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April 19, 2018

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5 Steps to Medical School Admissions Success

5 Steps to Medical School Admissions Success

How can you turn your medical school dreams into reality? By following the 5-step framework that Linda Abraham, CEO and founder of Accepted, lays out in this quick video. Watch, and learn.  Full video transcript: You’re going to make a fantastic physician. You know it. Your family knows it. And now you need to… 

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April 16, 2018

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What NOT to Do on the Medical School Coursework Section

What NOT to Do on the Medical School Coursework Section

This part of the medical school application can be time consuming since you will have to enter in the title, units, and grade as well as classification for every college level class you’ve ever taken. It’s easy to make mistakes here since there are so many to list. Besides entering in the basic information about… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / AMCAS Leave a Comment

April 15, 2018

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How to Add Detail to Your Social Enterprise/Community Service Goals

How to Add Detail to Your Social Enterprise/Community Service Goals

Whether you’re applying for an MBA, a PhD in Public Policy (or many other doctoral fields), or a Masters in Social Work, you’re likely to talk about social enterprise or community service goals in your application. For some, this will be your primary objective – those of you seeking careers in the non-profit sector, for… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / personal statement Leave a Comment

April 12, 2018

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How an Accepted Med School Admissions Consultant Can Help You

How an Accepted Med School Admissions Consultant Can Help You

Is an admissions consultant for you? How will they help? And most importantly, is it WORTH it? Watch this short video to help you answer these questions for yourself.  Medical school applicants face grueling competition and an unfamiliar, arduous journey to acceptance. Let me show you how we can ease the way. As a… 

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April 11, 2018

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4 Tips for Applying as an Underrepresented Applicant in Medicine

4 Tips for Applying as an Underrepresented Applicant in Medicine

The ethnicities that are considered Underrepresented in Medicine (URM) include: Latino, African American, Native American, Laotian and Hmong, as well as a few other groups. If you are from one of these groups, it would help your application to demonstrate your connection to these communities and your fluency in the languages which are most sought… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / diversity, Non-Traditional Med School Applicants Leave a Comment

April 10, 2018

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

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

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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April 8, 2018

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You Can’t Miss These AMCAS Tips!

You Can’t Miss These AMCAS Tips!

There’s still time to register for our webinar, Create a Winning AMCAS Application! In one information-packed hour, you’ll get a detailed rundown of the entire AMCAS application with loads of tips on how to apply strategically and effectively. Webinar presenter and medical school expert Alicia McNease Nimonkar will help you answer the following important questions:… 

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April 4, 2018

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U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Medical School Rankings

U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Medical School Rankings

In reviewing the med school rankings, they were pretty predictably ho-hum. After all, schools don’t change a ton in one year. Most changes were minor and amounted to a shuffling of the deck chairs. However, there were a couple of big jumps that meant new members in the Top 10 for Research and for Primary… 

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April 4, 2018

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The Most Productive Study Break Ever

The Most Productive Study Break Ever

Take a break from studying to attend our upcoming webinar, Create a Winning AMCAS Application! (Is it actually a study break if it’s still related to your medical school application future? Maybe not, but it’s still a break from whatever other preparing you’re doing!) In any case, we hope you’ll join us for this informative… 

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April 3, 2018

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Encore – Everything You Need to Know About Your Grad School Application [Episode 253]

Encore – Everything You Need to Know About Your Grad School Application [Episode 253]

This week we are airing an encore of one of our more popular podcasts this year, which is “Optimize Your Grad School Application.” It’s an excellent time to air this podcast, because many of you are looking ahead to apply this summer or fall.  Reviewing the different moving parts of the grad school application, their… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / community service, Letters of Recommendation, podcast, resume Leave a Comment

April 2, 2018

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Ace the AMCAS Essay: 5 Effective Techniques to Improve Your Writing

Ace the AMCAS Essay: 5 Effective Techniques to Improve Your Writing

In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS application for acceptance to top medical schools.  So far in this series we’ve talked about the WHO, WHY, WHAT, and HOW of creating an exemplary AMCAS essay. Now we’re going to offer some bonus tips that will help elevate your… 

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March 30, 2018

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Planning to Reapply to Med School?

Planning to Reapply to Med School?

The Reapplicant’s Guide to Med School Acceptance is now available free on demand for anytime viewing. This webinar covers the most common reasons for med school rejection (and what you can do to improve your profile); how to evaluate your primary and secondary applications objectively to see where you can improve; and more. If you… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / 2019 Med School Applications, webinar Leave a Comment

March 29, 2018

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What Are Med Schools Looking For?

What Are Med Schools Looking For?

Do you see the light at the end of the tunnel? Your undergrad career is coming to an end, and it’s time to start applying to med schools. Having done your research, you know where you’d like to apply. But what are med schools looking for in an applicant? Here are the lucky 13 things… 

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Article by Suzi Schweikert / Medical School Admissions / 2019 Med School Applications Leave a Comment

March 28, 2018

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Medical School Application Strategy: MD vs. DO Programs

Medical School Application Strategy: MD vs. DO Programs

Before you decide whether you want to apply to allopathic (MD) and/or osteopathic (DO) medical schools, I recommend that you shadow both types of doctors. They each represent dramatically different approaches to health and healing. Gaining exposure to both forms of medicine will help you make an informed decision about what types of treatment options you… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / osteopathic med school Leave a Comment

March 27, 2018

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The Secret to AMCAS Success

The Secret to AMCAS Success

Let’s face it: it’s hard to get accepted to medical school. If you’re premed, you already know that – that’s why you’ve spent so much time and energy during your college years studying, doing research, volunteering, getting clinical exposure, and doing everything you can to make sure you’re prepared for the challenge that lies ahead…. 

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March 26, 2018

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Ace the AMCAS Essay: How Should You Structure Your Essay?

Ace the AMCAS Essay: How Should You Structure Your Essay?

In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS application for acceptance to top medical schools.   In this post we’re not going to talk about the actual writing and editing (we’ll save those technical elements for another time), but we are going to suggest HOW to structure your essay…. 

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March 25, 2018

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How Many Medical Schools Should You Apply To?

How Many Medical Schools Should You Apply To?

The 2018 AMCAS application will be available soon and the MCAT is looming. Have you chosen your schools yet? Which med schools are the best schools for you? How many should you apply to? Sounds like you have some big decisions to make! Consider the following: • Applying to medical school is expensive. The basic… 

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March 23, 2018

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Is Drop in Foreign Student Visas Due to Trump’s Immigration Policy?

Is Drop in Foreign Student Visas Due to Trump’s Immigration Policy?

According to State Department data, the number of visas given to foreign students was noticeably lower last year after stricter immigration policies were implemented. This has added to the financial challenges that some US colleges and universities are experiencing. Foreign schools have increased their competition with their American counterparts, and some foreign governments have decreased… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / international student Leave a Comment

March 22, 2018

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Ace the AMCAS Essay: What Should You Include in Your Essay?

Ace the AMCAS Essay: What Should You Include in Your Essay?

In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS application for acceptance to top medical schools.  As I discussed in the first post of this series, your AMCAS essay serves as your introduction to the med school admissions board. In this way, your essay much more resembles a human interest… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Ace the AMCAS Essay Series, AMCAS, med school personal statement Leave a Comment

March 20, 2018

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Ace the AMCAS Essay: Why Do We Have Personal Statements?

Ace the AMCAS Essay: Why Do We Have Personal Statements?

In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS essay for acceptance to top medical schools.  Do the essays in your med school applications serve as mere padding for the rest of your application? Or do they have some higher purpose? I’d like to propose three important reasons WHY… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Medical School Admissions / Ace the AMCAS Essay Series, AMCAS, personal statement Leave a Comment

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