Students matriculating to Texas medical schools sure have a lot to look forward to this coming year. First, how will Baylor College of Medicine proceed with a new president? Next, how will the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Galveston continue the recovery process post-Hurricane-Ike? And now, how will the…
Having been accepted to medical school, I’ve had quite some time to reflect back on all the things that got me to this point, but there’s one statement which still lingers in my mind. At one of the Alpha Epsilon Delta meetings my freshman year, an assistant dean from Texas…
A reader contacted me with a topic request: I would think you know a little about financing for medical/dental school. I know most people don’t go into the medical profession because of money, but I’ve been reading about how it is going to be hard for primary care physicians to…
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…
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…
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.…
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. Let’s put things in perspective with a hypothetical…
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…
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. There were about ten interviewees…
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.…