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A Comprehensive Guide to Post-Bacc Classes for Medical School
September 11, 2020
As a future medical school candidate, you’ve started to take a look at what you need to get your application in order so that you can set yourself up for success. Alongside a strong MCAT score, a compelling personal statement, and excellent extracurricular experiences in shadowing,
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A Guide to the AAMC VITA Interview for Medical School Admissions
September 9, 2020
After a long, confusing, and challenging year of working hard on your medical school applications, you’ve finally submitted your secondary applications. Now the question is, how will schools arrange
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When is it Too Late To Apply To Medical School?
June 25, 2020
You’ve been preparing for the last few years, and you were well on your way to racking up extracurriculars, acing the MCAT, and getting As in your senior year classes. However, with the arrival of COVID-19, your plans to apply to medical school may have completely been thrown off. Not only
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How to Get Clinical Experience as a Pre-Med Student
June 17, 2020
Medical school admissions committees like to see that applicants have spent time becoming familiar with the actual practice of medicine. Clinical shadowing has become a popular way to assess a desire to practice medicine.
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A Guide to the Best Pre-Med Study Tools As Your Prepare Your Application
June 12, 2020
As a pre-med student, your study set up most likely has been disrupted due to the emergence of COVID-19. Now that most things are operating remotely, you’ve found yourself in search of the best pre-med tools to help increase your productivity and enhance your preparation
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How to Get into Harvard Medical School
May 22, 2020
As the number one ranked MD institution in the United States, Harvard Medical School (HMS) is unsurprisingly a dream for many aspiring physicians. Given the competitiveness, it’s all the more difficult for applicants to receive that coveted “yes” letter. With an acceptance rate
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Reapplying to Medical School: How to Excel the 2nd Time Around
May 19, 2020
It’s become a notoriously well-known fact that gaining admission to medical school is incredibly tough. In the 2019-2020 cycle, only 41% of applicants actually matriculated into any MD and DO institution. So, if you weren’t accepted on your first try, you’re definitely not alone.
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A Guide to The Best Colleges for Pre-Med Students
April 24, 2020
Whether you’ve known all your life that you want to be a doctor or it’s something you’ve realized more recently, you’re sure that medicine is the right path for you. Even though you might know that medical school has your attention, there’s an important step in the middle: undergrad.
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Coronavirus Dos and Don'ts: Including COVID in Med School Applications
April 7, 2020
We’re nearly a month into COVID-19 disrupting life as we know it. If you are a prospective medical school candidate, your road to applying has become tougher, from trying to figure out when you’ll be able to take the MCAT to considering how to continue volunteering
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Coronavirus and Medical School Admissions: Changes in the Cycle
March 27, 2020
With the AMCAS submission date of May 28, it’s time for medical school candidates to start preparing the different components of their primary application. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic at large, things have become difficult. Uncertainties remain with MCAT administrations