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December 19, 2018

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What Every Premed Student Needs to Know About Retaking Classes

AACOMAS has changed its grade forgiveness policy as of Feb 2017. For more about this, check out AACOMAS Changing Their Grade Forgiveness Policy. If you have retaken classes in the past or will need to retake a class in the future, reading this post will tell you what you need to know about how the… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, optimize your med admissions profile, premed

December 19, 2018

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7 Traits of a Competitive Medical School Applicant

7 Traits of a Competitive Medical School Applicant

Are you med school material? What traits are the adcoms looking for in their future students? It’s time to do some serious introspection to make sure that you’ve got what it takes to get into med school, and that you know how to show off these top skills to the admissions committee! Here are some examples… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / leadership, med school personal statement, optimize your med admissions profile

December 19, 2018

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3 Tips for Applying to Early Admissions Programs for Medical School

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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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / early decision, Icahn SOM, optimize your med admissions profile, premed, when to apply to med school

November 3, 2017

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The Increasingly Important Role of Social Media in the Application Process

On October 25th, Kaplan Test Prep released the results of a survey from over 150 business schools in the United States. While the survey only interviewed business schools, the implications are relevant to all college and graduate school applicants. With regard to social media, the results very clearly indicate that an applicant’s social media profile is becoming… 

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Article by Jen Weld / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, social media

December 19, 2018

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How to Get the Most Out of Working With a Med School Admissions Consultant

You’re applying to med school and need to juggle numerous things at once to stay afloat – school and/or a job, volunteer activities, MCAT prep, and family obligations…and that’s before we even talk about the complicated and time-consuming medical school application process. How can a consultant help you, and how can you get the most… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Admissions Consulting, Medical School Admissions / Admissions Consulting, optimize your med admissions profile

December 19, 2018

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3 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Med School Reapplicant

Over the years, I’ve noticed that reapplicants to medical school share similar characteristics. They tend to rush the process and miss opportunities for improvement. Many students end up reapplying because they are over confident—it may be the tone reflected in their essays or in a lower than average number of activities or both. Reapplicants also… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile

December 20, 2018

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Determine Your Career Goals in Medicine

This post is the fourth in our series on applying to med school in the most efficient and timely manner. You’ve got six months to make this happen. Make sure you do it right by following the tips in Med School Action Plan: 6 Steps for the 6 Months Before You Apply. One of the… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / Med School Action Plan, optimize your med admissions profile

December 19, 2018

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Assess Your Qualifications for Medical School

This is the first post in our series on applying to med school in the most efficient and timely manner. You’ve got six months to make this happen. Make sure you do it right by following the tips in Med School Action Plan: 6 Steps for the 6 Months Before You Apply. In the six… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / Med School Action Plan, optimize your med admissions profile, researching med schools

December 19, 2018

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8 Reasons Medical School Applicants are Rejected

Each medical school receives thousands of applications every year and most schools have less than a hundred spots available. That means that you need to be extremely careful when applying to medical school (as a first time applicant or a reapplicant) that you don’t transgress those common mistakes that will get you rejected. The most… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / medical school rejection, optimize your med admissions profile

February 13, 2017

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5 Tips For Aspiring Premed Researchers

5 Tips for Aspiring Pre-Med Researchers

Gaining research experience won’t just make you a more competitive medical school applicant—it’ll also help you sharpen your critical thinking skills, and give you training you’ll draw on as a medical school student and physician. How can you find the right research opportunity for you? 1. Start early. Ideally, it would be great to have… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, premed, premed activities, premed research

December 19, 2018

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What Do Scribes Do – And How to Become One [Episode 191]

Medical schools across the board want to know that the people they admit know what they’re getting into and have an understanding of clinical practice based on personal experience. Clinical exposure is virtually a requirement for acceptance to ALL U.S. medical schools. A great way to get such exposure is by working as a scribe…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, podcast, premed, premed activities

December 19, 2018

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Is My Profile Competitive for Medical School Admission? [Navigate Med School Maze]

You’ve taken the MCAT, completed all the pre-reqs, and maybe shadowed a physician, done some research, and volunteered. Now it’s time to make sure you’re all in for the last legs of this long journey. In this series, we’ll discuss how you can continue to navigate your way to a med school acceptance by analyzing your profile, creating… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / Navigate the Med Maze, optimize your med admissions profile, premed

December 19, 2018

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3 Reasons You Need to Start Working on Your Med School Applications NOW [Video]

Medical school applications can’t be submitted until May or June, but getting an early start will give you three advantages that you simply can’t afford to pass up. In this video, Linda Abraham, Founder & CEO of Accepted and medical school admissions guru explains why getting the ball rolling now will help you get accepted. Related Resources: •… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Med Video Tips, optimize your med admissions profile

December 19, 2018

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Put the Med School Application Puzzle Together: Advice from Cydney Foote [Episode 160]

Accepted Editor: Cydney Foote

How to apply to medical school: join us today for a conversation with Accepted’s own Cydney Foote! Cyd has a background in healthcare education administration at the University of Washington Medical and Dental Schools, where she served on several fellowship admissions committees, as well as years of experience in writing and marketing for various businesses…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, podcast

December 20, 2018

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Premed Planning: Does it Matter Where You Go to College?

On Twitter, a follower recently asked us: Do you have any posts on whether it is worth a premed paying $$$ for a degree at a top 20 college over a quality state university? For a short question, there’s a lot going on here, and we thought it would be worthwhile to discuss it. First,… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, premed

December 20, 2018

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The Best 4 Things to Do Before Med School

As I become inundated with science, buried under electronic books (yes, I do everything on my iPad), and finally set into the rhythm of my first year of medical, I can’t help but notice the things I am so thankful I did, and some things I wish I would have. When you burn through an… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Journeys with Joshua, optimize your med admissions profile, premed

December 19, 2018

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5 Ways to Optimize Your Online Presence Before Submitting Applications

You’ve filled out your entire application, perfected your essays, secured killer recommendations, and written a CV that truly shows off your skills and experiences. You’re ready to submit, right? WRONG! There’s one more thing you need to do, and you should do it NOW, before the adcoms start googling. Optimize your online presence. Here are 5 things ways… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, social media

December 19, 2018

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Shadowing Experiences Around the Globe with Gap Medics [Episode 141]

If you’re a pre-health student interested in international travel and one of a kind clinical experiences, this is the show for you! Meet Ricky Persson of Gap Medics [1:40] Gap Medics overview [2:16] Gap Medics coordinates short term shadowing placements in the health professions for high school and college students. The placements are in 1-week blocks;… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, podcast, premed, premed activities, premed clinical experience, premed gap year

February 17, 2019

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What I Learned from My Shadowing Experiences

As a pre-med, I was grateful to shadow seven physicians in different medical environments. Some were primary care doctors, others were D.O. physicians. I even had the opportunity to learn alongside an orthopedic surgeon. People constantly say shadowing is important for resumes, applications, and medical school acceptances– and that’s true. But shadowing is more than… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / optimize your med admissions profile, premed, premed activities, premed clinical experience

December 18, 2018

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To Research or Not to Research is Thy Pre-Med Question

Journeys with Joshua: Joshua Wienczkowski walks us through med school at East Tennessee’s College of Medicine with his monthly blog updates. Get an inside look into med school down South and life as a student adcom member through the eyes of a former professional songwriter with a whole lot of clinical experience — thanks Joshua… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Journeys with Joshua, optimize your med admissions profile, premed, premed activities, premed research

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