Choosing a Specialty: The Generalist vs. the Early-Committer
Many students arrive at medical school with a bias that their liberal arts education has ... Read more
Written by: Michelle Finkel
Published on: September 16, 2015
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How to Make the Most of a Medical School Visit
Once you have been selected for an interview at a medical school, you will have ... Read more
Written by: Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Published on: September 9, 2015
The Risk Involved in Going to Medical School (and How You Can Subvert It)
Most people wouldn’t normally think of medical school as a risky investment. Sure, there are ... Read more
Written by: AJ Nguyen
Published on: September 4, 2015
6 Tips for Med School Interviews
The interview is one of the most important steps in the medical school application process. ... Read more
Written by: AAMC Staff
Published on: September 2, 2015
The Med-Peds Residency: Big and Small, We Care for Them All
As third year medical students you’re rotating through your general specialties and you think you’re ... Read more
Written by: Eric Chow and Christopher Terry
Published on: August 31, 2015
The F-Word: Your Reaction to Failure in a Lab Matters More Than You Know
There is only one guarantee in research: sometimes things fail. It doesn’t matter what your ... Read more
Written by: Paris Grey
Published on: August 28, 2015
Five Ways to Make Your Audition Rotation in Anesthesia (or Other Specialty!) a Success
It is that time of year again. Medical school students across the country are preparing applications ... Read more
Written by: Jeff Steiner
Published on: August 21, 2015
Chronicles of a Med Student: Drinking from a Fire Hydrant
For the past several years, I felt like all I heard was everyone in medical ... Read more
Written by: Adelle
Published on: August 17, 2015
What I Learned During My First Semester of Medical School
Students will feel a variety of emotions during the weeks and days leading up to ... Read more
Written by: Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Published on: August 12, 2015
How to ace your first patient encounter
As a medical student, you spend four years of college and the first two years ... Read more
Written by: Judith Kalinyak
Published on: August 7, 2015
Top 5 Questions to Ask Your Pre-Health Advisor
If you’re interested in a career in medicine, one of the most important and helpful ... Read more
Written by: AAMC Staff
Published on: August 5, 2015
Spaced Repetition in Medical Education
We all want to train to become the best clinicians we can be, but education ... Read more
Written by: Peter Wei and Alex Chamessian
Published on: August 3, 2015
Five Simple Tips for a Better Personal Statement
The personal statement is, for many, one of the most dreaded aspects of the medical ... Read more
Written by: Brent Schnipke
Published on: July 31, 2015
Chronicles of a Med Student: And So It Begins!
The minute the tasseled hat flew off of my head after “Pomp and Circumstance”, I ... Read more
Written by: Adelle
Published on: July 20, 2015
5 Things You Should Know About Secondary Applications
Unlike other graduate school admissions processes, where there is typically only one round of applications, ... Read more
Written by: Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Published on: July 8, 2015
Ensuring Fairness: An Interview with the Director of MCAT Security and Compliance
Updated March 3, 2022. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and formatting. ... Read more
Written by: Student Doctor Network
Published on: July 3, 2015
Eight Tips on Money Management for Entering Medical Students
You’ve already done the hard part, you’ve made it into medical school! But how are ... Read more
Written by: AAMC Staff
Published on: July 1, 2015
What's On Your Summer Reading List?
For most students, summer break is an opportunity to do many things for which there ... Read more
Written by: Brent Schnipke
Published on: June 22, 2015
5 Mistakes I Made in Med School (So You Don’t Have To)
It has been nearly a year now since I walked across the stage at Carnegie ... Read more
Written by: Megan Riddle
Published on: June 12, 2015