Considering the Physician Assistant Path
When thinking about a career in medicine, those who are leaning towards getting an MD often consider the Physician Assistant
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How To Develop Interpersonal Communication Skills For Better Interview Performance
“When I reviewed the interview performance of over 200 students who applied to our training program in the last 5
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How To Demonstrate Service Orientation
Medical school admissions committees look at many different factors that go beyond your grades and test scores when evaluating your
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3 New Year’s Resolutions for 2019 Medical School Applicants
Though New Year’s resolutions have the reputation of falling by the wayside come February, they can represent a starting point
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Quickly Calculate Logarithms Without a Calculator | MCAT Tips and Tricks
Logarithms are one of the most difficult math topics on the MCAT because many of us haven’t studied them since
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How The Humanities Make Us Better Physicians
By Yoo Jung Kim At the end of sophomore year in college, I punched in my biology and chemistry grades
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How to Discuss Volunteer Experiences Without Sounding Problematic
Welcome back to Equity Matters, the monthly column exploring a range of topics related to health equity, public health, global
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Five Myths about Applying to Canadian Medical Schools
Premed (and even high school) life can be full of rumors about medical school admissions. Some myths are overly optimistic
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Finding a Research Project that Fits Like a Glove
Welcome to “Research for the Rest of Us”, a column about navigating the complex intricacies of life in the lab.
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King Henry What?? | MCAT Tips and Tricks
An awesome trick for remembering metric prefixes and converting between units in the metric system Preparing for the MCAT requires
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What Kind of Clinical Experience Should Premeds Get?
Medical School Admissions Offices Weigh In What kind of clinical experience do you need to get into medical school? Often,
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Getting into Medical School, From High School
By Robin K. Kuriakose, MD Yep, you read that title correctly. But go ahead and read it once more! Direct
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Taking Medical School Prerequisites as a Nontraditional Student
A look at the pros and cons of a post-baccalaureate program, self-designed program, classes as a community college, and a
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What To Do During A Gap Year
By AAMC Staff It’s become increasingly more common for premeds to take at least one gap year between their undergrad
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Genetics Education: Training Physicians for the Future of Healthcare
By Julia Bauman As a researcher at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA, I have a front row seat to
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Research Mentors: How to Find One, Keep One, and Reap the Rewards
By Trevor C. Hunt Welcome to “Research for the Rest of Us”, a column about navigating the complex intricacies of
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3 Things to Know About Medical School Waitlists
By Cassie Kosarek, MD Candidate, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College After months of ambiguity, wondering if you will receive
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Shadowing: The Basics
By Adil Menon A number of articles have previously addressed the importance of shadowing as a medical student and as
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Going the Distance: How to Build Your Endurance for the MCAT (or a Marathon)
By Julia Bauman It is often said that the journey to becoming a doctor is a marathon, not a sprint. In
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Research Basics: Should I Get Involved and How Do I Start?
By Trevor C. Hunt The year is 1921. A medical student toils away at a dimly lit lab bench deep
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