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U.S. News Rankings: Everything I Ever Wanted to Know (But was Afraid to Ask) [Episode 265]

US News Anne McGrath Bob Morse blog

[powerpress] U.S. News Answers All Your Rankings Questions [Summary] Normally, when U.S.-based applicants talk about “the top programs,” especially when they refer to the top X, as in the top 10 or the top 20, they are referring to U.S. News Rankings, the granddaddy of educational rankings. Today we’ll hear from U.S. News Executive Editor, …

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Johns Hopkins Postbac Programs: An Interview with the Director [Episode 264]

Alex Tan Director Post Bac Johns Hopkins blog

[powerpress] About the Johns Hopkins University Postbac Program [Show Summary] For many future doctors, the simple step between college and medical school is not so clear cut. For various reasons, some sudents will choose to attend a pre-medical post-baccalaureate program to help boost their skills and experiences and to help them get into medical school. …

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MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance [Episode 263]

Johanna Hising DiFabio Dir MIT EMBA blog

[powerpress] MIT Sloan Executive Education [Show Summary] Today we’re going to look at executive MBA program options: MIT Sloan’s executive MBA program, which is relatively new, but more typical in structure; MIT’s part-time MBA program; and the MIT Sloan Fellows program, a full-time immersive executive MBA program. We are going to learn about them from …

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Society of Women Engineers: The Community for Women in Engineering [Episode 262]

Karen Horting Society of Women Engineers blog

[powerpress] Summary The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is 40,000+ members strong worldwide, and provides a sense of community to women who may feel isolated in their engineering studies or career due to a lack of gender diversity. Karen Horting is the Executive Director & CEO of the organization, and shares a lot of great …

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Apply at Your Best: Advice from a Med School Admissions Expert [Episode 261]

Lolita Wood Hill Dir Prehealth Advisement YU blog

[powerpress] Summary Lolita Wood-Hill has been working in the field of pre-med advising for over 25 years, so it’s safe to say she knows the ins and outs of the medical school application process better than most. In this podcast, Lolita gives advice on how to make yourself the most enticing applicant to medical school …

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International Students: How to Finance Your U.S. Education [Episode 260]

Brian Hoffman Nomad Credit blog

[powerpress] Summary Brian Hoffman started Nomad Credit to primarily work with international students in helping them find and secure student loans, car loans, health insurance, and more. What many don’t realize is how difficult it is to secure credit in the United States if you don’t already have U.S.-based products, many of which you don’t …

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MIT Sloan Fellow, User Experience Expert, and Busy Mom [Episode 259]

Katie Luby MIT Sloan Fellow blog

[powerpress] Show Summary Katie Luby will be graduating this spring from the MIT Sloan Fellows program, and can’t say enough good things about the experience. Coming from Salesforce, and with an anthropology and design educational background, business school was a whole new animal. Katie feels her experience at MIT Sloan Fellows will uniquely enhance her …

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Meet Dr. Nadia Afridi, Plastic Surgeon, Recent Columbia EMBA, and Mom [Episode 258]

Dr. Nadia Afridi Plastic Surgeon Columbia EMBA blog

Our guest today, Dr. Nadia Afridi earned her bachelors and MD in Canada and then did a residency in plastic surgery at Dalhousie University. She also earned her Executive MBA from Columbia in 2017.[powerpress] Can you tell us about your background?  Where you grew up? What do you like to do for fun? [1:09] I …

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Meet Harvard MD/MPH Student and Premed Podcaster Mary Tate [Episode 257]

Mary Tate MD MPH Student Harvard Med School

Our guest today is soon-to-be doctor Mary Tate and current 4th year medical student at Harvard Medical School. Mary graduated from Dartmouth in 2012 and has been at HMS since 2013. She was very active at Dartmouth and continued to be a change agent at HMS. In 2017 she earned her MPH at Harvard’s Chan …

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Let’s Learn about Utah SOM from its Associate Dean of Admissions [Episode 256]

Dr. Benjamin Chan Asst Dean Admissions U of Utah SOM blog

Our guest today is Dr. Benjamin Chan, Associate Dean of Admissions and Idaho Affairs at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine and host of the Talking Admissions & Med Student Life podcast. Dr. Chan earned his bachelors at Stanford and his MD at UUCOM. He then trained in General Psychiatry at George Washington University …

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USC Marshall’s Kellee Scott: Don’t Be Rigid, Boring or Tedious! [Episode 255]

Kellee Scott USC Marshall Senior Assoc Dir MBA Admissions blog

It gives me great pleasure to welcome Kellee Scott. This is Kellee’s first time on AST, but she is no stranger to Accepted, having participated in our old online chats. Kellee earned her bachelors in business at the University of Miami and worked in business for companies like Unilever and Ernst and Young. Then she …

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Dr. Calvin Sun, ER Resident, Entrepreneur, and Adventurer [Episode 254]

Dr Calvin Sun ER Resident Entrepreneur blog

Warning: Our guest today has done so much that it’s going to be really hard to give his background succinctly, but here goes. Dr. Calvin Sun earned his bachelors in 2008 at Columbia where he held numerous leadership positions. In 2014, he graduated from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and served as graduating class president. …

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