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How Medical School Applications Are Evaluated
Tweet Share on Facebook October 31, 2011 Comment (1)The medical school application process can often seem like a nebulous and surreal experience. You spend a lot of money and write a lot of essays, only to submit them to various committees who deliberate and ultimately decide your medical school fate. Each medical school decides not only the composition of its admissions committees, but also the path your application takes from submission to decision.
What exactly happens to your application after submission?
After you submit your primary American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) application, or one from other services, your materials fall into the hands of various admissions committees. Schools differ in their processes and whom they allow to serve on their selection committees. However, there are two consistencies among schools in terms of the application review process.
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How to Get Off the Medical School Wait List
Tweet Share on Facebook October 24, 2011 Comment (1)After applying and interviewing, you find yourself in limbo, having to wait until after May 15 to hear the verdict from your medical school of choice. In the past, many applicants tended to wait by the phone and compulsively check their E-mails in anticipation of the good news.
But are there things you should be doing while you wait that can get you a leg up on a wait list?
Previously—especially in the days of snail mailing the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) application and secondary applications—many schools requested that students on their wait lists not communicate with them or send additional information. But now that schools increasingly use E-mail in their communication, many will consider notifications from applicants of significant updates throughout the application process.
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The Enduring Impact of Healthcare Reform
Tweet Share on Facebook October 17, 2011 CommentWe've all heard something about healthcare reform in recent months; we also know that the present U.S. government has set healthcare reform as one of its priorities during its current term. However, for various reasons, new reforms could end up affecting many patients in unexpected ways.
Due to the many intricacies of healthcare reform, the proposals that made it through a contentious Congress permitted certain exceptions that were thought to be concessions to some opponents. The result of many of these exceptions could affect not only Americans' access to healthcare, but also trainees' medical school and residency training experiences.
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Avoid These Medical School Interview Bloopers
Tweet Share on Facebook October 10, 2011 Comment (2)It's your worst nightmare—after all that preparation for your much anticipated medical school interview day, something terrible happens. You might spill coffee on your white shirt, step in the mud, or maybe lose your suit in luggage gone astray. Many of you have probably heard some horror stories, but is there a silver lining underneath?
Though most interviews are uneventful, no matter how much we prepare there is always a possibility that something can go wrong. There are many areas in which applicants struggle. This post will focus on stories of applicants who have been wrung through the wringer, but eventually persevered and succeeded.
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Be Prepared for the Medical School Interview
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2011 Comment (1)So you've got the E-mail that has the coveted phrase, "We'd like to invite you for an interview." Many a med school applicant hopes for weeks, or even months, that this message appears in their inbox or on their applicant status update page. Once you've surpassed this hump, what do you do?
Interviews can be very stressful days unless you've prepared thoroughly beforehand. Many times applicants don't know where to start, or prepare things recommended by people with the best of intentions (parents, friends, etc.). Unfortunately, a lot of times there are certain aspects specific to medical school interviews that don't translate well to other types of interviews with which they're probably more familiar.
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