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Great question! While both tests evaluate similar soft skills, they have different formats, scoring and an entirely different approach to questions. The best practice for CASPer is to use practice tests or simulations of the real test. Using the AAMC PREview videos alone to help you prepare for CASPer will not help you develop the skills you need to succeed on CASPer. We have a free CASPer Sim you can try out here: bemoacademicconsulting.com/free-sample-casper-sim-practice-test
Thanks for your useful video. I’m a Ph.D. Candidate in Immunology in Canada with a good research background. I wanted to know if I stand a chance getting to med school with the GPA:3.12 for bachelor and 3.7 in master or it’s too low? I appreciate your response
Thanks Nazanin, we're happy this video helped you! And it's a great question. Based on your profile, you should consider med schools that consider graduate GPAs. Since your graduate GPA is higher, this may help "average out" your academic record and make you a more competitive applicant. You can find a complete list of schools that do here: bemoacademicconsulting.com/blog/do-i-need-a-graduate-degree-to-gain-admission-to-medical-school You should also focus on schools that emphasize research or accept students with strong research backgrounds, such as Stanford. Play to your strengths!
This is an excellent video on PS for residency. Thank you. I’m very interested in Internal Medicine to come a Hospitalist upon completion. The PS for ICU is quite close to Hospitalist medicine. Just wonder if you have a sample PS for Internal Medicine for Hospitalist and/or IM specialists?
The sample PS sounded very general - pretty any FM applicant can use it. What if the interviewers ask “personal” motivations and experiences that are relevant to the applicant? Would you have some PSs that include personal experiences?
@@BeMoAcademicConsulting Thank you for the info. Just wonder if you have a sample PS for Internal Medicine / Hospitalist? I also found one more BeMo video that covers PS for residency: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x8QfoeH4ijk.html, in which the PS for the ICU is quite close to Hospitalist medicine
Thanks for the video! Do you know what the difference between UBC's MD undergrad education and the UBC medical school is? Is the MD undergrad a degree open for high school applicants whereas the Medical school requires post-secondary? Do both need mcat scores?
Glad the video helped you! UBC offers an MD program, known as the MD Undergraduate Program. This program requires post-secondary and the MCAT to apply. You can find the full admission requirements here: mdprogram.med.ubc.ca/admissions/before-you-apply/admission-requirements/
I have an extensive hard science and applied science background. The hard sciences don't prepare you for much and I honestly don't want to take that test. I want to apply to med school but that test just seems ridiculous! Thanks for this video. I hope more medical schools drop to and I think they will in the next few years...but I want to apply next year!
Thanks for your question! Not all BS/MD programs in the US will accept Canadian students, and of those some will only accept Canadians on a case by case basis. It's best to check the specific program requirements of any program you're interested in.
Thanks for your question! Acuity Insights shares some of the information about how the CASPer test is scored with test-takers to help them prepare for the test. Our experts who were former CASPer test raters can also help our students understand how their answers are evaluated and rated.
@@BeMoAcademicConsulting thanks for your response! The at the time point I have the person made it sound like this is what the raters use. Is that speculative or based on fact?
Yes, CASPer raters are trained to evaluate your responses for these aspects and other soft skills, i.e. communication, professionalism, problem-solving skills and empathy. You can learn more about CASPer here: acuityinsights.app/casper/
Hi Maude, we don't recommend fabricating an experience, since this will be detected by your evaluators and could hurt your score. If you can't think of a personal experience that exactly matches the prompt, brainstorm any experiences that are as similar as possible, or speak in hypotheticals.
Hi Astrid, most applicants will apply to many different residency programs, and if you are applying through ERAS, you'll be able to assign specific documents to be sent to specific programs. This way you can assign a personal statement (or a version of your statement) to different programs.
Weighing the pros and cons, consider if there are any other funding opportunities. I would strongly recommend rejecting the offer. However, if the hospital is on the brink of bankruptcy and multiple people are going to be laid off, I would consider this offer. I personally would reject the offer and find other sources of funding because I stand firmly against Tobacco products.
As a high school student I was actually worried about writing my own letter of recommendation but I really found this video helpful thanks a lot for sharing it ❤❤
If I want to be a neurosurgeon like Eddie Chang (MD / PI at UCSF), who is leading the field of neuroscience / language, should I apply for MD or MD/PhD. He just did MD and still does a ton of research. This leads me to think, is the PhD even necessary then? I'm worried if I apply to MD school and say I wanna be like Eddie Chang / do research as well as treat patients they're going to ask well why didnt you apply to MD/PhD then.
Hi Mac, great question! Both MDs and MD/PhDs get involved in research, which is normal and expected. If you are interested in both treating patients and research, an MD program is most likely the right fit for you, since MD/PhD curricula will focus more heavily on research. If someone does ask you why you chose MD over a MD/PhD, in an interview for example, you can discuss why you want to have that balance between patient care and research, but this is not a common question you will get. Another thing to consider is that there are more MD programs out there than MD/PhD programs, and the latter tend to expect applicants to have extensive research experience.
In no world should a cashier start giving advice to a customer about getting an appointment with their physician or going to the ER to get a dose of this supposed life threatening medicine
