| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
|
| Post-bac medical programs | 5/10/2008 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I would like to attend Harvard Medical School, but do not feel strong in my sciences anymore. I am ...
A: Sure, any university and many community colleges offer pre-med courses. U.Va. does, I suspect. Ask ...
|
| Who has a better chance? | 4/22/2008 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Is a student with a GPA of 4.0--or higher--have the better chance of getting in to medical school or ...
A: I think GPA is more important, tho volunteer work helps too. Volunteering in a hospital emergency ...
|
| pre medical course at harvard | 3/12/2008 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Richardson, I am an undergraduate student from India (16 years) . I want to opt for the pre med ...
A: Harvard expects very high SAT scores and considerable extracurricular achievement as well as good ...
|
| Harvard | 1/19/2008 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I graduated from college with a rather low gpa, majoring in biochemistry. I am interested in going ...
A: I think your chances of getting into Harvard Med School are slim. Pick any med schools in your state ...
|
| dizzy after eating | 12/14/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: My name is Catherine I'm a 42-year-old woman who suffers from severe migraine (without aura, ...
A: The dizziness is spinning dizziness, I presume, and that you know it's not caused by Zomig. ...
|
| lightheadedness | 12/3/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I have spell of almost passing out, I have had an angiogram and all is clear, I have pinpointed that ...
A: Paul, thanks for the answers. You're probably having you blood pressure fall too low when you ...
|
| lightheadedness | 12/3/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I have spell of almost passing out, I have had an angiogram and all is clear, I have pinpointed that ...
A: More info needed. How old are you? When were the spells? Angiogram of what? What do you mean ...
|
| I feel Dizzy after eating | 11/22/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I feel Dizzy & i can hear my heart beats faster after eating with nearly 10 minutes how ever the ...
A: If the dizziness is spinning, where you feel you're spinning round and round or the room is spinning ...
|
| Work | 11/17/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Can one works and study at the same in medical school?
A: Henry, I worked as a breakfast cook at a nearby hospital in my third year and as a lab technician in ...
|
| Want to become doctor, not exactly sure what to major in before i apply for medical school. | 11/7/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Richardson, I am definitely considering a career in medicine by applying to medical school after i ...
A: Omar, I'd choose biochem. Be sure to get plenty of math, through calculus, and at least ...
|
| Fellowship | 11/7/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Is there a fellowship or training test? How many years at most does it takes to become a doctor ...
A: There is no fellowship test. You can start practice after 1 year of internship, the year after ...
|
| Want to become doctor, not exactly sure what to major in before i apply for medical school. | 11/6/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Richardson, I am definitely considering a career in medicine by applying to medical school after i ...
A: If you are in college in USA, your faculty advisor can tell you. There may be a pre-med major. ...
|
| Internal Medicine | 10/30/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I will try to not make this question confusing or vague but no promises. I have read on ...
A: You need to graduate from high school, and graduation from college is best, though not absolutely ...
|
| Done my MBBS what else can i do. | 10/29/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: a couple years ago I thought I wanted to be a doctor and got into med school. Well now I'm done but ...
A: Jauhal, You can't practice in the US unless you pass the USMLE. Insurance companies and many other ...
|
| Finding the health career for you... | 10/26/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I was wondering if you would happen to know that when it comes to medical school admissions, does ...
A: Sure the university factors into the decision, greatly. I'm sorry, but I don't know of a list of ...
|
| Confused | 10/18/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Am a HIGHSCHOOL student I want become a doctor. But am confused does someone who has finished ...
A: In the USA. most med schools require at least 3 years of pre-med courses in college, and they prefer ...
|
| Harvard Medicine | 10/6/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I am very interested in Harvard and Stanford's medical schools. What do schools like these look for ...
A: Nikki, please go to the admissions offices to get straight poop instead of my guesses. Harvard's is ...
|
| Admissions requirements | 10/1/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Good Afternoon.Do foreign students need a college degree to enter Harvard because we have a ...
A: Mkubukeli, I think a college degree is not required, but please look at the web page of HMS for ...
|
| masters in pharmacology | 9/19/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Am 21 year old doing bachalors of science in education at Makerere university[UGANDA].After this ...
A: Very sorry, but I don't know the answer to your questions. I don't know if there is a masters of ...
|
| Harvard Pre-med requirements | 8/28/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Richardson, I'm about to graduate high school (in Canada) and I was just wondering if Harvard had a ...
A: Very sorry, but I don't know. Please go to http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp, find the admissions ...
|
| premed guidance | 8/21/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Richardson i am currently a senior student at Rafic Hariri High School in Lebanon and i am planning ...
A: AUB will tell you what premed requirements are. 3 years of chemistry and at least one of biology. ...
|
| Postbac Program | 7/18/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Richardson, I was wondering what you think about the Postbac Premed Program that are now offered in ...
A: She's 26 or 27. She had specialized in far eastern studies in college and post grad school and ...
|
| General Questions | 7/12/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I just graduated from high school and deciding on a career. I just have a few questions about the ...
A: You can do internal medicine and pediatrics in 5 years, but so far as I know, no other short cuts. ...
|
| General Questions | 7/11/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I just graduated from high school and deciding on a career. I just have a few questions about the ...
A: Gaduating from medical school, you get the MD degree that makes you a doctor of medicine. Most ...
|
| Selection factors | 7/9/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: What is the selection factors for enrollment in Harvard Medical School? What does it mean by not ...
A: Soory, I don't know what "selection factors" means. No age discrimination means that you can apply ...
|
| Best Medical School | 6/25/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: What is the best medical school? Is there a ranking for it? ANSWER: Dear Henry, Well, of course I ...
A: First year is normal anatomy and physiology and biochemistry and psychology. Second year is ...
|
| Best Medical School | 6/24/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: What is the best medical school? Is there a ranking for it?
A: Well, of course I think Harvard is best, since I went there. University of Washington in Seattle, ...
|
| Extern vs, Intern | 6/14/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Can you explain the difference for me?
A: An extern is usually a med student assigned to a medical or surgical service to substitute for an ...
|
| dizziness | 6/9/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I was reading a question from a previous inquirer and I am experiencing some of the same symptoms. ...
A: Notice if your dizziness is spinning, like you're spinning round and round or the room is spinning ...
|
| Entering medical school after 3 years | 5/28/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: how are you doing? Luckily I have the opportunity to graduate with a degree in Biology after three ...
A: A scholarship woulr be good, but I think you're ready. Yes, there's time after January for ...
|
| Repeat courses | 5/12/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I got a question. My gpa is 2.78 in college. I really want to go to Med school. How do I raise my ...
A: Ask your college what's the best way to raise GPA. I think repeating a B grade course would work. ...
|
| dizziness when starting to eat | 5/1/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I am a 58 yr old female. About 7 years ago I started getting dizzy when I would take my first bite ...
A: Dizziness, not spinning, when you start to eat in afternoons and evenings, and headaches. I don't ...
|
| pre-requisites | 4/28/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I'm a grade 11 student in British Columbia Canada. I have 3 questions: 1. I was wondering which ...
A: Undergraduate programs include chemistry through organic, and, 2 or 3 years of biology. ...
|
| Admission to HMS | 4/7/2007 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I'm a high school senior who's currently stuck in a dilemma between these two choices: Yale and ...
A: Sorry, I'm not sure which Wash U, St. Louis or Seattle? Either one is excellent in it's medical ...
|
| anaphylaxis or something else | 12/29/2006 | David W. Richardson |
Q: For the past year I have been intermittently breaking out in hives on my face and have had an all ...
A: Some people just get hives for no reason. The recent spells sound more like hyperventilation from ...
|
| Dizziness when beginning to eat | 10/26/2006 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I am a 59yr male, diabetic, moderately active, treadmill 5 days aweek for 30min. I have recently ...
A: Is the dizziness spinning? That is do you feel like you're spinning round and round or the room is ...
|
| Dizzyness after eating meals | 10/8/2006 | David W. Richardson |
Q: One of our friends has this thing going on for almost a year. Whenever she eats her breakfast or any ...
A: Of her name is Ally, I've already answered her best I can. At any rate, here's my answer. If the ...
|
| dixxyness while eating | 10/5/2006 | David W. Richardson |
Q: i have just started to experience dizzyness the second i start eating - which continues for a few ...
A: If the dizziness is spinning, either you feel like you're spinning or the room is spinning around ...
|
| school | 9/26/2006 | David W. Richardson |
Q: I'm thinking about majoring in the surgeon (cosmetic and plastic surgery) field in medical school. ...
A: Vang, Any U.S. medical school will train you well for plastic surgery. I don't know what's near ...
|
| Art Major? | 9/25/2006 | David W. Richardson |
Q: Dr. Richardson, Hi! My name is Robyn and I am my 2nd year of undergraduate study. I have done well ...
A: No. Medical schools like students with broad interests. At least in my day they did. Why don't ...
|
