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The Truth About How to Actually Study Science and Medicine For Premeds and Medical Students

Not all study advice and exam prep is equal. One of the biggest myths about test prep is you need to simulate the exam to optimize your performance.

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Help I'm Not Getting Any Medical School Interview Invites

HELP, I'm not getting any medical school interview invites. I'm really worried about my chances of getting into medical school this year. Were you the

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What Is Medical School Like - A Doctor Shares His Experience

Wondering what is medical school like? A former student gives you the inside scoop on what to expect while in medical school.

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Best Major for Medical School As a Premed Student

What you need to know about choosing the best major for medical school. Discover what AdComs really want from premed students and their college major.

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When Does Medical School Start - Everything You Need to Know

Are you wondering when does medical school start? Now that you're accepted here's when you can expect to start medical school. Get all the details now!

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A Valentines Letter to Premeds Everywhere

Dear Premed Student, I'm thinking about you today and it's not the first time either. I know it's not easy. You're in school and there's so much studying

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Apple AirPods Are Not the Goal You Want the Stethoscope

Are you willing to give up your Apple AirPods? I really want to know. Sure we all know AirPods are universally recognized as a status symbol. But there's

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Can You See What's Wrong With This Doctor Visit?

Mitt Romney at Doctor's Office Cartoon

Can you spot what's wrong with this picture? It's Saturday morning and what's a kind to do... watch cartoons. Well, I came across this comic and it will

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What They Don't Tell You About Getting Into Medical School

Why Should We Accept You

Here's what no one ever tells you about getting into medical school even if you have a top MCAT score and GPA. This is a game changer for becoming a doctor.

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Use This MCAT Study Plan - Improve 8 Points in One Week

Your MCAT study plan needs to change if your MCAT score is not improving. Use this MCAT study tip to see an immediate boost in your MCAT score. It works.

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Here's the Average MCAT Score That You Must Get for 2020 Applications

A breakdown on the average MCAT score for each section of the MCAT. Use this data to be a more competitive applicant and know what score to aim for.

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Medical School Letter of Recommendation - How to Get the Best Writer

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Here's the step-by-step process you can use for getting all of your medical school letter of recommendations. This is the ultimate guide for LORS.

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Contact - DoctorPremed

Have a question? Have comments? Be sure to contact me and I will get back to you ASAP. I always enjoy hearing from you.

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NYU Medical School Offers Free Tuition for All Medical Students

Imagine this. You've been accepted to a top ten medical school. Your white coat ceremony is taking place. All of your family and friends are in attendance

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Wow, This is What Residency Programs Look For!

I'm going to do things a bit differently today. Let's talk about what happens once you're already in medical school and the next steps in your career.

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Listen When the Doctor Speaks

Do you listen to your doctor? I'm sure if you schedule an appointment and you make the time to visit with your doctor you are most likely going to be

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Premed Coaching to Fast Track Your Medical School Acceptance

You're premed but what are you going to do to ensure you get into medical school? Use premed coaching to avoid any bumps and hurdles that can derail any chance you have of getting in. Discover the 7 premed pillars that lead to medical school acceptance.

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Harvard Medical School Requirements & How to Get Admitted Today

Everything you need to know about Harvard Medical School requirements and how you can get admitted today. Discover how to set yourself apart from the competition and get into the number 1 ranked medical school in the world.

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The Match The Lottery of Medical School

March is an extremely exciting and nerve wrecking time for fourth year medical students across the country. Why? It's the month of the MATCH. In one

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Concierge Medical School Application Services for Premed Students

Your only choice for concierge level medical school application services so that you can get into medical school and become a doctor. Discover how I can make your medical dreams a reality today!

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Will a Perfect MCAT Score Guarantee Your Acceptance to Medical School

MCAT GPA Applicants 2017-18

Are you aiming for a perfect MCAT score? Here's how AdComs view a perfect MCAT score plus the numbers you absolute must get if you want to get into medical school. This is a must read for any premed student.

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Post BAC or Physician Assistant if not accepted into D.O school

I have applied to DO schools with MCAT 500, GPA 3.8 (science) having Physician shadowing and many hours of hospital volunteering. I am not getting much

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UWorld the Gold Standard for Premeds to Crush Their MCAT Exam

UWorld MCAT

UWorld the gold standard in test prep now has the ultimate MCAT question bank you must use for a top MCAT score.

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Huffing and Puffing In the Hospital

All is not as it seems. Back in the day when I was premed and took my Grandpa to the doctor the doctor asked me about my life and when I told him I was

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AdComs Venting on Facebook About Your Apps

AdCom Exasperated with Applications

Listen up and pay attention... This is going to make the difference between whether you get into medical school or not. Honestly you don't want to be

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The MCAT Knowledge Bomb You Never Even Knew You Needed

Friendly advice to ensure you have a successful MCAT prep period but ultimately achieving your targeted MCAT score. For starters you have to know what

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Free 5-Day MCAT Mastery Course

Free 5-day MCAT Mastery course giving you all the skills and strategies to boost your MCAT score immediately.

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Welcome to Premed Grand Rounds

Premed Grand Rounds is your FREE newsletter giving you the clearest, faster and most straight forward tips for getting into medical school.

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How to Improve Your Premed GPA and Become Competitive for Medical School

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Is your premed GPA not where it needs to be? Discover how you can improve your grades and become competitive for getting into medical school.

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The Reason You Have Low MCAT Scores and What You Can Do About It

College Girls

Going through your MCAT prep and realizing you have low MCAT scores? Let me show you how to skyrocket your MCAT performance today.

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Tom Brady and Super Bowl 5 - But The Greatest Doctor Of All Time is Carson

Have to switch it up this week and be motivational instead of MCAT now that Super Bowl happened and this Student Doctor loves the game of 🏈! Listen up

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Your Ultimate MCAT Test Preparation Plan of Action

MCAT Test Preparation

Here's how you make the most of your MCAT test preparation. Know when to study, what to study and how to earn a top MCAT score.

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The Lawyer's MCAT CARS Strategy that Works for Verbal Reasoning

LSATKaplan

Struggling on the MCAT CARS? Discover a new strategy from a lawyer that's going to improve your verbal reasoning score immediately.

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6 Medical School Interview Tips Leading to Acceptance

Discover 6 medical school interview tips to help you ace your interviews and get past the final hurdle of getting into medical school.

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Checkout the MCAT Score You Need for Admission

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Need to know the MCAT score you need for admission? It's here along with a score conversion chart for the old MCAT. Everything you need for MCAT scores all in one place.

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Praise for DoctorPremed

Here's what others are saying about me. Now's your chance to see just how I can help you and how past students have been helped.

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Osteopathic Medical Schools- Discover Where to Earn Your DO Degree

Osteopathic medical schools. Find out all about each DO medical school, where they're located: names, states, official names of the medical school.

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Cardiologist Shares Lessons on Medicine and Life

Had my last day in the cardiac cath lab today. The place patients go when they're having heart attacks and need their coronary arteries opened up. But

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Failing Biochemistry But Now Ahead in the Class

What would you do if you’ve failed 3 of 6 exams in your biochemistry class and you couldn’t drop it because you’re a senior who needs to graduate? I got

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Veterans And Presidential Candidates Who Are Surgeons

Today is Veteran's Day so go out and do something special for someone who was willing to give the ultimate price to protect and defend these United States

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Fueling Patriots Football and Premed Fires

It's Sunday morning, I'm on my vacation month from clinical duties and currently visiting my hometown. If you haven't picked up by now I'm a sports fan

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Harnessing Psychology to Ace Medical School Interviews Part II

Part I Interview Day Coaching med school applicants to crush interview day is one of my favorite parts of working as an academic consultant because you

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Harnessing Psychology to Ace Medical School Interviews

Receiving medical school interview offers simultaneously provides relief, justifies the incredibly hard work you’ve put into your primary and secondary

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CUNY Opening Medical School in Harlem in 2016

If you're premed and thinking about medical school you have a new option now that the CUNY is opening a new medical school in 2016 in Harlem, NY.

What's great is the school will also be working to provide all incoming students with scholarsips to cover their first year of medical school. That's a huge savings right there.

Plus, you do realize the easiest medical schools to get into are the ones that just opened up so this is a great opportunity for sure.

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Dr. Andrea Merrill Shares The Ins and Outs of General Surgery

Dr. Andrea Merrill is a General Surgery Resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She has completed 3 years of residency, 1 year of breast cancer

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Freaking Out About Starting My Hospital Rotations

I'm actually very nervous about beginning my hospital rotation. The past two years have been purely in the classroom with standardized patients for history

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How to Get Your Kid Into Med School as an Asian (or any) Parent

What's the goal of any parent? To want the best for their kids and to give them more opportunities than they had. The measure of a better life for children

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Everyone Has Great Scores So How Do You Standout

I don't have to tell you how competitive it is in medicine. Don't think that you'll begin to coast once you get into medical school because it never ends.

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How I Would Study for USMLE Step 1 - Advice From a Rising 3rd Year Medical Student

The USMLE Step 1 or COMLEX 1 for those in D.O. medical schools is the make or break exam for the rest of your career. I know in the past you heard everything

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