After you are finished writing your personal statement and experience descriptions and your school list is done, you can begin drafting...

Thank you to our panelists for sharing their experience applying to medical school last cycle. Here is a recording of our first...

If you're applying to allopathic medical schools soon, be sure to take some time to read about the AAMC's new PREview test. This is a...

For my upcoming reapplicants, I know that this is not what you wanted to do. I know that some of you are going into this process feeling...

The personal statement is arguably the most important part of your application. It's the only place where you get to "speak" to them....

Please, I beg you, do not create your school list by searching for averages and matching metrics (aka using MSAR). There is such a better...

AMCAS, AACOMAS, AADSAS, CASPA, and NursingCAS are all centralized apps that deliver your information to the schools you select. The...

Welcome! If you're applying this Summer 2022, this page is for you! Each year, I host a free Applicant Support Group for those going...

DIY Post-bacs are ALL the craze! Ok, not really, but people do them. Why? Mostly because they need to. It is a lot easier and more...

Letters of recommendation are required by every medical or dental school (that I'm aware of). Although they play a much smaller role in...

In both one-on-one interviews and in MMIs, you are likely to experience a behavioral interview question. These questions derive from...

Back in the old days, interviews were just a formality. They already knew which men they wanted because they simply sorted MCAT and GPA...

If you're looking for something engaging to do over the next year, literally every pre-health student I have put into this Hematology...

It's that time of year when you can almost see the finish line with secondaries, and yet there is still so much to do. The questions are...

"Why medicine?" How many times have you been asked that? By your aunts? Professors? PI? Your date? It seems like an innocent enough...

After your application is verified, you will begin to receive many secondaries all at once. This alone may be very overwhelming. Here are...

Many college students try to avoid a gap year. I share my thoughts on the value that they can bring.

I wish that all of my advisees could enroll in my summer course, but I know that it's not possible for some of you. I'll do my best to...

Attending a conference and connecting with health profession school admissions folks is a very strategic way to 1. learn more about a...