BreakThru Mentoring | Ali Tahir | Activity https://pbthru.com/members/alit3/activity/ Activity feed for Ali Tahir. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:07:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9fb29d7198be98ee708cbfd3f640092d Ali Tahir posted a new post. https://pbthru.com/?p=7090 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:49:32 -0400
Physics Basics for Pre-Meds

Physics tends to be a challenging course for premedical students. Let’s review some of the basics to get you off to a good start!

]]> e19a44f3997f3a54bf9404565a90ee56 Ali Tahir posted an update: Curious about what the real numbers are behind […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/748/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 16:54:09 -0500 Curious about what the real numbers are behind COVID-19? Tired of everyone using a different statistic to make their claim? I took a look into what the true medical impact of COVID-19 is… most of us were wrong: https://medium.com/breakthru/quantifying-covid-19-the-truth-about-the-numbers-26011576b84d

medium.com

Quantifying COVID-19: The Truth About the Numbers

*Disclaimer: Please read the article in its entirety before coming to any conclusions.

]]> 0 1245521d1c41d69d907e46a00fd6e20a Ali Tahir posted a new activity comment https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/723/#acomment-724 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:04:54 -0500 That article gives a great breakdown as to what it is and what this means. Normally we’d be spending tons of $$ on tests like x-ray crystallography… this can change the way we create treatments or assess diseases

In reply to - Ali Tahir posted an update

Something very cool happened last week. Alpha Fold 2 has proven to predict protein structure at a relatively accurate level using AI/ML. For perspective, scientists have been trying […]

]]> d745d57be5a4996afbd8e7f7e055c53b Ali Tahir posted an update: Something very cool happened last week. Alpha Fold 2 […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/723/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:03:32 -0500 Something very cool happened last week. Alpha Fold 2 has proven to predict protein structure at a relatively accurate level using AI/ML. For perspective, scientists have been trying to solve this problem for over 50 years.

https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology

]]> 2 e390c6a82d1e3815ec2f4f3a67c32b18 Ali Tahir posted an update: Med Students - what's one thing you wish you knew […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/713/ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:01:06 -0500 Med Students – what’s one thing you wish you knew before starting medical school?

]]> 0 c2551a7629783246817c27549838231d Ali Tahir posted a new post. https://pbthru.com/?p=4954 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 02:09:25 -0500
Undergraduate Pre-medical Clubs

BreakThru Learner Series: Pre-Medical Clubs: A Sea of Options Table of Contents Pre-Medical Clubs Are An Essential Step to Medical School Extracurricular activities are a…

]]> 1e6b0c1af0a788a24789740916970584 Ali Tahir posted a new post. https://pbthru.com/?p=4517 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:51:49 -0500
Preparing for Pre-Medical Coursework

BreakThru Learner Series: Pre-Medical Classes Table of Contents Pre-Medical Coursework Pre-medical coursework… well, it doesn’t really need an introduction, but we’re going to attempt one…

]]> 89ff1defcc06248e8d1fda9493c4dc4f Ali earned the future doctor Networking!: https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/587/ Sat, 14 Nov 2020 04:30:30 -0500
]]> 0 b0263d1437c05251b90c8a78565fad58 Ali Tahir posted a new post. https://pbthru.com/?p=3604 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:33:01 -0400
What is a 7 Year Medical School Program?

Learn all about 7-Year Programs! Article geared towards high school students interested in medical school.

]]> 0 5a5c2913a5b6dd14afbea99d426da0e0 Ali Tahir posted an update: What's one piece of information you wish someone told […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/505/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 22:17:53 -0400 What’s one piece of information you wish someone told you earlier in your pre-medical career?

]]> 0 1386934bb1a1cb31a3882de5d2573fa9 Ali Tahir posted a new post. https://pbthru.com/?p=2683 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:40:54 -0400
BreakThru High School Prep: Medical School Applications

Are you a High School student interested in medical school? We at PBT wanted to make sure you have a grasp of what exactly the medical school application process is so that you can be mentally prepared…

]]> 2e7c21597fc51ac6d795041733c0a2ae Ali Tahir posted a new post. https://pbthru.com/?p=2668 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:49:45 -0400
BreakThru Learning: Extracurricular Activities

Extracurricular activities

]]> ed1d6d1074e151db9808eb18c27aa85d Ali Tahir posted an update: Already onto Week 2! Hope everyone has been able to […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/451/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:43:25 -0400 Already onto Week 2! Hope everyone has been able to reach out to the mentor/mentee

]]> 0 03a916624af63c746446b1e2b8709c0e Ali Tahir posted a new post. https://pbthru.com/?p=2429 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 01:15:37 -0400
BreakThru Learning: How to Pick Your Major

BreakThru Learner Series How to Pick Your Pre-Med Major Table of Contents The Classic Question of How to Pick Your Pre-Med Major… If there was…

]]> 0 2dd3296f13ef8f80a6ae33cc53e1a6cd Ali Tahir and Nick are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/427/ Sun, 27 Sep 2020 16:06:53 -0400 0 e09f4954104fa16f1e6b128dec8a721a Ali Tahir and Haris are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/385/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:15:17 -0400 0 6db9bcc8ba981b0a3ff91c66d302d9cb Ali Tahir and Alexandra are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/377/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:12:14 -0400 0 eae983e64c29460eed8737136f48bd71 Ali Tahir and Jesse are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/315/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:15:08 -0400 0 622421b293dfca04c5a611d2dcb02e71 Ali Tahir and Abiram are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/312/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:53:15 -0400 0 46d779731e77bd03ca807968cc422ba7 Ali Tahir posted an update: Deadline for premeds to sign up as a mentee for […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/310/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:04:45 -0400 Deadline for premeds to sign up as a mentee for our Mentorship program is tomorrow!! We have med student mentors from NJMS, RWJ, Cooper, Rowan, and Temple!

https://pbthru.com/mentee-beta/

]]> 0 c3f9fe178b1842e95654946c1534b8cd Ali Tahir posted an update: There is an apparent disconnect between student […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/269/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:08:40 -0400 There is an apparent disconnect between student goals, medical education expectations, and healthcare needs. I tried to tackle this discrepancy here: https://rb.gy/bl6b3v

This one took me quite some time to research and write-up, so I appreciate anyone who takes a read. Would love to hear everyone else’s thoughts!

]]> 0 df666237592fa11c81ca1f644e6e05a2 Ali Tahir and Alex are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/264/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 18:27:06 -0400 0 b1d21fcf04859b06d05d75d246b22147 Ali Tahir and Amin are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/258/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 14:29:23 -0400 0 28d57fee7f3fd58cd2b15e4ce01bb036 Ali Tahir and Haider are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/254/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 04:26:48 -0400 0 c69ec44776b9e9e08cd357b590939cd7 Ali Tahir posted an update: 50 user milestone complete, and that's just the […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/253/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 04:09:18 -0400 50 user milestone complete, and that’s just the beginning! Thank you to everyone for joining us in these early stages, we’re excited to see where this goes and it would never happen without each of you!

]]> 0 9394f4dd3ff5146061b2173094bb3642 Ali Tahir posted an update: Super excited about our second Beta run! Feel free to […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/244/ Sat, 19 Sep 2020 19:53:37 -0400 Super excited about our second Beta run! Feel free to share to any of your premed friends about this, we’re slowly expanding to new schools every week!

Right now we have mentors from NJMS, Rowan, Cooper, RWJ, and Tuoro.

If you’re new here, or simply want to pass the message along, check out https://pbthru.com/mentee-beta/ for more info

]]> 0 4d69c9565bb3925422ac0bd132dbfcc9 Ali Tahir and Meghana are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/218/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:43:23 -0400 0 6bfb640bf50a8cace1e7ad588d9e3420 Ali Tahir and Chidiogo are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/212/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:18:32 -0400 0 fdc78c3a1482d3a89e1097c9216d753c Ali Tahir posted an update: And that concludes our first beta program! Really excited […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/194/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:48:35 -0400 And that concludes our first beta program! Really excited to hear everyone’s feedback and how we can make this even better moving forward.

]]> 0 ed781cd7b4302b5a859cb11234257797 Ali Tahir posted an update: I wrote this a while back, while Project BreakThru was […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/185/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 01:39:36 -0400 I wrote this a while back, while Project BreakThru was still just an idea, on how important mentorship is for the new generation of pre-medical students. Feel free to take a read!

https://medium.com/breakthru/the-next-generation-of-healthcare-18af613f171e

]]> 0 d12b5150aeac3a58ed067e3df1e9c44e Ali Tahir and Asad are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/184/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:02:16 -0400 0 8717104c7793db118ea9302a96536e56 Ali Tahir posted an update: Looks like there’s a weird glitch that’s been cutting […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/173/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 21:32:34 -0400 Looks like there’s a weird glitch that’s been cutting off some comments. We’re working on it on the back-end so that your responses don’t get truncated, sorry about that everyone!

]]> 0 4f646293969ba298ae6406f2de82ecdc Ali Tahir posted a new activity comment https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/155/#acomment-163 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:10:08 -0400 It’s sort of similar, but for different goals? Would the stuff you’d be knitting for homeless shelters be different than the ones being made for hospitals? I think they’re different enough to warrant a separate entity, since I presume Stitch for Life is solely dedicated to hospital donations. Couple options I’m seeing.

1) Not sure if Stitch… Read more

In reply to - Sara Khan posted an update in the group BreakThru Mentoring Program

Hi! I’m a rising sophomore at Rutgers NB and I was wondering if somebody could give me some pointers on a goal/idea I would like to […]

]]> ffec7b46db91477bacca1a001dc58d88 Ali Tahir posted a new activity comment https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/155/#acomment-161 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:35:47 -0400 I think you should go for it! See how active the knitting club is and if they have room for a project like this (they may have other goals), or go ahead and make it its own club! I’m not familiar with knitting, but I imagine it takes a while and you’d need a relatively large group of people to make a substantial donation. So depending on how… Read more

In reply to - Sara Khan posted an update in the group BreakThru Mentoring Program

Hi! I’m a rising sophomore at Rutgers NB and I was wondering if somebody could give me some pointers on a goal/idea I would like to […]

]]> cfb74bad7d6dca3c63baa9dc55f65185 Ali Tahir posted a new activity comment https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/155/#acomment-156 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 17:27:19 -0400 That’s a really cool idea! Just to clarify, the Stitch for Life group does something similar, but donates to hospitals and you wanted to donate to homeless shelters? Does the knitting club do something similar as well? 

In reply to - Sara Khan posted an update in the group BreakThru Mentoring Program

Hi! I’m a rising sophomore at Rutgers NB and I was wondering if somebody could give me some pointers on a goal/idea I would like to […]

]]> 55c7005c70efd9ad7f090bdd27361ed1 Ali Tahir and Pranav Reddy are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/153/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:15:20 -0400 0 866cd6d7ccee529d02aab59b5f8a28e2 Ali Tahir and Logine Abouzead are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/151/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:02:45 -0400 0 6f79a232b2acbb8aeb81e13a168f05d6 Ali Tahir and Nisa Mohammed are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/150/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:53:55 -0400 0 f61890d20323a77e11adf3557194c935 Ali Tahir and Nathan are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/132/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:40:39 -0400 0 79d75be739fa5cfa90e42b53593954a8 Ali Tahir and Rohan are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/123/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:46:51 -0400 0 bfcd1dab13049bba4dd2a8ddc4d052cb Ali Tahir and Omkar are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/118/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:51:39 -0400 0 029124f1b1275ff467108f2234cf6bb0 Ali Tahir posted an update: First Beta run is underway! Can't wait to hear how […] https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/115/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 01:17:37 -0400 First Beta run is underway! Can’t wait to hear how your experiences are! 😀

]]> 0 9a909feab0073194ac4f4f0efc4e70ed Ali Tahir and Tarun are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/101/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:28:29 -0400 0 cce48d040455798ed801ef30848a37eb Ali Tahir and Maryum are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/89/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:16:50 -0400 0 e80a0d80a7f5c978c7d5cf85113b8b59 Ali Tahir and Mamun are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/87/ Sun, 12 Jul 2020 20:04:00 -0400 0 b341b810056968337532c48406dd4224 Ali Tahir and Jasmine Muhando are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/53/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 21:58:34 -0400 0 e9f890181fdc72f3418603727630328e Ali Tahir and Vanshika are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/48/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:43:20 -0400 0 3b244ff0cefb76ee8989556ca701c3ae Ali Tahir and Chelsea Charitun are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/47/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:40:57 -0400 0 aae9a1626691833207b02a1c806d88bb Ali Tahir and Saad Mansuri are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/45/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 01:36:46 -0400 0 134536e932286e8c585ac13e00d41b0e Ali Tahir and Payal Shah are now connected https://pbthru.com/news-feed/p/44/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 01:33:15 -0400 0