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Admission Tips & Secrets
Three unique ways to stand out for medical school applications and interviews
By Amit Patel, MD Getting into medical school requires more than just getting stellar grades and good MCAT scores. Many…
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Difference Between Advanced-Practice Providers and Physicians
What are advanced-practice providers (APPs)? What is the difference between advanced-practice providers and physicians? To be honest, many physicians don’t…
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Applying to Medical School
Getting a Graduate Degree Before Medical School
There are generally two groups of people who get graduate degrees before medical school. The first group consists of people…
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Admission Tips & Secrets
Before the personal statement: Follow your dreams deliberately
By: Benjamin Robison, MD, DMA Dr. Robison graduated from Stony Brook University earning a Doctorate of Musical Art before completing…
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The Medical School Dream
“My dream is to get into medical school and become a doctor.” This line is repeated in some form or…
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Perspective on Gap Years from a Third Year Medical Student
Whether you are planning to apply straight to medical school or to take a gap year, Emily offers a perspective…
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Nursing to Medicine
My decision to pursue nursing before becoming a doctor was logical: my mother had been a nurse, I would enter…
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Medical School Gap Year Fear
Premeds fear that taking a gap year before medical school will distract from their career goal to become doctors. I offer…
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Admission Tips & Secrets
Medical School Waitlist
Applicants across the country now await decisions from the medical schools that interviewed them. They spent thousands of hours, dollars,…
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Medical Schools With Combined BS/BA-MD Programs
Combined BS/BA-MD programs allow students to apply to medical school straight out of high school. Essentially, if admitted, students will…
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