Mappd is back with episode FIFTEEN of Ask The Dean! Dr. Scott Wright and Dr. Ryan Gray answer questions about what counts as clinical experience, when you should retake prerequisite classes, how med schools look at your GPA, whether you can audit med school classes, and more!

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This week, we cover the following topics:

0:00 Introduction
1:08 How to choose which activities to include on your med school app?
8:35 Is it clinical experience to be a personal trainer?
10:44 What if you have limited clinical experience as a nontrad with a fulltime job?
13:28 Does being a caregiver in a nursing home count as clinical experience?
15:24 Should you retake a C in Calculus 2 if your GPA is still decent?
22:00 Should you retake all C– grades? What about a C in Gen Chem?
23:22 What month should you take the MCAT? Is May too late?
30:49 What are med schools expecting for shadowing/research during COVID?
39:37 Do med schools look closely at your transcript or simply look at your GPA?
45:07 How will med schools see your undergrad GPA vs graduate GPA vs overall?
47:24 Should I retake Anatomy & Physiology or Microbiology from 10 years ago?
48:28 Can you audit medical school classes as a premed?
52:03 Should you come near the maximum word count on secondary essays?
54:00 Should ALL your prereqs be taken within 5 years of applying to med school?

Dr. Scott Wright has served as the Director of Admissions at UT Southwestern Medical School, Associate Dean at University of Texas at Dallas, and Executive Director of the Texas Medical and Dental Application Service (TMDAS)

Mappd is cofounded by Ryan Gray, MD and Rachel Grubbs. Dr. Gray is also the host of the Premed Years podcast and the author of the Premed Playbook series. Ms. Grubbs has been serving and advising premeds for 20 years at companies like The Princeton Review and Next Step Test Prep (now Blueprint MCAT).