Pre-med/Pre-health Advice
Ready, Set, Apply — Before The White Coat Ceremony
By: Alessandra Santiago Congratulations on making it to the end of our Ready, Set, Apply series! We are grateful to have brought you useful content in the lead up to your application cycle, and we wish the pre-med students following this content all the best in preparing their application materials. Given that this cycle has [...]
Ready, Set, Apply — Nailing Your Med School Interview
By: Alessandra Santiago For those pre-meds who receive an interview invitation to a medical school, good news! That means you are academically qualified for admission. However, the final decision about whether or not you are offered a place in the upcoming class is contingent upon how well you conduct yourself during the interview. Let’s dive [...]
Ready, Set, Apply — Strategizing Your Secondary Prompts
By: Alessandra Santiago In an earlier article of the Ready, Set, Apply series, we introduced how the secondary applications work. Typically, these are a set of essays that pre-med students receive after submitting their primary applications, waiting 4-6 weeks for administrative review by AMCAS, and passing the minimum GPA and MCAT requirements of the medical [...]
What is your motivation to work as a medical professional?
In this series we asked undergraduate students what questions they had for physicians and nurses. Check out the answers below! If you are a pre-health student we suggest that you check out our Ready, Set, Apply series! This series is to help guide Pre-Med students through the medical school application process. To subscribe to this [...]
What is your favorite Zebra?
In this series we asked undergraduate students what questions they had for physicians and nurses. Check out the answers below! If you are a pre-health student we suggest that you check out our Ready, Set, Apply series! This series is to help guide Pre-Med students through the medical school application process. To subscribe to this [...]
What is your most memorable moment as a healthcare professional?
In this series we asked undergraduate students what questions they had for physicians and nurses. Check out the answers below! If you are a pre-health student we suggest that you check out our Ready, Set, Apply series! This series is to help guide Pre-Med students through the medical school application process. To subscribe to this [...]
Ready, Set, Apply — Who Should Edit My Primary App?
By: Alessandra Santiago At this point in the application cycle, it is likely that most pre-meds have a working version of their Primary App materials, including a Personal Statement draft along with a draft of their three most meaningful Activities essay. Now is an excellent time to start finalizing those drafts before sending them out [...]
Ready, Set, Apply — Are Your Application Materials Ready?
By: Alessandra Santiago At this point in the series, we have covered everything from writing your Personal Statement to preparing for the secondary applications to selecting your schools. The Primary Application will open for students to begin compiling their materials on May 4, and students can submit their application materials as early as May 28 to pass the initial verification review. In [...]
What was your true motivation through undergrad and medical or nursing school?
In this series we asked undergraduate students what questions they had for physicians and nurses. Check out the answers below! If you are a pre-health student we suggest that you check out our Ready, Set, Apply series! This series is to help guide Pre-Med students through the medical school application process. To subscribe to this [...]
What is your strategy for dealing with unruly patients?
In this series we asked undergraduate students what questions they had for physicians and nurses. Check out the answers below! If you are a pre-health student we suggest that you check out our Ready, Set, Apply series! This series is to help guide Pre-Med students through the medical school application process. To subscribe to this [...]