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Extracurriculars
Five Digital Tools to Improve Your Academic Writing
Writing is not as easy as it seems. Anyone who has struggled with assignments at school or university will nod in agreement. Even those who have an inherent gift for written expression often find themselves stuck with a bad case…
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Applying to Medical School
How Medical School Admissions Committees Evaluate Your Applications
Let’s face it: There’s a ton of bad advice and wrong information online about what it takes to get into medical school: “Get involved in as many extracurricular activities as you can because medical schools want to admit well-rounded applicants.”…
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Alternative Paths
Calvin College and University of Michigan Medical School Partnership
Future doctors: You’ve probably winced at the price tag of a four-year undergraduate program—and cringed entirely at the additional cost of medical school. On top of the expenses, you may have some uncertainty about the time in between programs—how will…
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Applying to Medical School
Separating the Best Medical School Personal Statements from the Mean
The Medical School Admissions Dilemma You’ve probably read the statistic that almost 60% of medical school applicants do not matriculate into medical school in any given year. As if you didn’t have enough anxiety about the whole process… The worst…
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Medical School - Preclinical
How To Study For USMLE Step 1
The Ultimate Guide to Creating an Effective Study Plan The reason I am writing this is because I have been in your shoes. I have known the feeling of being told the importance of an exam and having absolutely no…
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Articles
How to Get Off the Waitlist for Medical School
During this time of the season, many medical school applicants should have heard back from some of the programs that they have applied to. Some have delighted upon their first acceptance while others are still anxiously waiting for theirs. However,…
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Articles
Challenges of Minorities Entering Medicine
“What do you do when you’re the smartest person in your group?” Dr. Forrester Lee, the Director of Multicultural Affairs at the Yale School of Medicine smiled as he posed the thoughtful question. We were a handful of African and…
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Articles
Nursing to Medicine
My decision to pursue nursing before becoming a doctor was logical: my mother had been a nurse, I would enter right out of high school, I would get hands-on skills that most physicians don’t see until well into their third…
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Applying to Medical School
What You Should Know Before Applying: Fee Assistance Program
By Felisha Eugenio Applying to medical school can be a great financial burden. The costs of taking the MCAT and of submitting applications hinders us from being able to apply to as wide a scope of schools as we’d hope,…
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Applying to Medical School
The Healing Power of Touch
From the time we are babies, we long for the touch of our mother or father. As children grow, they usually put their arms up and want to be embraced or held. I even notice that my 5-month-old daughter is…
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