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The Prospective Physician’s Guide to Medical School Interviews
You have a great MCAT score, a strong GPA, and have represented yourself and your ... Read more
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Casper for Medical School Admissions: What to Expect and How to Prepare
Introduction & Background The CASPer (Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics) test is a 90-minute ... Read more
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Conquer the Obstacle Course of Medical School By Building Multiple Strengths
Everyone has this perfect image of how fun medical school is when they enter. You ... Read more
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Updated December 1, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and technical ... Read more
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If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try (Try, Try, Try) Again
You are an applicant (or reapplicant) in the current medical school admission cycle who has ... Read more
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Keeping the Cynic out of the Clinic: Books to Renew your Love of Medicine
Most people don’t associate being a premed with relaxation. Outsiders imagine your existence as a ... Read more
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Is a Combined Bachelor’s/MD Program Right For You?
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The Changing Landscape of the Multiple Mini Interview
The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) was first adopted by McMaster University in Ontario, Canada at ... Read more
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Finding Clinical Opportunities: Show Up, Ask, and Follow Through!
I was recently asked to give advice on finding clinical opportunities. Here’s the short version: ... Read more
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The Art of Writing Medical School Secondaries
I always think of secondaries as the real meat of the med school application process. ... Read more
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Improve Your CARS Reading Speed by Quickly Finding the Main Idea
The CARS section of the MCAT Exam can be really scary. It’s not that you ... Read more
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Time Away From Formal Academics Can Enhance Application
Whether or not a student should take a “gap year” (or two) often comes up ... Read more
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A Med Student’s Guide to Becoming a Physician-Scientist
When medical students start to think about areas of practice to specialize in once they ... Read more
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Where to Apply to Medical School: Factors to Consider when Making Your School List
If you’re applying to medical school this year, you’re probably starting to think about what ... Read more
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4 Strategies for Students Reapplying to Medical School
In an ideal world, your first attempt at applying to medical school would also be ... Read more
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