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From Practicing Attorney to Forensic Psychiatry
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 199 Dr. Ashley VanDercar was a practicing attorney, so why did she decide to switch careers and then choose to pursue forensic psychiatry? If…
A Geriatrician Talks About the Care of Our Elderly
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 198 Dr. Stacey Ruff is a Family Medicine trained Academic Geriatrician. Take a listen to the great variety of care she is able to…
You Are More Than A Single Grade, Single Semester, or Year
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 455 Our student today is in her 30s and wants to go to med school but after calculating her GPA at Mappd.com, she’s concerned…
How Do You Show Schools You Don’t Have Commitment Issues
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 144 This student has a 3.9 undergrad GPA in music but has been hopping around with her postdocs. How can she prove to medical…
Blueprint MCAT Full-Length 1: Psych/Soc Passage 7 – Race
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 237 Dorothy and I are back at it again! We first talk about how to handle psych/soc as the last section of the exam.…
How Can I Get Into Medical School After All These Fs?
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 284 Our student today is in her 30s and wants to go to med school but after calculating her GPA at Mappd.com, she’s concerned…
Should I Retake a Poor MCAT During the Application Cycle?
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 146 He improved from a 488 to a 493 but still needs to improve. He’s in the middle of applications. Should he take it…
A Peek Into Transplant Surgery and What has Changed
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 197 Dr. David Mulligan is an abdominal organ transplant surgeon at Yale. Listen to his journey and what has changed with transplant surgery because…
Blueprint MCAT Full-Length 1: Psych/Soc Passage 6 – Illusion
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 236 I struggled a bit with last week’s discrete set, but hopefully you learned something from it. Now, we head on back to passages…
Are Volunteer Hours Really Necessary?
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 283 Does one really need to volunteer? Would schools frown upon lack of hours if time is spent in class, work, or with family?…
