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Category MCAT Blog|Med School Admissions
Medical Schools That Don’t Require the MCAT
Exploring M.D. Dual Degree Programs
How Many Letters of Recommendation Do You Need for Medical School?
In addition to the stress of taking Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) prep courses and taking the MCAT, requesting letters of recommendation can also bean anxiety provoking process. To make matters even more challenging, medical schools can vary widely in…
Do Medical Schools Look at Your Highest MCAT Score?
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a beast of an exam, and calculated decisions and adequate knowledge about setting goals are fundamental. One of the most commonly asked questions regarding MCAT preparation is how medical school admissions offices view…
Applying to Med School with a Low GPA
Maintaining a high GPA throughout college is certainly no easy task. Some professors make it their mission to craft incredibly difficult courses, family life tosses you its ups and downs, and on top of everything, there might be a global…
Med School vs. Nursing School: Which Is the Better Fit for You?
For anyone interested in going into public health, you have an array of options when it comes to your specialization and the particular way that you want to help people improve their health and take care of themselves. Your pathway…
20 Medical School Interview Questions You Should Prepare For
You’ve finally made it to your first round of interviews with medical schools. You persevered through the MCAT and those challenging pre-med courses and came up with a few effective strategies to ace your exams. Similar to your coursework so…
10 Reasons to Apply Early to Med School
The early bird gets the worm. You snooze, you lose. Day late and a dollar short. There are a dozen different ways to say the same thing: don’t procrastinate! This tried and true advice holds up in almost everything, but…
The Changes You Need to Know About the CASPer
A couple of years ago, we introduced you to CASPer, the friendly ghost…err, the Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics test. Since then, CASPer has become even more popular among medical schools, including big names such as University of Washington…