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!
It's episode thirty-three of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer your questions about letters of recommendation, CASPer, personal statement mistakes, how med schools view online and hybrid classes, and more!
It's episode thirty-two of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer your questions about low MCAT section scores, finding a premed mentor as a nontrad, how to calculate hours for your activities, whether med school interviews will stay virtual, and more!
It's episode thirty-one of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer your questions about taking time off to study for the MCAT, the relevance of SAT stores when applying to med school, the relevance of international degrees, how to decide if you need a postbac, how LORs may change due to COVID, and more!
It's episode thirty of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about community college postbacs, shadowing vs clinical experience, writing your personal statement, international clinical experience, how med schools view your GPA, and more!
It's episode twenty-nine of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about upward trends, applying as a URM, advocating for yourself with update letters, Texas Academic Fresh Start, and more!
It's episode twenty-eight of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about scribing, remote clinical experience during COVID, what to do after getting Cs (or Fs) in prereqs, quitting your job to study for the MCAT, and more!!
It's episode twenty-seven of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about lack of clinical experience during COVID, core competencies, the biggest med school interview mistakes, how to define if you're "URM" or "disadvantaged," and applying to med school at 43 years old!
It's episode twenty-six of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about canceled opportunities due to COVID, secondary essay writing, when to start your MCAT prep, depth vs breadth in your shadowing and other activities, and more!
It's episode twenty-five of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright and Dr. Ryan Gray answer questions about how to ask for a letter of recommendation, when to send update letters to med schools, whether you can work a job in med school, and more!
Mappd is back with episode twenty-four of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about politics when applying to med school, making a school list when you have a low GPA, how many med schools to apply to, lack of clinical experience during COVID, dealing with mean premed advisors, and more!
Mappd is back with episode twenty-three of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about red flags in the personal statement, the best question banks for MCAT prep, using high school AP classes as prerequisites, how med schools view P/NP courses, and more!
Mappd is back with episode twenty-two of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about clinical experience, postbac programs, what premeds should know about the US healthcare system, how to get over imposter syndrome as a premed, and the 3 biggest turnoffs in a med school application!
Mappd is back with episode twenty-one of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about MCAT cutoff scores, downsides of taking the MCAT early, when to retake Cs in prerequisites, whether you can have a life in med school, and more!
Mappd is back with episode twenty of Ask The Dean! This week, Dr. Scott Wright, Dr. Ryan Gray, and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about mistakes in MCAT scheduling, controversial topics in the med school interview, what questions to ASK in your med school interview, and more.
The Ask the Dean team answers your questions about applying to med school with a disability, how to get clinical and shadowing during the pandemic, and more!
Dr. Scott Wright and Rachel Grubbs answer questions about the 2021 MCAT, LORs, controversial extracurriculars, applying out-of-state, and more!
Dr. Wright and Dr. Gray answer your premed questions about the personal statement, GPA trends, postbacs, and more!
Dr. Wright and Dr. Gray answer your premed questions about clinical experience, when to retake prerequisite classes, how med schools view your GPA, and more!
Dr. Wright and Dr. Gray answer your premed questions on making a med school list, MMI interviews, virtual shadowing, master's vs postbac programs, and more!
We answer your questions about patient contact hours, virtual shadowing, updating med schools after you apply, the future of med school interviews, and more!
We answer 13 of your premed questions about clinical experience, research, MCAT prep planning, applying to med school as an international student, and more!
In this episode, Dr. Gray and Dr. Wright talk though questions about talking about religion in your application, potential red flags and so much more!
How will Mappd help you as a premed student? Should you use a prep course? Should you use all the characters in your personal statement and secondaries?
In this episode, Dr. Wright and Dr. Gray talk about being "unique enough," answering why medicine, getting letters of rec with taking gap years and more!
Dr. Wright and Dr. Gray talk about the new VITA and how it effects the application, the pandemic and our healthcare system, clinical experience and more!
Ask the Dean is back with another action packed episode of Q&A. Postbac programs, activity lists and more! Don't forget to subscribe and check out Mappd.com !
In Ask the Dean episode six, tune in to hear tons of great Q&A from Dr. Scott Wright, former Director of Admissions at UTSW and Dr. Ryan Gray with Rachel Grubbs!
