One of my med school professors said something applicable this very morning... "Yeah. You're bright. You were accepted to med school. So what?" H...

Doc Admin has a link someplace that gives the average salaries for all types of specialties. But suffice it to say, YES, it depends a lot on where yo...

Hi there... I am still in the slog of the first two years of medical school, so I can't speak to what Dr. Admin has shared about the residency experie...

Hi there... yeah, my experience is that many schools will want a letter from a physician (and even if they don't require one, it can't hurt), which co...

I recommend that one should take the MCAT when one is good and ready to take it... if you are taking a year off, then you can wait one extra year and ...

A year is... well... a year. 🙂 One of my undergrad colleges had trimesters, which meant three sequential classes in an academic year (Biology 10...

EMT training is nice when you find yourself in clinical environments, because you hopefully know a bit about what you are doing, and it looks good as ...

Hello, Psychiatrist-In-Private-Practice... thanks for your post. A barrage of questions, if I may: How does your office avoid the managed care aspec...

Well, this was quite a first year of community college, huh? I would recommend serious introspection as to why your experience turned out as it did...

To a certain extent, I suppose Dr. Admin is correct on this point. However, my gut feeling on this topic (and indeed, my own decision about medical sc...

My opinion is that research and volunteering are great. Bear in mind, though, that some type of clinical experience, such as working with orphans in ...

Frankly, I don't think that the question is "crass" at all. One must make a living, mustn't one? It is wise to know what to expect from a profession...

There are some med students who do know they want to do psychiatry, and I would guess there are probably a lot of those students who did not major in ...

Boston University has a similar deal to what Doc Admin mentioned in his post -- they offer a master's degree in "medical sciences" in which you essent...

Go for it... and with your background and interest in research, I agree with Doc Admin that you might look at MD/PhD programs. One of my hockey buddi...

I would recommend that people should definitely major in what they LIKE (no matter what career path they want). If you are about to graduate in somet...

I don't think it is really a COURSE thing. There are certainly some very challenging classes in med school, but I also took some in pre-med. (Heck, ...

Contrary to what some might think... people don't just sit-on-tush-and-man-websites 24/7, especially when they have jobs. You know, like, as a doctor...

Go for it! Some people in my medical school class come from such undergrad backgrounds as English, Business, German, Physics, Russian, and others. O...

I am in a DO program. The information Dr. M. has provided is mostly spot-on. In some cases, it is easier to get into DO schools than MD schools, alt...

Hey, I would RECOMMEND some time off! Some people go to work for a while, others travel, others do some volunteer work. As Dr. M. pointed out, as lo...

Looking back more than a few years, I went to community college, myself. In fact, I earned an AA in General Studies there, and transferred to a great...

Well, Doc Admin was apparently too modest to toot his own horn here, but THIS seems like a good website for a start! Becoming a psychiatrist (or any ...

Letters are HUGE if the prof (or other recommendation writer) knows you well, and can give specific reasons that you are a swell applicant. However, ...

First and foremost, as Doc Admin points out, get an honest gauge on your motivation and ability regarding a medical career. If, at that point, you ar...