Advice for a Premed with an Institutional Action | Ask Dr. Gray
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- How do medical schools look at institutional actions like alcohol violations? Are they red flags that will get your app thrown out? How does it vary between schools? We'll cover those questions and a bunch more in today's Ask Dr. Gray: Premed Q&A!
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Our student this week has applied to medical school in the past-back in 2016-and is preparing to apply a second time.
Her first question is about institutional actions: She has an alcohol infraction from back in her sophomore year of undergrad, and she needs to include that on her AMCAS application. How big of a red flag is it?
Along with answering that question, I explain how to approach writing your description for an institutional action, misdemeanor, or felony on your medical school application, and what to avoid. Then we get into some other questions.
Some more background on the student: Last time, she only applied to 4 MD schools and applied a bit late (August). Her GPA is a bit low, but she has an upward trend. She did some shadowing in the past, but it's been 5 years since then-so we talk about the importance of getting more recent shadowing.
We also talk a bit about how to network and build relationships with the medical schools you're applying to and why that's so valuable.
And at the end, we talk about the HPSP scholarship I did through the military, comparing that to the Military Medical School (USUHS). I talk about how networking opportunities at USUHS can potentially change the game for students.
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As a senior pre-med student, I'm completely addicted to your videos. What does it take to be considered for one of these interviews?
I don’t get why med schools who screen don’t see growth of the person
It's just an excuse to filter through applications and avoid reading more applications. IAs for alcohol or drug violations shouldn't even exist.
Because there are thousands of kids with perfect GPAs who had no violations.
@@joeburreaux7953 A lot of students with "perfect GPAs" crack when they get to the pressure of medical school and can't handle it. Everything prior to medical school came easy and thus these students often never learned how to deal adversity and failure. Give me someone who has faced adversity and grown from prior adversity rather then someone who appears perfect on paper. Overcoming adversity is important because in medical school everyone experiences adversity.
I watch her youtube videos. Glad to see this IA didnt hold her back
What is her handle
Hey Dr. Gray can you make a video talking about how covid will affect the upcoming cycle? All of April MCAT dates have already been cancelled.
He already did a podcast on it
My advice don't let your violation hold you back. You are human and human's make mistakes.
If medical school know shadowing is hard to find why do they judge students that have a long time without shadowing ?
What’s the difference between academic performance and conduct violation on AACOMAS ?
My brother had an institutional violation at a community college for getting into an verbal argument with the registration staff during his freshman year and was cited for unbecoming conduct of a student. The school called the police and the SWAT came to the school. He was not arrested thankfully. Talk about an overreaction. He was suspended and had to appeal his suspension to return to school. He transferred to Rowan University to complete his undergraduate four year degree in history with a bio minor. He was an excellent student at Rowan and was accepted to Rowan's medical school. At his interview it was discussed briefly.
Would love to hear what you think about when people DONT include alcohol violations on their primary application. That probably happens more often them actually including it
This is completely irrelevant to this video but I was wondering if you have a video or have any advice for someone who was a nursing major but switched to biology. I am concerned about what my grades from nursing school will say about my ability to complete medical school. I have A's but mostly B's and one C from nursing school. I currently have a 3.4 gpa and plan to take the MCAT in July. I plan to apply this upcoming cycle.
Is it possible to get into med school with a 3.2 cGPA?
Good afternoon, Thank you for your videos) I get a violation because I stored alcohol( bottle of wine) in my dormitory room and I broke the housing policy rules, but I am 21 y.o. Is it an Institutional Action? It can affect my credibility as a potential medical student? And what about speeding tickets and my drive record?
Is there an email or source that I can use to send a direct question instead of posting it on here?
I think we all have a story or two that is best to keep to ourselves!!!!! 😅🤫😂😂
RegularJoe for real 😂😂 low key
A friend I asked about my institutional action went to his superior at the med school to ask but why not ask you, Dr. Gary, too.
If a school took action against me alleging I “touched” student wrongly but was absolutely in the wrong, would I just include that, and the contradictory evidence in the 1325 characters and cross my fingers they are sort of ok with taking a risk on me? Is there not something more action a prospective could take?
I wanted to follow-up and say that friend who works in the admissions office told me
1 I should absolutely include that they took that kind of action against me in my application, obviously
2 it is up to me how much/little information I disclose.
He did not really give me the concrete answer I sought, but he told me of a student the associate director or admissions told him got black flagged by all medical schools because he did not tell them of the institutional action a school took against him. He will likely never go to medical school
Sexual misconduct gets you blacklisted, change careers
m ED I do not think it is appropriate to jump ship on medicine because like 4 people could not be honest if they were paid to be.
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