Low MCAT Ruins Listener’s Med School Plans. Or Does It?

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Low MCAT Ruins Listener’s Med School Plans. Or Does It?

FromThe Short Coat

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Feb 17, 2022

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* “Cuddles” worries that he can’t be a research MD if he doesn’t get into an allopathic med school due to his low MCAT. But is that really the problem?
* Can osteopaths be academic (research) physicians?
* Dave gives his co-hosts a pop quiz on old time remedies after learning chimps may be practicing folk medicine.

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Feb 17, 2022

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