Supporting Prehealth Student Athletes

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 benefit from name-image-likeness (NIL) agreements, and women’s athletics have grown in popularity. While a handful of athletes bask in the attention of being highly desirable future professional sports stars, most athletes grind through a rigorous, ... Read more

Emil Chuck, PhD

Updated October 16, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD

Rural Health Application

Application Advice for Future Rural Health Professionals

Most rural Americans face significant challenges accessing healthcare. There are major shortages of physicians, dentists, psychologists, and other health professionals in rural locations across the United States. As hospital systems recruit providers to work in ... Read more

Emil Chuck, PhD

Updated November 24, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD

Finding Undergraduate Research

Getting research experience in your undergraduate years is not only beneficial for applying to medical and dental schools but can also enrich your academic knowledge and competencies. However, it is hard to find and manage ... Read more

Student Doctor Network

Updated June 26, 2022 by Student Doctor Network

The Joys of Applying to Medical School

The path from undergrad to medical school can be a long and challenging one with many potential pitfalls and setbacks. In this article, a premed student, Travis Tweedy, will walk us through the joys of ... Read more

Chivas Owle

Updated March 21, 2023 by Chivas Owle

Reporting an Institutional Action

Reporting an Institutional Action

Last month, we discussed what constitutes an Institutional Action in the eyes of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). If you have one of these incidents in your history, you will need to decide ... Read more

William Burnett

Updated June 26, 2022 by William Burnett

Cost Calculator

How Much Does it Cost to Apply to Medical School?

Applying to medical school is an arduous process. It takes years of preparation: completing required courses, succeeding on the MCAT, letters of evaluations, pages of applications and secondary applications, and interviews. What you might not ... Read more

Laura Turner

Updated August 29, 2022 by Laura Turner

medical school secondaries

The Art of Writing Medical School Secondaries

I always think of secondaries as the real meat of the med school application process. For many schools, the AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS merely function as a screening process, allowing them to weed out candidates ... Read more

Joel Butterly

Updated June 26, 2022 by Joel Butterly