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Ask the Dean is a weekly Q&A Podcast from the Mappd.com team including Dr. Scott Wright, former Director of Admissions at UT Southwestern and former Executive Director at TMDSAS, Dr. Ryan Gray from The Premed Years, and Rachel Grubbs who brings years of experience from the MCAT test prep world. Ask the Dean is recorded live for our Mappd students and put out later for everyone else. Check out Mappd.com to see how Mappd can help you track your progress and get feedback on your journey to medical school.

Ryan Gray, MD

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159: How Can I Prepare For Interviews?

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 58:06

Join the MSHQ Advising Team LIVE to ask questions and get answers to all your pre-health and premed questions!

158: Is My Clinical Experience Enough?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 57:14

Join the MSHQ Advising Team LIVE to ask questions and get answers to all your pre-health and premed questions!

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157: How Do I Handle My Secondaries?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 56:18

Join the MSHQ Advising Team LIVE to ask questions and get answers to all your pre-health and premed questions!

156: Can I Use an Old Letter of Rec?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 52:22

Join the MSHQ Advising Team LIVE to ask questions and get answers to all your pre-health and premed questions!

155: When is it Too Late To Take The MCAT?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 52:22

Join the MSHQ Advising Team LIVE to ask questions and get answers to all your pre-health and premed questions!

154: Is Three Gap Years a Red Flag and Other Premed Questions

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 56:11

Join the MSHQ Advising Team LIVE to ask questions and get answers to all your pre-health and premed questions!

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153: How Can I Come Back From a Low GPA?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 59:18

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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152: When Should I Be Taking Casper? And Other Premed Questions

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 62:29

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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151: How May Clinical Hours Do I Need?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 60:10

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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150: Is it Okay To Repeat Topics in Your Secondaries?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 59:54

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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149: Is It Okay to Apply Without Finishing Prereqs?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 55:04

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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148: Tips For Writing Short Secondaries

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 53:35

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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147: When Do I Need to Take Casper?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 59:43

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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146: How Do I Pick Classes for my Postbac?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 55:39

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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145: Should I Retake Dual Credit Science Courses?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 58:35

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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144: Does a Strong MCAT Make Up For a Weak GPA?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 52:00

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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143: How Old is Too Old For Medical School?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 53:28

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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142: Major Changes Coming to AACOMAS?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 59:59

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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141: How Can You Show Adcoms You Know What You're Getting Into?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 61:43

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

140: How Many Clinical Hours is Enough?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 55:41

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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139: Is My Non-Science GPA Too Low?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 59:46

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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138: How can I Pick Schools With Lopsided Stats?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 58:00

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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137: What Counts as a Non-Science LOR?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 55:34

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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136: How Do I Get Shadowing Experience?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 56:50

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. Premed.TV

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135: Can I Boost My GPA In Two Semesters?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 54:42

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET. http://Premed.TV

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134: What Do I Need to Get Ready Before Applications Open?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 59:10

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133: What Should I Focus On as a Re-Applicant?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 64:45

132: When Do I Start Preparing?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 55:46

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131: Do Re-applicants Face Stigma?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 61:25

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130: Letters of Intent When You're on a Waitlist?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 56:29

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129: How do I Handle the Post Interview Wait and other Premed Questions

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 56:29

128: Do International Students Make it Off Waitlist and Other Premed Questions

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 57:05

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127: How Med Schools Look At Improved vs Dropping MCAT Scores

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 57:30

How Med Schools Look At Improved vs Dropping MCAT Scores

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126: Do Medical Schools Look at Individual Courses?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 56:39

Do Medical Schools Look at Individual Courses?

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125: How Do I Move Forward From a Rough Start?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 55:53

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124: What Should I Reflect on If I'm Thinking of Quitting?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 63:14

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123: How to Handle the Post Interview Wait and Other Questions

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 63:28

How to Handle the Post Interview Wait and Other Questions

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121: What Should I Focus on During My Gap Year

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 61:28

122: How to Cover Mental Health in Med School Applications

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 56:29

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120: What do I do if my GPAs Don't have an Upward Trend

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 56:30

Our premed advising team tackles your questions.

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119: How to get Letters of Rec from Professors and Other Prehealth Questions

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 59:08

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118: Can I use Activities I did Ten Years Ago On My Application

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 60:54

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117: Am I Juggling Too Much at Once and other Pre-health Questions?

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 60:05

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET.

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116: What Gets Neglected in Interview Prep & other Questions

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 54:16

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET.

115: What Prerequisites Do You Need To Take The MCAT and Other Prehealth Questions

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 55:11

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET.

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114: Common Interview Mistakes & Other Pre-Health Topics

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 54:59

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET.

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113: What Is Considered Late For Secondaries

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 59:08

Our advising team answers your prehealth questions!

112: What If I Retake My MCAT During The App Cycle

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 54:39

Ask our advisors live Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET.

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111: Do D.O. Schools Look At Your Application Differently

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 60:41

Our advising team tackles your questions.

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110: Is There Bias in Med School Admissions?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 65:34

Our advising team tackles your most pressing questions.

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109: How to Write "Why This School" Secondaries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 55:11

Tune in Wednesdays at 1 P.M. ET to ask questions.

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