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Hey everyone! First of all, I want to thank all of you guys for the helpful advice over the past few months. In January, I plan on beginning my pre-requisites to apply for med school. I'll be taking my classes at UC Berkeley Extension while working full-time and volunteering. My...

I know there are more than several of us out there lurking on the forum that have below a 3.0 gpa. I thought it would be good idea for us to have our own support group/thread to support each other on our journey to repairing our low gpa's and gaining admission to med school. Many threads...

My current situation: I am currently working in a pretty large corporate Health IT company and am in a two year managerial rotational program. Needless, to say, I have always wanted to go into medicine, but also thought the business side of healthcare would be interesting, unfortunately it's...

Hi everyone, so basically I am a junior at a medium size private research university in the northeast. I have a really difficult decision to make and I need to make it soon and I was hoping I could get some advice from all of you. So basically I am currently a nursing student (I just...

Purpose for writing this WAMC: -NOTE: I am currently an applicant in the 2016 cycle. However, I am only applying to one MD state school this year and have good reasons for doing so. I have already interviewed at this school (it went well) and am hoping to get accepted there, making this post a...

Hey all, There was a thread about this a few years back, but my situation's a little different, so I thought I'd make a new post instead of bumping it. I am interviewing for a psychiatry residency in Hawaii in November, and I've read on these forums that if you're a low-maintenance person...

Of the list below, can you tell me what stands out most? socio-econoimic disadvantage due to my single mother becoming permanently disabled when I was 9. how we were treated because of this, how it has made me want to help disadvantaged and disabled I've been her caretaker since 2013 when she...

Hello all. I just wanted to get some feedback from the forums. I am a longtime lurker, and just decided to post now. I recently graduated with an Architectural Engineering degree. My cumulative gpa was just a hair over a 3.0. Recently events in my life have made me realize that I really want...

Hello everyone! So I've been lurking in the forum for a few weeks and have been wondering about online degrees as an older, non-trad student. I also emailed a couple of paid consultants (one of them was the former assistant director of admissions at a top 5 school). The majority opinion seems...

I have a somewhat unique situation- In high school I was placed in an accelerated program where you could earn college credits and high school credits at the same time by attending a community college. The problem was that, at the time, I was not mature enough for the freedom that college...

Hi everyone! I'm currently in my 5th year of undergrad (Psych major) and I am graduating in May 2016. It has definitely been a difficult road for me through undergrad. For the first three years of my undergrad career I was pre-med and took the required courses but did not finish- I dropped...