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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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Mar 1, 20221 min read


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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Feb 15, 20221 min read


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Feb 2, 20220 min read


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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Jan 9, 20225 min read


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...
joannesnapp
Jan 6, 20221 min read


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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Jan 5, 20222 min read


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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Nov 27, 20216 min read


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...
joannesnapp
Aug 1, 20211 min read


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...
joannesnapp
Jul 21, 20213 min read


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...
joannesnapp
Jun 29, 20212 min read


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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Jun 2, 20211 min read


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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May 2, 20213 min read


"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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May 1, 20213 min read
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