What should you do if your mom passes away during your semester and your struggling to pass? Should you drop out? What about if you're getting ready to transfer?

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• Check out my book about the MCAT, co-written with Next Step Test Prep: The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT.
• Related episode: Should I Retake Core Classes from 10 Years Ago with C’s?
• Related episode: Will Withdrawing from a Class Hurt My Med School Application?
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Living with chronic pain is hard. Living with chronic pain as a premed might be impossible. Our question today is from a premed struggling with a new diagnosis.

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The Premed Playbook: Guide to the MCAT

If you're a nontrad student looking at potential medical school, you may realize that your dream school is in another state. What do you do now?

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Canadians think they have it much harder than their US counterparts when it comes to getting shadowing and clinical experience. It's just not the case.

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The Premed Hangout

As you start to look at your extracurriculars for medical school, you may start worrying that you don't have enough clinical experience. How much is enough?

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• Check out our Nontrad Premed Forum, and ask a question of your own!
• Related episode: How Much Shadowing Do I Need for Medical School?
• Related episode: Am I Doing Enough Right Now to Get Into Med School?
• Related episode: What Is the Best Paid Clinical Experience for Medical School?
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As you build your school list, you may find that there are new medical schools opening when you are applying. Is it a good idea to apply to those schools?

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• Check out our Nontrad Premed Forum, and ask a question of your own!
• Related episode: How to Choose Which Medical Schools to Apply To.
• Related episode: Are All U.S. Medical Schools Created Equal?
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When you're a nontraditional premed student working full-time and going to school doing a DIY postbac, should you be concerned about volunteering and other ECs?

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Today we have a nontrad student working full-time who hasn't taken the prereqs in over a decade not scoring well on his full-length exams. What should he do?

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• Check out my Premed Playbook series of books (available on Amazon), with installments on the personal statement, the medical school interview, and the MCAT.
• Related episode: 3 Biggest Mistakes When Preparing for the MCAT.
• Related episode: Should I Apply to Med School This Year or Wait?
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Our poster today has already completed one degree and is going back for a DIY postbac and is wondering if leaving her second degree early will be a problem.

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One-on-One Premed Advising

Our question today is from a paramedic firefighter who is now interested in going to medical school but doesn't necessarily want to take the prereqs. Can they?

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• Check out our Nontrad Premed Forum, and ask a question of your own!
• Related episode: How Recent Should My Prereqs Be to Apply to Medical School?
• Related episode: Taking Prereqs and Preparing for the MCAT at the Same Time.
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