It’s kind of exciting to know that in the next twenty-four hours, a lot of pre-health students (mainly Texas residents) will have their life long dreams finally come true. After receiving my Baylor Med acceptance, I withdrew my TMDSAS application entirely. This disqualifies me from being considered for the “Match” which will be posted at […]

A few days ago, I attended a symposium put together by MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine. The topic: Development of Non-Coding RNA for Cancer Therapy. Having been out of school for over half a year, I thought I might find it difficult to keep up with the material that was covered, […]

As far as wasteful spending in the healthcare system, defensive medicine accounts for a staggering sum at an estimated $210 billion per year. To make matters worse, according to a 2005 survey conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Association, over 90% of participating physicians admitted to practicing defensive medicine. Why would such a large […]

Updated 3/15/11 – new rankings Updated 3/13/12 – new rankings  Updated 3/23/11 – UTSW’s 2012 Match List For some Texas medical school applicants, there comes a point where they must decide between matriculating to Baylor College of Medicine or the University of Texas Southwestern. Why is this such a tough decision? Quite frankly, both schools […]

Euthanasia is a well known practice in healthcare and research. Some consider it a feasible option which should always be available as a “last resort” but consider it an option nonetheless. Others frown upon its usage in the treatment of human patients but feel its acceptable in the laboratory setting. I think its also very […]

In a future of personalized medicine in which diagnoses can be made in advance and treatments can be adjusted based on your genomic sequence, I ask my readership whether it’s right for employers, admissions committees, etc. to have access to this information.

Applying to medical school is quite a roller coaster of events. Students rush to submit their primary application, and then they wait. Then they rush to submit their secondary application and then wait for interview invitations. After receiving an invite, they wait for the actual interview day. After the actual interview day, they wait for […]

So today was probably the most important day of my life – my Baylor College of Medicine interview. After being awe struck by the faculty, facilities, and students, I was even more convinced that having BCM as my “dream school” was indeed a wise choice.

Hurricane Ike really made my University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) interview experience very interesting. Everyone showed a great deal of care by asking about my family back home in Houston; however, I didn’t want this Hurricane to detract from my main focus – showing my interviewers what I’m all about.

We’re all so preoccupied with getting enough Vitamin A for good vision and Vitamin C to prevent scurvy-related symptoms that the B vitamins seem left out. In reality, the family of B vitamins is responsible for maintaining a wide assortment of physiological events. In particular, low levels of B12 have been recently shown to correlate […]