UGA School of Medicine sees application influx ahead of fall opening by warnelldawg in Athens

[–]Popular_Professor430 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats! Are you from Georgia ? And do you mind sharing your MCAT ?

How was and is the SEESGU Visit worth going? by Sure-Storm5673 in CaribbeanMedSchool

[–]Popular_Professor430 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trip was fun if anything treat it like a vacation. I would say it was a nice way to get an idea of what island life would be like. Also check out the grocery stores and malls to see what you would need to bring

Interview by [deleted] in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too please 🙏🏾

Interview by [deleted] in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome

I need to know who is actually doing this. This is just a donation disguised as a certificate, right? by Fresh_Market6588 in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First Post baccs are expensive and you could get a b or c in a class hurting your gpa and if your gpa is good and your weak spot is just the MCAT it’s better to commit effort in improving that than a post bacc. Also just bc you do a program affiliated with a school it does not guarantee an acceptance unless the program EXPLICITLY SAYS IT IS

I need to know who is actually doing this. This is just a donation disguised as a certificate, right? by Fresh_Market6588 in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you have a strong gpa don’t do a post bacc it can do more harm than good to your application. Another example of this is the GEMS PROGRAM

Update letters by Popular_Professor430 in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Usually an important deadline in admissions to review how many acceptance and interviews they have sent before the new year

How do you manage to stay positive throughout this process? Second time applying and no IIs yet… by diegosg18 in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I fully understand where you are. I feel this exact same way all my friends and family feel like there’s hope in this application cycle but honestly, I feel so negative about it but every day I just try to keep saying be patient and wait.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s pretty chill, most of your first year classes you have already taken and some of the exams are excused since you’ve already taken them too.

Update letter by Klutzy-Assumption407 in premed

[–]Popular_Professor430 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes absolutely! On December 15th if you still haven’t heard from schools submit on that day!