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Ask the Dean Ep 81 | Live Q&A | Premed | Pre-PA | Pre-Health



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Get answers to your pre-health questions with experts! Ask the Dean is a live Question and Answer session with the Mappd Advising Team.

2:30 Do med schools average all retakes?

5:50 COPE Health Scholars- is it clinical experience?

10:20 Is COVID screening clinical?

12:40 MDSAS LOI- what does it reflect?

15:00 LOI- how does it impact financial aid?

18:10 Should I still take Orgo II and Biochem if some schools don’t require it?

19:55 Can I change my major as a junior?

21:36 Should I take medical-related classes in undergrad?

24:33 Is an Institutional Warning going to hurt my app?

27:39 Do I need in-person shadowing AND shadowing?

29:04 Do I include non-healthcare activities in my application?

30:14 Can volunteering = clinical hours?

32:09 If applying to one school, should I apply for Early Decision?

34:06 How is Calc related to my medical career?

36:02 Can I put foreign education clinical experience as clinical hours?

37:29 I have a 2.4- will a postbac help?

40:20 Will applying at 20 years old hurt me?

42:50 I want to be a med school dean- should I discuss that?

44:20 I’m a foreign student who just started in the US- do I need to get a degree at a U.S. school to apply?

45:48 How are P/F classes seen?

46:35 Community college prereqs- how are they seen?

48:35 My STEM course classifications aren’t BIO/CHEM. Will they still be in my SGPA?

50:27 Application Academy!

54:08 I recruited for the Army- is that volunteer?

56:00 Ending the personal statement- how do I do it?


+ Ryan Gray, MD: creator Medical School Headquarters, The Premed Years podcast, and the MCAT Podcast, author of Premed Playbook guides, and Mappd co-founder

+ James Scott Wright, EdD: Mappd VP of Academic Advising, former Director of Admissions of UT Southwestern Med and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director of the Health Professions Advising Center at UT Dallas Pre-Health

+ Varinia Grannum, MSEd: Mappd Admissions Advisor, Former Assistant Dean, STEM & Pre-Health Advising, Center for University Advising

+ Rachel Grubbs, Mappd co-founder with 20+ years advising in test prep and the pre-health process

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