Successful Applicant Meeting Recording
Thank you to our panelists for sharing their experience applying to medical school last cycle. Here is a recording of our first...
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joannesnapp
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Applicant Support Meetings
Each Tuesday at 8 pm CST, I meet with current applicants in a zoom room to chat, answer questions and occasionally tell some stories....
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joannesnapp
- Jan 9
- 5 min
Writing Your Personal Statement
The personal statement is arguably the most important part of your application. It's the only place where you get to "speak" to them....
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joannesnapp
- Jan 6
- 1 min
Creating Your School List
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...
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joannesnapp
- Jan 5
- 2 min
All About Centralized Applications
AMCAS, AACOMAS, AADSAS, CASPA, and NursingCAS are all centralized apps that deliver your information to the schools you select. The...
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joannesnapp
- Jan 4
- 1 min
2022-23 Applicant Support Group
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...
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joannesnapp
- Nov 27, 2021
- 6 min
Preparing to Apply Series
Letters of recommendation are required by every medical or dental school (that I'm aware of). Although they play a much smaller role in...
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joannesnapp
- Aug 1, 2021
- 1 min
Keep up the momentum!
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...
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joannesnapp
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
It's not just a journey story.
"Why medicine?" How many times have you been asked that? By your aunts? Professors? PI? Your date? It seems like an innocent enough...
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joannesnapp
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
Organizing Your Secondaries
After your application is verified, you will begin to receive many secondaries all at once. This alone may be very overwhelming. Here are...
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joannesnapp
- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
Approaching Secondaries
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...
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joannesnapp
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Holistic Review
If you've ever listened to an admissions presentation, I am sure you have heard them say, "We take a holistic approach to reviewing...
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joannesnapp
- May 1, 2021
- 3 min
"Why Medicine" Revised
How many times in your life have you been asked "Why Medicine?" You probably have some clunky answer you stumble through, avoiding...
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