medical school application

In this interview, Rob Humbracht, an admissions expert, and Janet Snoyer, a former admissions committee member and Principal Consultant at The Mentoring Alliance, share their insights and tips on how to apply to medical school only once and only when you are ready. They explain why applying multiple times can be detrimental, both emotionally and financially, and how being prepared and early can increase your chances of getting accepted. They also discuss some common mistakes and best practices for making your application stand out.

Last month, we posted a quiz to help you figure out whether you're ready to apply to medical school. We've gotten dozens and dozens of responses, so we wanted to post the quiz results and share some key advice for those whose results indicated "Not Ready." You might be wondering how to improve your readiness or what your next steps should be. Fear not! We've got you covered!

Selecting medical schools that fit your goals and credentials is one of the most significant decisions during the admissions process. After all, having a well thought out list of medical schools will make a difference between being denied acceptance or becoming a first year at your dream school. So what tools are out there to help you create your list of medical schools? Well, we can tell you this right off the bat: it’s NOT just the MSAR!

Why a Bad First Date Can Help You Choose the Right Medical Schools

You already know this, but it's, like, HARD to get into med school, y'know? I don't want to dwell on the obvious, but looking at the percentages can help us learn lessons about how many schools you should apply to.

Last week, we looked at how to research med schools properly in order to help improve your chances of getting in. To recap, med schools only want to accept you if you would choose their medical school, even if you’re accepted to another school on your list.

In part 1 of our series, we examined the cost of applying to 25 med schools. In part 2, we consider the hidden expenses of applying to medical school.

It's expensive to apply to med school. While it's nice to have a wealthy benefactor willing to foot the bill, most of us have to pay from our own finances.

Last week, we looked at a probability-based model for how many med schools to apply to. We learned that because each medical school accepts so few students, you should apply to enough schools to give yourself a good enough chance of getting into at least one school.

If you're like most applicants to medical school, you're just not that diverse. You are racially or ethnically over-represented. You didn't face many particular hardships growing up, and you haven't had enough life experiences to make you different from the thousands of others applying to med school. That means you'll have to get creative in how you answer this question.

Imagine you’ve worked hard for months on your AMCAS application, and you’re showing it to your pre-health advisor for the first time.

Half the battle with secondaries is generating reusable content, and Touro Medical School (California) is the perfect place to start for hopeful osteopaths. By completing Touro’s longer prompts, you can prepare yourself with most of the needed material for other DO secondaries.IN TERMS OF GEN

One year from today, your life will be over. When you start medical school, you will be consumed by academic and extracurricular responsibilities, and your free time will effectively end. And of course, while it's hard to think about that day when you haven't yet gotten in, it's important to plan for it nonetheless.

our page isn’t blank any more, but you may not be very happy with what you’ve written. Basically, your room isn’t guest-ready just yet – it doesn’t look the way you really want it to and the way you may have imagined it in your head. Most likely, your essay is also too long (5300 characters goes by quickly). You’re going to have to move stuff around and probably get rid of some beloved knick knacks and potentially even an armchair or two.

The next step for your medical school personal statement is to decide what stories you want to tell and where. You may want to start by writing out some of your stories or at least make a quick sketch of your most memorable moments. What are the best stories for your Personal Statement? What would be good for your "Most Meaningfuls?" To me, this process is like purchasing furniture for an empty room. You know the types of chairs and lamps that you like and that represent your own style, but sometimes you don’t know exactly where you’re going to put them.

The Resume Rehash. Admissions officers have read this type of essay all the time. It happens so often that it’s one of the biggest personal statement cliches. The way it goes is something like this: the applicant says why medicine but feels she needs to cram every single activity since she turned 18 into the 5300 characters. She touches upon so many experiences that she doesn’t take the time to elaborate well on any of them.

A recent episode of the Tim Ferriss Show featured Chris Sacca, possibly the most famous venture capitalist right now (he was recently featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine).