Mind the Gap: How First-Generation and International Students Navigate Prehealth Pathways
The path to health professions is challenging for all students, but for immigrants and first-generation … Read more
Pre-Medical
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.
How to Manage Transcripts for Your Application
Transcripts are essential for graduate or professional school applications, and their delivery determines how smoothly … Read more
Persistence, Passion, and a 31-Year Journey: How I Finished Medical School Against All Odds
Samuel Dyer, MD, PhD has worked for over 25 years as a Medical Science Liaison … Read more
2024 SJT Experience Survey: What to Expect with Casper and PREview
US medical school applicants are facing a changing landscape where situational judgment tests (SJTs) are … Read more
From Special Operations to Medical Operations
SOFtoSOM, Special Operations Forces to School of Medicine, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on supporting … Read more
The Time is Right: Prehealth Application Timelines
One of the most common questions among applicants on the SDN Forums is about their … Read more
Community College and Vocational Certifications for Prehealth Applicants
Higher education has seen a demographic shift, with more high school students or graduates taking … Read more
Understanding Accreditation: What Students Need to Know
For years, you’ve worked to perfect your application to medical school (or other health professional … Read more
The Meaning of Life: Finding Insights in the Humanities
Generally, most health professionals thrive on being problem-solvers. When meeting patients, many professionals take on … Read more
Q&A with Carle Illinois College of Medicine: Developing Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Health Professionals
In a previous article, I discussed the advantages engineering-trained applicants bring to the health professions. … Read more
Supporting Prehealth Athlete Applicants: A Conversation with 2024 Advisor of the Year James Wasco, MD
College athletics have been in the spotlight over the last decade. Athletes can now financially … Read more
Building a Prehealth Foundation at Small Colleges: A Conversation with Dr. Chloe Lash
Prehealth advising offices are a hybrid of academic advising, career and student services, and scientific … Read more
How to Engineer a Health Professional Career
NOTE: In this article, “engineering” can refer to quantitative analytical subjects like physics, mathematics, computer … Read more
Finding Your Greatest Common Factors with Successful Students
The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) between two numbers is the largest positive integer that can … Read more
Don’t Look for Trouble: How Freshman Year Mistakes Could Doom Your Path to Medical School
Welcome to the new academic year and first-year orientation! As a new freshman resident of … Read more
A Strategic Guide to Letters of Recommendation
Whether it is an internship or a graduate school application, letters of recommendation are generally … Read more
Beyond MSAR: Additional Resources for Building Your School List
Compilations like the MSAR, the ChooseDO, the VMSAR, or the ADEA DSE are essential tools … Read more
What’s in a Curriculum?
The reason why you invest so much in your professional education is the trust that … Read more
Preparing for Recorded Interviews: RVI Survey Insights
Since 2020, applicants for health professional programs have had to prepare for online and on-campus … Read more
Training for the Marathon: SDN Resources to Submit Your Best Application
One of the most important rules in medical or dental school admissions is to “apply … Read more