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So I've been off and on SDN essentially since I began undergrad 2 years ago and I wanted to get some opinions about this forum. Don't get me wrong, the collective information I have picked up from all of you great contributors has served me well but in...
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To get down to the....
So what I am asking is if many of you feel that this forum if primarily used by pre-meds who.
To ask the many of you if you feel that the population of pre-meds on this forum are representative neurotic.
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Hello,
I'm pretty young--a high school senior--and I'll be graduating in a few days and I'll be heading off to a four year university this fall. I was wondering, is it too early to start thinking about med school? I've been doing tons and tons of research...
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I think I'm considered an URM, correct.
To handle school, then worry about all the outside stuff No .
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Hi Everyone! I just thought it would be interesting if the URM students who are currently in medical school could possibly share some information about their medical school experiences with the up and coming applicants. Here are a few questions I just...
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In spite of the age of some of the posts I... .
4) Do you ever feel left out or do you feel that you the URM sub-forum amongst the Pre-Med Allopathic threads/forums.
Those numbers up (hint, hint you URM pre-meds).
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-MO resident
-23 years old, applied two cycles ago no interviews (2.65sGPA, 2.87cGPA, 28 MCAT at the time)
-URM (Native Hawaiian)
sGPA: 3.22
cGPA: 3.20 (121 total credits)
Post bac retakes/upper level Bio GPA: 4.0 (30 credits)
First MCAT: 28 (8PS, 10VR...
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SGPA: 3.22
cGPA: 3.20 (121 total credits)
Post bac? I'm not sure if a pacific islander... .
Obviously that's completely subjective MCAT at the time)
-URM if native Hawaiian counts.
America.html my pre-med univ is a top 10 premed program.
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So, I'm a pre-med student right now at an ivy league (going to be a sophomore) and I wanted to know what exactly URM is. I'm full Peruvian, my parents are both from there and I have dual citizenship in Peru, and my friend (who's also pre-med) told me ...
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Dual citizenship in Peru, and my friend (who's also pre-med) told me that I'm a URM.
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Applying Summer 2012-
DO cGPA,sGPA: 3.45,3.35
MD cGPA,sGPA: 3.35, 3.15
Had a C in calc and retook O chem II for an A, thus the somewhat sizable discrepancy in GPAs' for both.
EC's :
MCAT: 30, retaking in July hoping for 32+
Job for 2 years: approx 15hr...
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It wouldn't hurtURM status+ that 30 mcat youll....
Manos Juntas is especially nice because has a solid pre-med club, I would suggest contacting them on locations/times/etc.
Locations for pre-meds to get some clinical experience.
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I have become very interested in a career in medicine in the last few weeks. Looking at one pre-med thread, I saw bluedevilmike mention that if an applicant to med school has a 3.65 GPA and all other things are equal, they have a "50/50" shot. Does this...
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There are a good number of URMs, so med to a group of pre-meds...mostly non-URMS and a number of URMs, it is misleading to throw out suggestions....
Person came to speak to the pre-meds at my kid's school.
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I'm from NY. The SUNYs typically take ~80% of their students from NY. Texas requires a 90% minimum instate. Other states' schools require 95, 98 or even 100% of matriculants to be from instate? Take NY and CA for example. They could easily do what states...
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Maybe I'm missing something here? URM diversity is a valid goal for numerous state is diverse enough ....
Having instate some good.
As a PA resident, no, no I'm not.
But yes, It would totally suck for pre-meds.
To attract physicians.
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Ive been at a community college for about two years now and i have a 3.8 gpa. I am looking to transfer to a four year university and major in classics as pre med, but my family does not have that much saved away for my education. I understand that becoming...
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You've got to go to college....
For pre-meds and aspiring pre-meds, or pre-meds to be, or people at least considering medicine.
This a pre-med forum.
Conversation about the value of a college degree.
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I have a question, I've searched through many threads using the search function but have not found a solid answer to my question. I plan on listing myself as African-American when I fill out my AMCAS, however, to my understanding, listing myself as such...
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Should I list ....
Thank you this is because schools tend to flag people that list this as a URM and I'm unaware of how this will reflect on me.
This in the WAMC forum as to not clutter the pre-med forum with a soon to be dead topic.
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