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Medical school requires commitment, hard work, and determination. It also calls for preparation and a solid understanding of what accomplishments, habits, qualities, or skills you need to succeed. Read more to learn how to prepare for medical school.

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Is a Career in Medicine Right for You? - Not everyone has what it takes to pursue a career in medicine. Check out these tips from doctors to see if it's the right path for you!
Deciding where and if you should go to medical school can be difficult. Find out if medical school is right for you so you can make the best decision. Learn more!
It’s been a long road — years of academic trials and tribulations, countless study hours and unforeseen changes along the way. Medical students around the world are rounding the corner in the final stretch to becoming a physician. Welcome to the Match Day 2021 journey.
In a burst of strategic career moves, Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) student Ben Brody, JD, started as a mediation lawyer, advanced to a criminal defense litigator and then was elected to uphold and protect the integrity of the electoral system.
These questions are being asked more than ever before by prospective medical students today. As the academic and licensure differences between the two continues to shrink, the decision of which path – MD: Doctor of Medicine, or DO: Osteopathic Doctor – is right for you may ultimately rest on personal preferences, and your professional goals as a physician.
Richard Paul Meier II, MD ’19, thought he had found his dream job at the age of 19. While pursuing his undergraduate degree in Business at the University of Central Oklahoma, he was offered a position as a salesman for a local gym chain – a position he enjoyed so much that he put his degree on hold to pursue it.
As a child growing up in Puerto Rico, one of Felix Aponte Santos’, MD ’19, favorite places to go was his pediatrician’s office. So much so that he decided at an early age that he wanted to follow in his mentor’s footsteps and become a physician himself.
Nikita Gill’s, MD ’19, combined passion for science and helping people led her to choose medicine as her future career choice from an early age.