Considering Medicine
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Alternative Paths
Difference Between Advanced-Practice Providers and Physicians
What are advanced-practice providers (APPs)? What is the difference between advanced-practice providers and physicians? To be honest, many physicians don’t…
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Applying to Medical School
How to Hold on to the Med School Dream
By Daphne Metellus, MD Do you know what I think is the hardest part about fulfilling a dream? Making the…
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Extracurriculars
How to Curate Killer Extracurriculars (do what you love)
By: Mandy Gleason, MD As a senior resident, I do doctor things every day. So when I interview med school…
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Applying to Medical School
Getting a Graduate Degree Before Medical School
There are generally two groups of people who get graduate degrees before medical school. The first group consists of people…
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Applying to Medical School
Acing Academics Freshman Year
“I feel overwhelmed.” I heard this often from my advisees when I was a freshman adviser at Duke. This didn’t…
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Uncategorized
Deciding Between Colleges as a Potential Pre-Med
You have acceptances to at least two colleges. You think that you will likely pursue medical school no matter…
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Articles
How to Jump Start Your Medical Career This Summer – HMX Fundamentals
By Michael Parker Michael Parker, MD, is Associate Dean for Online Learning, Faculty Director of HMX Fundamentals, and Assistant Professor…
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Applying to Medical School
5 Alternatives to Medical School
Going to medical school and becoming a doctor is a glorified and great career path. Nevertheless, it is not a…
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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…
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Applying to Medical School
Osteopathic vs Caribbean Medical Schools
Traditional allopathic medical schools can be extremely difficult to get into. Less than half of applicants are accepted every year.…
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