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Bryan Schnedeker from Blueprint MCAT (formerly Next Step Test Prep) talks to us about what premed students need to do to prepare to retake the MCAT and get the best score they can.
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Allison and I change things up and do a live Google Hangout and answer questions that were emailed in, and questions that were asked by other people that joined us on the hangout.
We covered questions about the best way to fit in extracurriculars as a freshman in college. There is a burning desire to show admission committees that you are motivated and committed to helping others, but at what cost? You need to make sure that you can pace yourself properly with your new workload as a college student. Once you have your courses figured out, then start adding in the extracurriculars!
We talk about a lot more too!
The MCAT is changing. MCAT 2015 will be a whole new beast when it hits your nearest Prometric testing center in 2015. Students are already taking a modified trial version here in 2013 and 2014. Find out everything you need to know about the MCAT 2015 in this great interview with Kaplan.
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As a premed walking through the halls of the hospital, trying to find where you are supposed to be volunteering – you see all the attendings and residents in their long white coats gracefully walking through the halls.
You assume they have all risen to their current position through lots of hard work and no mistakes.
What if I told you, you can make mistakes, and still make it. Still be the physician of your dreams.
Dr. Polites is back with us again to talk about how to go about fixing a poor start to a premed career. If you remember, Dr. Polites joined us back in session 23.
Dr. Polites and I try to create scenarios that students may be in, whether it is a poor GPA or low MCAT score, so he/she can listen to the advice Dr. Polites has to offer.
If you have a good GPA and low MCAT, should you retake the MCAT? Should you try to retake the test with the hopes of raising the score? We talk about that!
What about getting a C in a course – should you retake the course? For the AMCAS application you have to average you grades. For the AACOMAS application you us the LAST grade, even if you do worse.
The world of Twitter is very confusing to most. I even thought it was the weirdest thing when it came out. I signed up for a personal account very early on and never used it, because I never knew it’s power.
Fast forward to last year when I created an account for Medical School HQ and actually began learning how to use it. It’s crazy how you can truly reach out and touch (tweet) anybody in the world (as long as they are on Twitter!).
One of the earlier people I saw on Twitter, sharing advice and retweeting fun pictures and stories of other premeds was @PremedPrincess_. She’s a premed twitter star with over 9,000 followers (as of this publishing).
I reached out to her to find out who she is – or I guess at the time, I didn’t even know if she was even a she. You never know in todays internet world. 65 year old Billy Bob from the middle of nowhere could have been having a blast being a Premed Princess :)!
Allison and I talk about 8 key pieces of information that every student going through the premed process, whether in high school or in college, should know.
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