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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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How an Accepted Med School Admissions Consultant Can Help You

How an Accepted admissions consultant can help you get accepted to medical school

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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How Important is Research for Medical School Admissions?

How important is research for medical school admissions

Why Medical Schools Value Research Experience Research experience isn’t a requirement for med school admission. You won’t find a section about it on your application, but it is still valued and important. So important, in fact, that at some of the most competitive research-oriented med schools, 80-90% of admitted applicants have at least some research …

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Optimize Your Graduate School Application: Grades, Scores, Essays, Resume, Activity History, and More [Episode 247]

optimize your grad school application linda abraham

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How to Improve Your Study Skills to Become a More Competitive Med School Applicant

How to Improve Study Skills Become More Competitive Med School Applicant

As an aspiring doctor, you have a lot on your plate. Upgrading your study skills now can help you learn to be more efficient about how you study, save you time, help you improve your grades, and allow you to establish the skills that will see you through medical school. These strategies can make a …

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

How to Get the Most Working with a Med School 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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3 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Med School Reapplicant

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

iv Matthew glowinsky

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

navigating med maze profile competitive

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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