Doc Admin, I have wondered about this... You work in an inpatient facility, correct? I would imagine that this means you are dealing regularly with ...

I am interested in Triple Board, as well. There are currently 10 programs in the country which offer this training option. They are: Brown U - Prov...

Yeah, I had a premed class in which we dissected cats. Frankly, it wasn't my favorite undergraduate educational experience. For some reason, I think...

You are certainly right about desire and discipline, and you will need to add patience (for you AND your spouse) to the list. As Dr. Admin has pointe...

Hear, hear! I dig this site and still check in from time to time.

A student in their mid-30's would not have been NEAR the oldest in my first-year medical school class... however, if you still have to get through und...

If you enlist (specifically, as an enlisted servicemember) in the military, they can help you get through your undergraduate studies. That's usually ...

Yeah... if you can get in, the medical school apparently thinks you can do the job. It is then up to you to bust yer butt and make it happen. Med sc...

I am not aware of any osteopathic med/psych programs, although the military med/psych programs at Tripler (HI) and NCC (MD) would likely "count" as os...

Will -- congratulations on your acceptance! Best wishes with everything this Fall. Visitor -- the nice people who offer the MCAT will take your mone...

Hmm. Well, since you had the balls to ask (I wouldn't have), I might as well answer. I was rejected by Tufts post-bac specifically because I had s...

There are some variables here. Where do you want to go to medical school? If you are hung up on attending Big Name College of Medicine, then maybe i...

THIRTY? We have a woman at my school who started at age 50, and another fellow who was 44. You are a veritable Spring Chicken, my friend. (I am 37)...

I looked into both options (doing post-bac at Harvard Extension or Boston University, and also a very structured program at Tufts. Tufts rejected me ...

Hi there. For clarification, in the U.S. there is no such thing as a "specific" degree in medicine. The medical school degree you earn is the same...

Pursuing both of those goals would seem to be overkill, since a psychiatrist can do everything a psychologist does, but if you are bound and determine...

Hey, Dr. Admin: I just registered on your new site. Thanks for your efforts in this forum and on your new website, it is a valuable resource for phy...

Hi Renee. I think it is important to remember that psychiatrists are licensed to write scripts for medications, but that is not ALL that they do all ...

I know of psychiatrists doing research and maintaining a small clinical practice (about half-time each, from my understanding) -- they work for a larg...

Cool. I would recommend talking with a couple of physicians about it, too, if you can. Younger ones, especially, since they have been there the most...

Thanks for the insights, Dr. Admin, as usual. It seems, then, that just about any externship could be viewed as a chance to win friends and influence...

Hi, there... I can't comment on the MD/PhD thing, because I am not doing that... I am considering adding an MPH to my medical school curriculum, howe...

Thanks, Dr. Admin! Once again, you ride to the rescue. Now, could you possibly tell me what sub-internships are? I am rather confused... would they...

Hey, there. I am a medical student, not a practicing physician, so I can only speak to part of your post... It is my experience that medical schools...

Osteopathic schools MAY be easier to get into than allopathic schools. Looking at the numbers, that is sometimes the case. However, at my school (I ...

In general, from my discussions with professionals in the field, a Ph.D. usually carries more clout than a Psy.D. (That is often easily determined by...

When I speak of post-bac work, I mean the classes. I didn't take a specific "post-bac program," I just researched it and took the classes that I need...

I agree with Dr. Polymath... the post-bac pre-med classes that you take, and your MCAT scores, will be key. Of course, depending on how many pre-med ...

Hi, there: At my school, I am aware of only two people who were accepted to medical school without an undergraduate degree. Both of them went throug...

Hi again, glad to serve up some info for you! No, there is no charge for being a resident, whether in-state or out-of-state. The program pays the in...

Hey there -- here are another couple thoughts on residency from what I have learned in my recent readings and chats with residents... The residency p...

I think that Dr. Admin and Dr. Polymath have given great input on this, but I would also like to reframe the question. I have a classmate who knows, ...

When it comes to electives, I would heartily recommend B.O.S.S.E.S. -- a.k.a. the "Brilliant One-Step Strategy for Elective Selection..." (This is a...

If you mean you could be at a disadvantage in the application process, that is simply not the case. As long as you have good MCAT scores and a solid ...

I'll assume that your psych profs are probably not psychiatrists, so they are probably demonstrating a certain amount of bias in their assessment of ...

Yes, that is true... you will likely have less of a background in some things than other applicants. Big deal! I was a German major in undergrad, ...

From what I have seen among many of my friends (who are further along the medical education pipeline than I am), the most important factor is usually ...

Hi there. I've seen similar things on the internet. Hey, I always try to consider the source whenever I read anything hyper-critical like that. Som...

Simply put, it is disingenuous to make reference to an organization with which you are not actually involved. Plus, it looks like you are desperate f...

I would be interested in learning the following: 1) What constitutes a "full" practice, and how long does it take to create one? 2) Whattaya do in ...

Hi there... I have not reached years 3 and 4 yet, but I know about how it works at my medical school. Most schools are pretty similar, from what I h...

Hiya. Your old GPA might not transfer to your new school, but it will definitely still show up on the applications when you apply to medical school. ...

I'm not a psychiatrist, but rather a psychiatry-leaning medical student. I can relate to your statements, though. Honestly, Physics is one of thos...

Hi... I guess it all depends on how bad "bad" is... (but please DO NOT feel obliged to publish your GPA in this forum! It's nobody else's business, ...

Hey there. I took Princeton Review. It was decent. I think the most important aspect of test prep (GRE, MCAT, whatever) is to take timed practice e...

I disagree. There is a huge difference between a psychiatrist practicing psychotherapy, and a psychologist wanting to write scripts. If a psychiat...

In response to your initial question... psychiatry is the ONLY field to go into if you want to provide psychotherapy AND meds. Psychologists can't (a...