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How Can Introverts (And Anyone Else) Do Well on the MMI?

How Can Introverts Do Well On MMI

The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) was designed at McMaster University in Canada to better evaluate an applicant’s interpersonal skills and predict performance in medical school. Like all other interviewers, MMI interviewers are looking for problem solving, communications skills, and the ability to listen to and respond to another person. The benefit of the MMI (to …

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More Law Schools Accepting GRE & (GASP!) GMAT Scores

More law schools accept GRE and GMAT

The trend continues, and two of New York’s top law schools are joining in. Cornell Law School recently announced that in addition to LSAT scores, it will now accept both GRE and GMAT scores. NYU also said that it will begin accepting GRE scores for the incoming 2019 class. The addition of Cornell and NYU …

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Will You Be Ready For the MMI?

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The med school interview: it’s exciting, and also stressful. You’re one step closer to your goal of becoming a physician – and yet the stress… it just ramps up. After having the opportunity to visit a school and even imagine yourself as a student there, it’s especially disheartening to be turned down. So you want …

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Yoga Instructor, Holistic Health Coach, M4: Clare Brady Fits it All In [Episode 270]

Clare Brady St. Louis University School of Medicine blog

[powerpress] Yoga Instructor, Holistic Health Coach, M4: Clare Brady Fits it All In [Show Summary] Clare Brady is currently a fourth year med student at St. Louis University, though she got to med school in a roundabout way. During her recovery from an eating disorder in college, she learned a lot about the human body …

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Welcome to the Accepted Family, Jamie Wright!

Introducing Jamie Wright

The team at Accepted is happy to welcome Jamie Wright as a new consultant. Jamie had been working at London Business School (LBS) since 2009 and quickly became the Client Services Manager for their Masters in Management (MiM) program. She was the first person that anyone interested in applying to the MiM program contacted. Meeting …

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Women Considering an MBA: Be Sure to Attend a Forte Forum!

Women considering an MBA be sure to attend a Forte forum

Future female MBAs, listen up! Forté Foundation is proud to announce the schedule for the 13th annual Forté Forums. Forté Forums are designed to empower you with information about how an MBA can propel your career forward. You will gain an opportunity to speak with representatives, alumnae, and students from top b-schools in North America …

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From Hospitality to Kellogg MBA to Accepted MBA Admissions Consultant [Episode 269]

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[powerpress] Hospitality to Kellogg MBA [Show Summary] Libby Angst is a 2018 graduate of the Kellogg MBA program and Accepted’s newest MBA admissions consultant. Libby shares her experience in the hospitality industry, her motivations behind her job changes, her decision to pursue an MBA and what she thought was most valuable in the Kellogg MBA …

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How to Ace the MMI

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If you’ve been invited for an interview at a med school that uses the MMI (Multiple Mini Interview) method, you may have some questions: Why did they choose this format? What will your interview be like? How can you prepare effectively? It’s natural to feel anxious about a med school interview, when so much depends …

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How to Choose the Best Experiences for Your AMCAS Application

How to choose the best experiences for your AMCAS application

It’s that time of year when premeds across the world are gathering everything they need to put on their AMCAS application. In this article, I’ll walk through one facet (one of the largest) of this dainty little application, the experiences section. I will outline what makes a good experience to write about, which ones should be deemed …

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Why Should Medical School Take Four Years? [Episode 268]

Dr. Deborah Powell Dean Emeritus U of Minn Med School blog

[powerpress] Why Should Medical School Take Four Years? [Show Summary] Dr. Deborah Powell believes that a competency-based medical education can be just as effective if not more so than the traditional four-year model that has been in existence for over 100 years. She has been testing that theory with an innovative program called EPAC (Education …

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