General premed advice.

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<p>thanks,</p>

<p>and is that better to do the paid research or credited research (counted as a research course)?</p>

<p>and in terms of recommendation, is that better to find a mentor of my own academic bio teacher or someone else ?</p>

<p>if doing research during both school yrs and summers for like three yrs, will that be a hook ?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>1.) Assuming the projects are the same, doesn’t matter; credited research is usually easier to obtain, I would assume. I don’t, however, think projects are likely to be the same.</p>

<p>2.) You’ll probably need both, depending on where you go to undergrad.</p>

<p>3.) I mean, it’s certainly a good thing, but it’s not rare enough to be a traditionally understood “hook”.</p>

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<p>in terms of geography, is that better to be a Texas residence or Tennessee residence?</p>

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<p>Texas has more schools, and TN’s most-difficult-to-get-into school (Vanderbilt) doesn’t show geographic preference, while TX’s two toughest (Baylor and Southwestern) both do.</p>

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<p>Thank you BDM</p>

<p>another question came to me: what is on the college transcript? do the numerical grades appear?</p>

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<p>Varies from college to college. Mine doesn’t have numerical grades. I think very few do.</p>

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<p>Mine had my GPA, the grade for each class and the point scale for the grades (A=4, A- 3.67, etc)</p>

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<p>Right. I think PYLX is asking whether they include, say, 95%. It depends on your school, but I don’t think many schools do that.</p>

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<p>Oh, yeah, I don’t think there are any schools that do that…I doubt that most professors even give % when turning in grades.</p>

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<p>BRM, can i know in kaplan, how many sets of full length practice do they have in addition to those 5 sets taken in the class?</p>

<p>i mean like i know there are some practice (1000 Qbank engine) on their website, but how many sets of full length are there?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>there are 9 available complete full lengths, with all sections, though I am pretty sure the kaplan centers have maybe 3 or 4 more.</p>

<p>Additionally, there are probably 3-4 full length section tests for each section (ie 60 question 85 minute VR sections) so if you wanted to put together your own full length you could or simply just do a complete section test. Even without the Qbank, there is far more material available than most people ever come close to finishing. Throw in QBank, and if any one ever finished it all, they should awarded a medal</p>

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<p>cool, how many problems are in the Qbank? only 1000?</p>

<p>and ALL the additional practices are online right? do they have an expiration day?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>My particular Kaplan teacher offered to buy food (“And good food, not a burrito or something.”) for any student who had completed every single item in the entire availability.</p>

<p>Nobody managed.</p>

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<p>also, should i still buy the kaplan comprehensive review book if i am gonna take kaplan classes?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>No, the class will give you what you need.</p>

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<p>i was wondering if the name of ur undergrad counts in getting into medical school… like does a gpa at university of michigan of a 3.3 better than a gpa of 3.7 at the university of maryland… and if one was to trasnfer from mich to maryland… does that look bad… thanks</p>

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<p>Transferring is probably fine, although you should have a good reason. Second, prestige may matter some, but nothing CLOSE to a .4 GPA point boost.</p>

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<p>Questions about choosing what med school to attend…</p>

<p>Should one choose a medical school where he/she would be able to succeed academically, thereby getting into a top residency…OR should he/she base his/her decisions on the school’s ranking ONLY…? Is it true for example, that often times one’s ‘ranking’ in one’s med school determines his chances of admission to a top residency…?</p>

<p>While perusing through the latest MSAR, I noticed that most top 15-20 schools have almost similar % of students entering surgery/orthopedics and a few other fields. Now, is this because residency programs prefer geographic/med school student diversity in their programs (although most selective residencies at a given hospital have only 1-2 openings)?</p>

<p>Also, do these residency stats remain similar across all good med schools because of a similar % of students having similar interests? OR is it so because of a quota system in place in the med school admissions process early on…? What are the dynamics/intricacies that control/involved in such stats other than the USMLE I,II being a factor for admission to residencies? Thanks.</p>

<p>TTH.</p>

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<p>Again, I must emphasize that the prestige of your residency - like the prestige of your medical school - generally does not matter if your goal is private practice. With that said:</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=164956[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=164956&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I can’t answer the other questions, but I can refute the hypothesis of a quota system regarding specialty preferences among applicants.</p>

<p>Only one student interviewer at one of the schools I interviewed at asked me for specialty, and even that was only in very general terms. The other 54 secondary essay questions at 25 schools and 20 interviewers at 11 schools did not once ask me; I can promise you there is no advantage to “picking” a specialty as an undergrad.</p>