Well, good luck with the application and everything. As I said, I think you've got an excellent chance, and you're obviously very dedicated. Ring me up if you're ever in St. Louis! Best wishes, Seal

MoeDaMan: I went through the same process last year of trying to decide whether to apply to MD/PhD programs. In many ways, I had similar concerns: I wasn't sure about my application, I wasn't sure if I wanted to a combined degree or just MD or PhD alone (I was also more interested in medicine...

Absolutely. Make sure that you have a VERY strong commitment to underserved areas in Los Angeles and have proven this dedication through volunteering or community service. My premed advisor is on the Adcom for Drew, and he says that they screen applicants such that unless the applicant has...

Out of curiosity, why does it matter if AMSA, a medical student group, approves remedial courses? Do you mean AMA, the American Medical Assocation, and not the American Medical Student Association (AMSA)? Also, from what I heard, you need special permission from your medical school to take...

I was concerned about the same thing last year when I applied. I put down that I was disadvantaged because I thought the term referred to anybody who encoutered significant barriers that may have hindered their education progress. Being an immigrant, I was raised in a working class family and...

I just read "A Woman in Residence" by Dr. Michelle Harrison, who described her experiences as a single mother going through an OB-GYN residency later in life. She mentioned that there were such things as part-time residencies. When she wrote the book, apparently these residencies were rare and...

I don't know if this helps, but you can try looking on the web. I was doing the same thing recently after I got outrageous quotes for UHaul as well :mad:. Try moving.com--it's a great website, and I remember that they have reviews for some moving companies.

If only I had listened to those voices and heeded the signs... I was working in a lab that was in this rut--we always ran across the same technical problem, and were just stuck at that same point for a couple of months. Our protein just seemed incapable of binding the substrate, and after a...

Or Kaplan... :D they pay very well too. And if you know your subject well (you usually have a choice), you can teach it over and over again without much preparation. Plus, they are pretty flexible with scheduling. I taught for Kaplan when I was interviewing, and there were a couple of other...

Whew... that might take me a very long time. When I started the process, I was not very confident about the strength of my application at all. And as a California resident, I didn't have any "safety" state schools to apply to. So I ended up applying to far too many schools--I applied to 25...

You're right, baylor, there are several interviews scheduled for each school. For Wash U., it is one committee interview (MSTP), one medical school interview, and 4-5 (I think) 30-45 min. visits with individual faculty members. For other schools, these faculty visits count heavily, that is...

Sorry, groundhog--I didn't mean to insinuate that you are a snob or anything. I'm really looking to meeting all of my classmates next year. By the way, congrats to your daughter!