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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Secondary Application Essay Tips and Timeline [2025–2026], Class Profile

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, located in New York City, is dedicated to training future physicians and scientists who will transform healthcare and biomedical research. As the medical and graduate school for the Mount Sinai Health System, the Icahn School of Medicine offers unparalleled clinical, research, and educational opportunities in a world-class …

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Valerie Wherley

Valerie Wherley  

As the former assistant dean of student affairs at the William Beaumont School of Medicine and former director of pre-health advisement and the Postbaccalaureate Certificate Program at Sacred Heart University, Dr. Valerie Wherley brings more than 20 years of success working with pre-health candidates in medicine, dental, vet, PA, PT, OT, exercise science, and nursing. Her clients appreciate her expertise in the holistic admissions process and her patient, thoughtful, strategic, and data-driven working style.

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3 Tips for Applying to Early Admissions Programs for Medical School

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If you are absolutely certain that you want to pursue a medical education, applying to early admissions programs (EAPs) can give you the freedom to pursue any major. The Icahn School of Medicine’s FlexMed Program accepts students in the second semester of their sophomore year from all majors—the more diverse, the better. Flexmed’s only requirements …

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7 To-Dos for Canadians Applying to U.S. Med Schools

7 To Dos Canada 2022

Each year, Canadian medical school hopefuls look across the border for their medical education. While there are obvious challenges (adapting to a different health care system, returning to a Canadian residency, and much higher education costs), the higher acceptance rates at U.S. programs (about 36.2% overall per AAMC, as compared to around 19.6% in Canada) …

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Medical Schools That Prefer Committee Letters (and Which Don’t!)

Allopathic Com Letters Mar 2022

Collecting letters of recommendation is a stressful part of the medical school application process. To make it easier for you to decide which letters to collect, I did the research! (You’re welcome.) There is an exciting development this year—there are no longer any medical schools that require a pre-health committee letter of recommendation from your …

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Tuition-Free Medical School: Everything You Need to Know in 2022

Tuition Free Med 2022

The financial realities of a top-notch medical education are definitely having undesirable consequences for society and young physicians. And some of those consequences are directly opposed to the stated goals of most medical schools.  What are the realities? The cost of a medical school education keeps rising. Today, four years of med school can easily …

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Encore: What Life at Icahn Is Like as a Med Student, Parent, and More [Episode 436]

Podcast interview with Efrat Bruck

[powerpress] Welcome to the 436th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Thanks for joining me. I’m actually taking a week off for family time this week. As a result, I decided to air an encore of one of our most popular shows of 2021 so far, and that show is, What Life at Icahn Is Like …

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What Life at Icahn Is Like as a Med Student, Parent, and More [Episode 399]

Podcast interview with Efrat Bruck

[powerpress] How this non-traditional medical student transitioned into medicine as a second career [Show summary] Efrat Bruck is an M4 at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, as well as a parent and MCAT video creator for Khan Academy with a nontraditional path to medicine. She shares how the program has given her the …

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Comparing In-State and Out-of-State Medical School Acceptance Rates

Comparing in state and out of state medical school acceptance rates

You’re applying to medical school. You know the drill – you have the best chance of getting into your home state med programs AND they’ll be your most affordable option (usually). But what if you apply and don’t get into the in-state schools? Or what if your state doesn’t have the best programs for you? …

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Allopathic Medical School Interview Styles: From Traditional to New Approaches

Allopathic Medical School Interview Styles

Your interview is the next and hopefully final step in your journey to medical school acceptance. Are you ready for it? Before prepping for your interview, you’ll need to know what type of interview you’ll be having. There are four main types of medical school interviews that you can expect at an allopathic med school: …

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Family Practitioner, Author, Advocate: An Interview with Dr. Alexa Mieses [Episode 303]

Podcast interview with Dr. Alexa Mieses

[powerpress] Interview with Dr. Alexa Mieses, family medicine resident, mentor & writer [Show Summary] Do you want to be a clinician? Are you concerned about your ability to gain acceptance to med school? Listen in to today’s interview with the author of The Heartbeat of Success: A Med Student’s Guide to Med School Admissions, Dr. …

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Life as a Med School Student and Nigerian Olympic Star

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This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Chierika Ukogu… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as …

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Meet An Underrepresented, Highly Motivated MD/MPH Student

This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Alexa Mieses… Accepted:  We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as …

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