Premed Office Hours

Today, we discuss what pre-health students can do over summer breaks, addressing diversity questions, lack of volunteer hours and more!

This week, we answer your questions about what counts as clinical experience, MCAT prep and timing, applying next cycle, and more!

This week, we answer your questions about breadth vs depth of experience, how to cope with MCAT burnout, how to improve your mental health, and more!

This week, we answer your questions about applying with a disability, when a postbac might be advantageous, how to answer a diversity prompt, and more!

This week we answer questions about failure prompts on your secondaries, what a holistic review means, and more in this special, 90-minute live premed Q&A!

This week, we answer your questions about work-life balance in medical school, premed couples applying to medical school, the Mappd feedback feature, and more!

This week, we answer your questions about secondary essay prompts, MCAT scores, what counts as clinical experience, and more!

This week, we answer your questions about choosing activities for nontrads, discussing red flags, how to make your application more competitive, and more!

This week we answer questions about LORs, what to do when you receive conflicting feedback or advice, personal statements, clinical experiences, and more!

This week the team answers your questions about letters of recommendation, activity descriptions, personal statements, online classes, GPA trends, and more

This week, we discuss med school activities, retaking classes, contacting med schools, if a strong MCAT score balances a low GPA, and more!

It's episode forty-seven of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Gray is back and joins Dr. Scott Wright and Rachel Grubbs to answer questions about clinical experience volunteer experience, CNA vs scribing jobs, and ways to keep up your motivation when taking tough classes.

t's episode forty-six of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about clinical experience shadowing, the best time to take a vacation during the application cycle, and whether or not you need shadowing after having extensive clinical experience.

t's episode forty-five of Ask The Dean! This week, we answer your questions about reapplying, personal statements, letters of recommendation, and so more!

It's episode forty-four of Ask The Dean! This week, we answer your questions about if you should consider out-of-state public schools, how far in the future to list activity hours, who can write a non-science letter, if summer research programs are essential, and more!

It's episode forty-three of Ask The Dean! This week, we answer your questions about what to do during a gap year, how to build a school list, whether med schools look at your social media, and more!

t's episode forty-two of Ask The Dean! This week, we answer your questions about medical school preferences for in-state vs. out-of-state applicants, the medical school application timeline, if June is too late to take the MCAT this cycle, and much more!

It's episode forty-one of Ask The Dean! We answer your premed questions about how to fix a low GPA with an upward trend, how to make a school list, whether you need to explain Ws on your transcript, who you can get letters of rec from, what med schools want to see in the interview, and more!

It's episode forty of Ask The Dean! This week, we answer your questions about medical school "tiers" and whether 2021 is "abnormally competitive," how many med schools to apply to, whether you need a committee letter, how med schools view virtual scribing and shadowing, and more!

It's episode thirty-eight of Ask The Dean! This week, we answer your questions about how much clinical experience you need as a premed, what counts as "clinical," how financial aid allotments are determined for med school, whether you should use the same personal statement for MD and DO, and more!

It's episode thirty-seven of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer your questions about scribing, cutting back on activities during MCAT prep, whether you really need both clinical experience AND shadowing, med school GPA cut-offs, being a reapplicant to medical school, and the biggest mistakes premeds make!

It's episode thirty-eight of Ask The Dean! This week, we answer your questions about MCAT accommodations, commuting for med school, how med schools view pass/fail classes, MCAT self-studying

It's episode thirty-six of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer your questions about applying to med school before finishing your prereqs, how to demonstrate a commitment to service, COVID essays, applying without a committee letter, writing about red flags in your app, and more!

It's episode thirty-five of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer your questions about overcoming a low GPA in your past, gaps in clinical experience due to COVID, decade-old prerequisites, when to ask for letters of rec, premed jobs that pay well, how many people you should get to review your med school essays, and more!

It's episode thirty-four of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer your questions about overcoming Fs on your transcript, what counts as clinical experience, how to show leadership in your activities, how to decide if you should take a gap year, and more!