The path to becoming a physician is long and challenging, and being a pre-medical student is hard. Learn about what you need to do to get into medical school successfully.
Prehealth applicants worry about the importance of a research experience in the application process. Research ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: June 26, 2025
Applicants have many assumptions about how health professions admissions processes work. While the community of ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: June 19, 2025
The path to health professions is challenging for all students, but for immigrants and first-generation ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: April 17, 2025
Transcripts are essential for graduate or professional school applications, and their delivery determines how smoothly ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: April 10, 2025
Samuel Dyer, MD, PhD has worked for over 25 years as a Medical Science Liaison ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: April 3, 2025
US medical school applicants are facing a changing landscape where situational judgment tests (SJTs) are ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: March 13, 2025
SOFtoSOM, Special Operations Forces to School of Medicine, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on supporting ... Read more
Written by: Kyle Magatelli
Published on: January 29, 2025
Research data on optimal health professional application timelines, including application prep, entrance exam timing, and secondary submission strategies.
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: January 22, 2025
Higher education has seen a demographic shift, with more high school students or graduates taking ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: January 10, 2025
For years, you’ve worked to perfect your application to medical school (or other health professional ... Read more
Written by: Laura Turner
Published on: December 5, 2024
Generally, most health professionals thrive on being problem-solvers. When meeting patients, many professionals take on ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: November 21, 2024
In a previous article, I discussed the advantages engineering-trained applicants bring to the health professions. ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: October 24, 2024
College athletics have been in the spotlight over the last decade. Athletes can now financially ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: October 10, 2024
Prehealth advising offices are a hybrid of academic advising, career and student services, and scientific ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: September 19, 2024
NOTE: In this article, “engineering” can refer to quantitative analytical subjects like physics, mathematics, computer ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: September 6, 2024
The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) between two numbers is the largest positive integer that can ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: August 23, 2024
Welcome to the new academic year and first-year orientation! As a new freshman resident of ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: August 2, 2024
Whether it is an internship or a graduate school application, letters of recommendation are generally ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: June 13, 2024
Compilations like the MSAR, the ChooseDO, the VMSAR, or the ADEA DSE are essential tools ... Read more
Written by: Emil Chuck, PhD
Published on: May 23, 2024