Behavioral interviews are used often. Take a few minutes and hear Joanne's thoughts on how to answer these questions.

"Is that why you're so mean to me!?" one of my advisees yelled out at a recent meet up. A little taken aback, I responded, "I'm not mean...

Many of you are ready to begin secondaries, which is SO exciting! Here are some prompts to get you going so that you have something to...

With the application opening in two weeks, there have been a lot of questions on what to do first when the app opens. I will be going...

In February, I posted a video looking at applicant interview data up to that point. I wanted to update you on where we ended up. January...

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

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...

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.