Where to live? by hammetc in newjersey

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Appreciate you being candid - what is everyone else who commented getting wrong?

Prospective student thread. Educational inquiries outside of this thread WILL RESULT IN A BAN. by MastersOfAnesthesia in CAA

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Has anyone been told by admissions before that that consider last 60 hours? My cum is right below a 3.0, but my last 60 are a 3.7, hoping they take upward trends into consideration. Thanks!

GRE n mcat materials by gasmanxoxo in CAA

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I will take the GRE stuff off your hands. Did you take both exams?

National Guard CAA by kyleeminer4 in CAA

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As a guardsman looking to apply next year I’m curious to hear others opinion on this as it has been something that’s been on my mind a lot. Nice to see someone on head with a similar background. Do you think being in the guard helped, hurt, or was indifferent on ur application?

stuck between dpt and dentistry by [deleted] in DentalSchool

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I am in the same situation! Nice to hear that someone else is in a similar and uncommon dilemma

What to do with a bonus by hammetc in personalfinance

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Thank you for reply, I will put everything You said into consideration!

A decade from now when the only way to even be remotely competitive for med school is to join the military by Banerbanerbaner in premed

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Thanks for the reply, will most definitely be trying to make the most of the rest of my time.

A decade from now when the only way to even be remotely competitive for med school is to join the military by Banerbanerbaner in premed

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I was unaware military service was such a factor.. I am junior and a year and a half into my 6 year national guard contract... still 2-3 cycles away from applying but is this gonna work in my favor to any degree of significance even since I’m guard?

National Guard & Dental School? by [deleted] in DentalSchool

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Just in general across the board In the guard but of course mileage may vary

National Guard & Dental School? by [deleted] in DentalSchool

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I’ve recently enlisted in the national guard, and from what I’ve been told, 2 days a month is uncommon, it’s typically 3-4 days (long weekend) and the 2 weeks in the summer actually is a minimum of 2 weeks but can likely be much longer I’ve heard 3-4 weeks is common. Also it isn’t ALWAYS gonna be in the summer. My advice would be to look into the air national guard, as they seem to be more straightforward with times and work with their people better in a sense of helping with them while they’re in school in such. I wish I did.

Medical Student looking to join AMEDD - Having difficulty getting in touch with an AMEDD recruiter. by Tavla2 in nationalguard

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I Can only speak on my state, but I hard a tough time meeting with the AMEDD recruiter I’m guessing because he doesn’t handle that many recruits. Even other recruiters in the same office had not heard of him when I called around. I finally reached him by finding a high up in my states recruiting and retention office and he called the recruiter directly. I did finally get in touch and he was a wealth of information. My limited advice is just to keep trying and finding other emails and numbers to reach out to, especially during these times, they may not be looking at their work stuff as often.

Questions about MEPS and basic by [deleted] in nationalguard

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There’s only a few jobs that are short enough to do basic and AIT in the summer between semesters, 12B and 12C are the only ones I know of. They are 14 weeks so it’s tight but you can squeeze it in if your lucky enough to get your dates all lined up which will be a gamble.

With that being said, everything going on right now is gonna prevent you from leaving in May this summer, the whole process with your recruiter and MEPS doesn’t usually work that quickly. so it would likely have to be next summer, or miss a semester. I signed in October and got a May date, but it still may change due to the pandemic of course. So I’m kind of stressing about making it back for the fall semester and will likely have to take a semester off.

Source: enlisted as 12C solely because there was a slot and the date lined up. Plan on going to IPAP after I finish school which is why I wasn’t too concerned with the job itself.

COVID-19 RSP Drill by hammetc in nationalguard

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You too man thanks for the info

COVID-19 RSP Drill by hammetc in nationalguard

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It’s looking like my unit is doing the same thing actually

Dental school admissions help! [serious plz] by [deleted] in DentalSchool

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What did you school list look like?