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The Medical School Application Personal Statement

The Medical School Application Personal Statement

Ryan and Allison give a sneak peak inside the Academy, the premiere premed advising community, and share a webinar given on the medical school personal statement.

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7 Reasons Premeds Don’t Get Into Medical School

Ryan is flying solo to talk about 7 top reasons premed students fail to gain acceptance to medical school. The third reason is the most inexcusable!

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Preparing for the Medical School Interview

Preparing for the Medical School Interview

Dr. Greg Polites, from Wash U, joins us again to talk about what you, the premed, should be doing to prepare for your medical school interview!

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How to Choose Which Medical Schools to Apply To

How to Choose Which Medical Schools to Apply To

We talk about some simple things to think about as you try to narrow down your list of medical schools that you are applying to. From MCAT scores to Weather!

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Writing Personal Statements for Medical School

Dr. Greg Polites joins us to talk about the do’s and don’ts of writing a personal statement for medical school. What do adcoms look for when reading them? What to avoid? Listen now!

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How to Write Personal Statements with Dr. Vineet Arora

How to Write Personal Statements with Dr. Vineet Arora

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 38 In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Vineet Arora from FutureDocsBlog.com about the…

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How to Fix a Medical School Application After Starting Premed Poorly

How to Fix a Medical School Application After Starting Premed Poorly

Dr. Polites is back with us again to talk about how to go about fixing a poor start to a premed career. If you remember, Dr. Polites joined us back in session 23.
 
Dr. Polites and I try to create scenarios that students may be in, whether it is a poor GPA or low MCAT score, so he/she can listen to the advice Dr. Polites has to offer.
 
If you have a good GPA and low MCAT, should you retake the MCAT? Should you try to retake the test with the hopes of raising the score? We talk about that!
 
What about getting a C in a course – should you retake the course? For the AMCAS application you have to average you grades. For the AACOMAS application you us the LAST grade, even if you do worse.

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