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I don't really use SDN but I could use some new perspectives. I'm deciding between UMD (IS, nearly full tuition scholarship), Emory (half tuition scholarship), and Pitt (all loans). UMD is close to my family and the cheapest option; however, I'm not a fan of their A-F grading system. Pitt was...

I'm a high school student currently in 11th grade. I am in a job shadowing program at my local hospital and LNA class in my high school. Currently I'm not sure what to do for a career. I'll be honest salary is a very important in my decision. Currently I'm torn between going to school for a...

When I was younger I really wanted to be a doctor. I loved science and wanted to help the sick any way I could, but in high school I had a few bad science teachers and struggled with depression and decided it wasn't something I could pursue. Now I am 21 and will be graduating with two...

So at the Academic Medical center near me there is an Emergency Medicine Resident who is PGY-3 and he went to Duke university for undergrad, med school, and law school. Duke is my number one college choice and I am considering emergency medicine. I know most places/attendings dont allow resident...

Where am I competitive? A little background... MA resident. Graduated from a top 30 university with a B.S. in psychology, 3.6 GPA. Interested in psychiatry (major, research, clinical and volunteering are psych-related). Currently work as a Mental Health Counselor on an inpatient psychotic...

Ok so I'm a student currently at FAU in my junior year, and we have a class called intro to excercise health promotion. The teacher often brings in guest speakers to discuss different career paths one can take the the excercise science and health promotion degree (which I am going for). We...

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Long time lurker, first time poster! I was hoping for some advice. Graduated from a top 25 undergrad with a 3.46 ugpa/3.01 science gpa, 33 MCAT. I applied to ~30 MD schools this cycle and its not looking good currently. A little more about my app for reference: I worked through college which...

Hello everyone, im new to the forum and wanted some advice as to what should i do. so currently i am a junior majoring in cell biology and neuroscience at Rutgers University. i really want to go to medical school (DO/MD, it doesn't matter). My GPA as of now is a 3.4 cumulative and science. i...

Hello, I am new here. I don't have anyone to talk to regarding these things, so I am posting here. I just recently graduated from a UC with a major in B.S. Biology, with a GPA of 2.4. I am not going to make excuses for myself, because I just fxxked up my undergraduate career and I don't know...

Hi all SDNers, I am new here, but really need some advice. I have never posted on a forum before, so here goes. Here is a quick summary regarding me: I graduated in 2014 with a 3.97 at an upper tier liberal arts college with a BA in Biology and Hispanic Studies. I ended up taking three gap...

I need help deciding if taking a post-bacc program will help my application. I am planning on taking the MCAT for the first time solely to gain admission into a post-bacc program, but do not feel confident to score as high as possible ATM. (TPR practice scores around 500) Below are my...

Hi everyone, I have a few courses that I received a C in and would like to retake them. The CCs in Florida do not allow retakes (and I am not sure if Florida Universities are the same, still waiting on a response). How are other Floridians retaking courses of C or better?

So my friend told me that she has been suffering with gen chem 1. She studies for days and knows how to do the problems but then the test comes and her brain shuts down. She forgets how to to finish the problems even though she learned the material already. Could orgo go better for her if she's...

I really screwed up my first semester of college. I got kicked out of the bio major program bc I got a 1.8 gpa which means I won't have a back up if I get denied from med school. I was planning of going into microbio or genetics or lab technician. Now I'm stuck with majoring in chemistry to have...

So I am currently a freshman in college and I failed Chemistry 121. I want to know if it looks bad if I switch into Chemistry 111. Chemistry 121 is a fast pace course designed to do the traditional chemistry route in 3 classes instead of 4. Will I still be able to get into med school if there's...

Hello, So I graduated with my PharmD from Northeastern in Massachusetts. However, my hometown (driver's license, address, etc) is a different state - Connecticut. For picking jurisdictions, is it smarter (this is in italics for a reason) to choose MA, in my case, over CT? Does NABP prefer...

Hello sdn I have a serious question for you all today? Let me start by saying yes I have searched the fourm and I could not find my answer! P.s. please please forgive me for using the urm term (just using the cards I've been dealt)I know it's a taboo I'm sorry again I am a 22 year old black...

I am currently a third year dental student and I am having a very, very hard time liking the field of dentistry. I applied to medical school in college and was rejected by all the schools I applied to after doing terrible on the MCAT. I studied for roughly 600 hours for the MCAT and did so...

Here goes... I'm finishing up my last semester and expect to graduate in January. However graduating is kind of bitter sweet since my stats are pretty awful. 3.09 overall/ 2.6 science. I wasn't a very good student my freshman and sophomore year and did particular bad in my chemistry and...

Hello, So if this is blatantly obvious I am going to be very embarrassed. I'm either overanalyzing this to the extreme...or dumb as a rock. Here is the question: A pharmacist is adding 1000 mg of pure codeine powder to 100 cc of Tylenol with Codeine Elixir (120 mg/12 mg/5 cc). The resultant...

I'm trying to decide realistically what med schools would be good to start focusing in on. I haven't taken the MCAT yet, I'm simply looking for answers based solely on a GPA range! Thanks

I got into a MD med school and the cost of tuition is $75,000/year for out of state people like me and the total cost of attendance is around $110,000/year. I have no scholarships (would have received them in my acceptance letter), the financial aid office told me all I can get is loans...

I'm currently a senior in high school and I'm debating on what school's to apply to for pre-med. I want to become an orthopedic, my back up plan is physician assistant. I'm looking to apply to schools in NY, NJ, PA, MA,CT, DE, MD, and RI. GPA: 93% or 3.7-4.0 ACT: 26 SAT: 1670 SAT Writing: 610...