Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A
By Ryan Gray
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The Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A podcast is a coaching session between Dr. Gray and a premed student looking for answers on their premed journey. You can sign up to be on Ask Dr. Gray through our Premed Hangout at premedhangout.com.
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248: Is Transferring Schools Going To Effect My Application?
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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247: How Can I Fight The Fear I've Destroyed My Chances?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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246: Recovering From a Low GPA, What Are My Chances?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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245: How do I Navigate Secondaries as a NP?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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244: After Difficult Circumstances, Should I Give Up?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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243: What are Strategies for Students Who Struggle with Testing?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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242: No Perfect 4.0. Do I Need a Postbac?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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241: Is it Okay For Career Changers to Go To Community College?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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240: Can You Pursue Passion and Prove Academic Prowess?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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239: Is Medical Interpretation Clinical?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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238: Is Openness About Health Right for Your Application?
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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237: Is BSMD Right For Me?
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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236: Clearing the Air on All Three Application Services
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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235: My Trend Looks like a Rollercoaster, Can I Still Apply?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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234: Do Community College Prereqs Need a Refresh?
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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233: Reapplying: MCAT Retakes - When is it Too Late?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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232: 4th Times The Charm: Have I Taken The MCAT Too Many Times?
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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231: Late to the Game: How Do I Find Extracurriculars Now?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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230: MCAT Reality Check: Should I Apply Now or Hold Off?
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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229: Is it Worth it To Retake the MCAT Mid-Cycle?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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228: Is Retaking the MCAT a Red Flag That Must Be Addressed?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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227: Can I Stray From My Research as an MD/PhD Route Premed?
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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226: How do I Make the Most of a Surprise Gap Year?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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225: How Can I Craft a Compelling Activities Section Narrative?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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224: How Can I Show Med Schools That I'm Academically Capable?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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223: Will Community College Credits Hurt My Chances for Acceptance?
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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222: Should I Delay My Application to Attend ROTC Camp?
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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221: Will Sharing My Child's Crisis Ruin My Personal Statement?
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May 31, 2023 |
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220: How Do I Portray My Authentic Self in My Application?
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May 24, 2023 |
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219: Can I get into Med School with a History of Bad Grades?
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May 03, 2023 |
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218: How do I Handle Being a Young Med School Applicant?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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217: My MCAT Score Wasn't Great. Should I Retake It?
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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216: Is it Okay to Hit Pause On Extracurriculars?
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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215: Must Research Have a Clear Application?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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214: Do I Have Enough Clinical Experience as a MD/PhD Applicant?
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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213: How Do I Build the Perfect School List as a DACA Student?
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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212: Building a Personal Statement as a Nurse Practitioner Premed
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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211: I Keep Getting a Bad MCAT Score. What Do I Do?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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210: Can International Students Go the Traditional Route?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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209: Can you stagger your applications?
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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208: The Disadvantaged Essay
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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207: How Do I Juggle Work and School?
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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206: What should I do to make up for a lower GPA as a nontraditional international student?
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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205: How Do I Budget Clinical Activities Into My Busy Schedule?
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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204: How Do I Find a Guide as a Nontraditional Student?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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203: How Can I Advocate For Myself?
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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202: Does a Master's Degree Improve my Chances?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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201: Is it Okay to Cut out Research if I'm Too Busy?
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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200: Should I Include Something in My Personal Statement I Don't Want?
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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199: What Do I Do to Recover From Bad Undergrad Grades?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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198: Writing about Imposter Syndrome-Is It Okay?
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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197: Will a Postbac Work To Give You a Better GPA Trend?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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196: What If I Don't Get Any Interviews?
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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195: He Took all Online Classes, Will It Hurt His Chances?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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194: Should I Keep Up My Clinical Hours?
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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193: What do I do if I've Failed to Get in for a Few Cycles?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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192: How to Answer "Why do You Want to be a Doctor?"
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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191: How Do I Highlight My Multicultural Background In My Application?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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190: How Do You Navigate Being An International Premed?
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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189: How Do You Answer the Diversity Prompt in Secondaries?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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188: Is My Application Good Enough?
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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187: Navigating the Premed Path as an International Student
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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186: Can I Match Into a Competitive Surgical Specialty with HPSP?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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185: Do I Need a Postbac with a low 3s GPA Without a Trend?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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184: Is The HPSP Route Right For You?
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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183: Multiple Withdrawals and School Transfers... What Do I Do?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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182: Can I Get Past My Low CARS & My Stutter?
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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181: Is Quality or Quantity More Important For Med School Apps?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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180: Should I Apply To a Med School That's On Probation?
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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179: Overcoming Emotional Fatigue & Time Off To Apply
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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178: Should I Submit My Med School App WITHOUT a Committee Letter?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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177: Should I Reapply to Med School If I'm On A Waitlist?
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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176: Should You Write A Disadvantaged Essay?
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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175: Your Story Matters, But How Much Is Too Much Story?
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May 18, 2022 |
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174: Can A Chiropractor Go To Med School?
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May 12, 2022 |
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173: Transitioning To Premed- Where Do I Start?
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May 04, 2022 |
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172: Let's Talk Personal Statements
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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171: Do I Need To Do A Postbac?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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170: High GPA- Does He Need To Squeeze In Clinical Experience?
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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169: Do I Need a SMP or Can I Just Do Well On The MCAT?
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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168: Canadian Premed with Low Stats- What Should They Do?
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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167: My Advisors Said To Quit- Should I?
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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166: What's The Latest You Can Take The MCAT?
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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165: How Do I Determine Residency?
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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164: This Low GPA Student Needs Help
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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163: Let's Talk CASPer
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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162: Military Medicine: A Different Path To Medicine
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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161: Is Taking More Than Four Years to Graduate a Red Flag?
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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160: Pass/Fail Grades, What Do Med Schools Think?
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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159: Is Alcoholics Anonymous OK to Put As An Activity?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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158: Health Issues Are Part of My Story—Should I Disclose Them?
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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157: 17 Years Old & Lacking Some Experience - Can I Apply?
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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156: Is MCAT Test Anxiety Going to Keep Me From Med School?
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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155: She Had a Downward Trend—Can She Overcome It?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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154: He Has an Average GPA—How Can He Stand Out?
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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153: She Had an Upward Trend, but Lost It. What Now?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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152: Can I Show Med Schools I've Improved During the App Cycle?
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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151: Live Premed Q&A on Instagram & TikTok
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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150: Impact or Skills: Which do Adcoms Really Care More About?
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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149: Why is My Practice MCAT Is Different From My Actual MCAT?
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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148: Do I Need a Postbac to Overcome An Inconsistent uGPA Trend?
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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147: How Can I Recover From a Downward Trend in My GPA?
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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145: Should I Share My Love for Ortho in My Personal Statement?
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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144: How Do You Show Schools You Don't Have Commitment Issues
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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146: Should I Retake a Poor MCAT During the Application Cycle?
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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143: How Do I Address a School Suspension Due to Military Duty?
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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142: Does Being a Family Caretaker Count as Clinical Experience?
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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141: When and How Should You Contact Medical Schools?
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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140: Should I Be Concerned if My Gpa Trend Is Not Consistent?
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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139: Should I List Club Membership in the Activity Se
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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138: How You Should Calculate Your Overlapping Activity Hours
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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137: How Do I Keep up my Confidence During the Premed Process?
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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136: Does Contact Tracing Count as Clinical Experience?
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May 26, 2021 |
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135: How Do I Fix My Low GPA When I Have Lots of Credits?
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May 19, 2021 |
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134: I Have 7 College Transcripts. What Will Med Schools Think?
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May 12, 2021 |
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133: I'm Waitlisted. Should I Prepare to Apply Next Cycle?
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May 05, 2021 |
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132: Should I Introduce Myself to a Med School Before Applying?
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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131: Submit App Early Without Spring Transcript or Delay?
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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130: How to Be Yourself in a Med School Interview
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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129: Navigating Through Advice and Info as a Premed Student
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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128: How Will Admissions View Transferring Between Universities?
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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127: Can I Share My Passion for a Specific Specialty in My App?
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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126: How Should I Categorize my Extracurricular Activities?
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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125: Why Didn't I Get Any Med School Acceptances This Cycle?
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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124: Should I Focus on my GPA or Getting a Good MCAT Score?
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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123: What Should I Do if I Don't Have Recent Shadowing Hours?
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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122: Should I Write My Post-Bacc PS Like a Med School's PS?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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121: Will Taking Prereqs at Community College Hurt My Chances?
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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120: Can a Master's at a Prestigious University Help My Low GPA?
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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119: Should I Talk About Serving Specific Communities in My PS?
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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118: How to Talk About Your Life and Experiences as a Nontrad
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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117: How to Stand Out When Underrepresented in Medicine
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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116: Do I Need to Retake C/D/F Classes to Get Into Med School?
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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115: Can I Get Into Medical School if I Dropped Out of College?
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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114: Do I Have Enough Clinical Experience as a Nontrad?
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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113: When Is It Appropriate to Apply Early Decision?
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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111: How to Move Forward After Bombing the MCAT
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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110: How to Discuss Childhood Trauma in Your Personal Statement
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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109: How to Conquer Imposter Syndrome and Know You Belong
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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108: Do You Need a 3.0 to Apply to Med School?
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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107: Eye-Opening Conversation About the Med School Personal Statement
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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106: Which Activities Should I Emphasize on My Med School App?
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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105: How do Med Schools View Nontrads With Limited Clinical Experience?
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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104: How Do I Know if I Am Competitive Enough to Get Into Med School?
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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103: Can I Be a Stay-at-Home Mom and Get into Medical School?
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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102: How to Write About an Academic Suspension and Cheating?
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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101: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Applying to Med School with a Mug Shot
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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100: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: How to Choose Your Premed Major
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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99: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Am I Too Old for Medical School?
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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98: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Is This GPA Really THAT Bad?
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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97: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: How to Approach the MD/PhD Essay?
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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96: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Should I Retake My Old Prerequisites?
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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95: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Disclosing Mental Illness When Applying
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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94: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Advice Premeds With an Institutional Action
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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93: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: MD or MD/Phd—Which Is Right for You?
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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92: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Clarifying Clinical Experience—What Counts?
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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91: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Will the Changes to the USMLE Affect COMLEX?
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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90: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Should I Apply Early Decision to Med School?
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May 28, 2020 |
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89: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: When Should You Say "No" as a Premed
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May 28, 2020 |
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88: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: I Submitted a Committee Letter, But Now...
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May 13, 2020 |
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87: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: How Are Gap Years Viewed by Med Schools?
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May 06, 2020 |
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86: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Her 3.4 GPA isn't the Problem!
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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85: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Should I Push my Med School App Back a Year?
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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84: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Is it Bad to Take Prereqs in the Summer?
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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82: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Discussing Caregiving on the Med School App
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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83: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Writing About Obstacles in Your Application
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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81: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: 8 Common Med School Application Mistakes
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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80: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Masters vs Postbac to Raise Your Premed GPA
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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79: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: What Counts as an Upward Trend in Your GPA?
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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78: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: How to Deal With Imposter Syndrome
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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77: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A - What's the Best Way to Prep for the MCAT?
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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76: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Mentioning Mental Illness in Applications
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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75: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Postbac vs Masters to help a low GPA?
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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74: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: Giving Up on My Med School Dream
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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73: Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A: How To Pull in the Reader
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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72: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A: I Have a Low GPA, Should I Do a Postbac?
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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71: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A: MD vs DO Applications?
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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70: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A: What Can I Do to Boost My Apps During the Application Cycle?
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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69: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A: Does Having a Nursing Background Hurt Me?
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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68: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A: Non-traditional Routes to Medical School
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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67: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A: Dual Bachelors, SMP, or Something Else?
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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66: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A: Taking Classes At a Lot of Schools
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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65: Ask Dr. Gray Q&A: How Do Canadians Stand out for US Schools?
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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64: Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A About Disciplinary Actions
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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63: If I've Shadowed PAs, Should I Include that in my Apps?
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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62: Why Aren't There a lot of Osteopathic Physicians?
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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61: Stop Worrying About Your Personal Statement Until This Point
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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60: What is an Appropriate Gift for a Physician you Shadow?
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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59: How Should You Approach Certain Questions in Your Interview?
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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58: How to Reduce Anxiety Around the Med School Interview
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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57: What Are Some Differences Between AMCAS, AACOMAS, And TMDSAS?
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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56: How Many Medical School Should I Apply To?
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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55: Can I Take Med School Prereqs Online?
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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54: Should I Use (and Trust) School Chance Predictors?
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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53: Can I Do My Med School Prereqs at a Community College?
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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52: What is the Acceptance Rate to Medical School?
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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51: How Important is my GPA to Get Into Medical School?
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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50: What MCAT course do You Recommend?
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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49: How Should I Start Preparing for my Personal Statement?
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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48: What is the Difference Between a Masters and a Postbac Program?
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Oct 16, 2019 |