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January 17th, 2009 
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Every spring, my phone starts ringing off the hook with students and or parents of students who will be attending Jefferson Medical School. My name is Mark Wade, and I am a realtor in Center City Philadelphia. Many of these folks have figured out that buying a condo in the area is a wise investment, as opposed to a long term rental.
Specializing in the sale of ” target=”_blank”>downtown Philadelphia condos over the past twenty years has enabled me to have a fair amount of insight into what these buyers are looking for in terms of location, amenities, and value they seek in a potential area condominium. Many of these buyers have become my favorite type of buyers, as parents are heavily involved in the search process- and I love parental involvement! Many incoming “Jeff” students are aided, financially, by their parents, and therefore have a fair degree of parental input. No problem!
I think the main ingredient that parents deem essential to any Philadelphia condo purchase is safety. Coming from (perhaps) an area outside the city, they are often unfamiliar with the neighborhoods, and emphasize the safety of their sons and/or daughters as paramount in their condo search. As many Jefferson Medical Students work odd hours, any may have to go to or from work at all hours of the day and night, this concern is universal for many parents.
High rise condos with doormen are generally high on the list of priorities….if you ask a parental figure. Groovy hip, kinda’ loft space would probably be the first choice of many of these buyers, if the parental equation were to be removed. I find myself often walking a fine line between meeting the needs of the parents, and the desires of their offspring. Parents are less concerned with interior emotional content- the color of the wall or carpeting, the age of the appliances, etc. I often hear the “back and forth” between the dueling desires of the parents and the offspring who will actually be occupying the premises. The “showing ability” has little power over parents, where such a concern ranks very high for the offspring. Parents are less emotional and key in on what they perceive as the future value, or resale of a given Philadelphia condo. The offspring are less concerned about such qualities. They want the stainless steel kitchens with the granite countertops, and the cool bathroom and kitchen fixtures. Their parents are less likely to spring for such visuals.
Finding the right mix of emotional “wow” and ‘value/security” is a challenge I relish. And more times than not, a compromise between the parental purse strings and the occupying offspring is in order to make a deal. And if that compromise happens to include stainless steel appliances, a groovy color scheme, and perhaps a large walk-in shower stall, then touché! Homerun!
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What are specific medical schools that put emphasis on extracurricular activities?I read in several places there are many medical schools that look less at grades and instead are more focused on the "well-rounded" applicant (i.e. — someone that has significant experience in the health field but maybe not as high of a GPA). None of these websites, however, listed any of these schools! Does anyone know the names of specific medical school that view applicants this way? Help!
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Mark owns and operates www.CenterCityCondos.com at Prudential Fox and Roach Realtors in Center City Philadelphia.
He also authors the blog, www.Blog.CenterCityCondos.com and has been seen on HGTV, and Cn8′s Money Matters.
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hahaha so my favorite part was at 0:57 where you see the guys playing frisbee and one is hopping around all happy…then it cuts to your face and you look sooooo saaaaaadddd haha
how many caribbeans are there?
I've posted the web page that lists all of the US med schools that offered the Combined Degree program for a BS/MD. There are other schools that offer the Combined Degree program if you intend to pursue a PhD/MD.
The main web site is the Association of American Medical Colleges (www.aamc.org). The site has a tremendous amount of information for the potential med student.
Fun is the disease, and we… are the cure. Brilliant! Can’t wait to get into medical school. I will fight and won’t stop until I am satisfied.
Considering where you at Johns Hopkins pre med and medical school is top in the country. With the lowering of standards in all medical programs due to a trough in medical school applicants, a solid science pre med program at any solid University would work with a good GPA, core courses, and of course an excellent MCAT score. Throw some good activities, and organizational memeberships and you should be alright.
Med schools care about all of your classes, not just the premed prereqs.
When you apply to med school (via AMCAS run by the AAMC) two GPAs are calculated and given to med schools: your science GPA and your overall GPA. Med schools definitely consider both GPAs when considering applicants–usually when you hear GPA requirements or averages being tossed around it's the cumulative GPA. Not only does this GPA include all of the classes you take in college (be they a science, a prereq, an elective, or a gen ed) but they include any college-level course you've ever taken….so if you took any college classes when you were a high school student, those count too.
All that said, one or two Bs isn't the end of the world…but a pattern of them (and more than one or two) will be a big deal because it plummets your GPA (and in the med school admissions game, a 3.4 starts to be considered low).
If that doesn't make sense to you, just think–not only are schools looking to see if you have the background and ability to handle the science in med school but they're looking to see if you have the ability to handle the volume, time-intensity, and demands of med school…if you can only do well in 1-2 courses at the expense of your other courses, it's not a good sign.
hahah.
G'day,
Unfortunately you did not mention the area of study that you intend to do for your graduate course. To find out the course that you are taking and where it is offered, I suggest you to go to IDP Education Australia website (www.idp.edu.au). IDP is an organisation that gives information to international students who wants to continue their study in Australia. The information abt tuition fee and requirement will be available from the universities' website. Once decided on the uni, fill in the application form and send it together with certified copy of your academic qualification. The process will take abt 2-3weeks, depending on the time of the year.
Hope this helps. Good luck for your study and welcome to Australia
i am in university of west indies trinidad final yr med school on a break.. i totaally enjoyed that movie clip..
wow that was cool
This not the place to ask these questions!!! but you better find out !!!
The majority of schools still send you a letter advising you to call to schedule your interview. Some may have begun using email, though.
medical schools view those degrees as totally acceptable, as long as you have the required pre-requisites. You'll have to have biology, chemistry, organic, physics, etc. These are absolutely required, so you'll have to do a post-bac if you don't have them after your interdisciplinary degree. If you have them and have a good MCAT score, they are considered just as good. There are plenty of people in my school who have philosophy, religion, even dance degrees. So as long as you have the required classes (plus you will want to have some research experience, etc to show you are interested in medicine) then you will be in fine shape.
There aren't any "schools". What you are looking for are RESIDENCY positions. Most major hospitals have at least a few spots for anesthesia, but I am afraid that I do not know of a complete list. This will be supplied to you via residency application services, as well as your medical school.
no buddy! I did it…. Just get your G.E. courses out of the way and then transfer 2 a University. U can declare your major at a 2year college and then go on 2 the college that best fits you. If your Pre-med like I was then tell the counselor that you want to be and he or she will give u the courses you need 2 take and tell u the GPA u must have 2 transfer and how many unit course hrs u need 2 transfer 2 a university. I did it and Im in the army and got a wife and 2 year old. You’ll be fine.
Somehow this relieves my doubts about going to medical school.
Thanks.
Johns Hopkins is probably the best
go to a nice, smallish school for undergraduate degree in biology (pre med) and start working towards all the things you need to do for graduate school when you are a sophomore.
Hey this is in San Antonio, i am from there, but doing medical school in the caribbeans, haha awesome video.