68: The Changing Landscape of the MCAT and Med School Admissions
The Premed Years
Ryan Gray
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2014
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Benjamin Chan is the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the University of Utah School of Medicine and currently works as an inpatient attending physician at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI). He is also the host of the podcast Talking Admissions and Med Student Life.
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