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January 21, 2021

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Predoc & Premed Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

Predoc & Premed Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

Often, top medical schools in the U.S. offer predoc and premed summer undergraduate research programs. We’ve compiled an all-you-need-to-know chart that includes school name, deadlines, and links to the specific predoc/premed programs for more information. Why do these undergraduate research programs exist? The purpose of these programs is to expose ambitious, talented college students to… 

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

May 24, 2020

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What to Include in the AMCAS Work and Activities Section

What to Include in the AMCAS Work and Activities Section

Your AMCAS application is a lot like a plate at a barbecue. A lot of attention is given to the “meat” of your application – but it’s what you write about in the activities section that adds flavor and variety to the “meat” of your profile. You have a limit of 15 activities that you… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / AMCAS, premed activities

April 12, 2020

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How Can I Continue Volunteering in the Age of COVID-19?

How Can I Continue Volunteering in the Age of COVID-19?

Many of our Accepted clients are asking how they can continue their volunteering given that many of their previous positions now only allow essential personnel in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We’ve put together the table below to help in your efforts to find new volunteering positions. If you know of other helpful… 

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Article by Herman Gordon / Medical School Admissions / COVID-19 med, premed activities

April 8, 2020

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5 Ways to Stand Out in the AACOMAS Experience and Achievements Sections

Stand Out in the AACOMAS Experience and Achievements Sections

The Experiences section in the AACOMAS application asks you to list your non-academic work, including healthcare-related work, non-healthcare work, volunteer work, and extracurricular activities. The Achievements section is the space for you to include academic honors, awards and scholarships. Below are five tips for completing this section of the AACOMAS. Categorize your activity by type…. 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / AACOMAS, DO Application Series, osteopathic med school, premed activities

August 27, 2019

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Encore: Writing for Medical School: Personal Statements, Activities, and Secondaries [Episode 327]

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I am taking a week off for family time this week. As a result I decided to air an encore of our most popular med podcast so far in 2019, and it is: Writing for Med School, which I presented at the end of January. It’s an excellent time for this podcast. Many of you… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / med application essays, podcast, premed activities, when to apply to med school

May 8, 2019

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Activity Descriptions for Med School: 4 Questions That Will Make Yours Awesome

Activity Descriptions for Med School: 4 Questions That Will Make Yours Awesome!

Having worked in admissions for over a decade, I have probably read thousands of activity descriptions for medical school and related healthcare fields by now. While this part of the application may not seem very important, it can actually be the component that makes or breaks your chance of acceptance. It can be quite damaging… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions / AACOMAS, AMCAS, premed activities, TMDSAS

May 2, 2019

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How to Choose the Best Experiences for Your AMCAS Application

How to choose the best experiences for your AMCAS application

It’s that time of year when premeds across the world are gathering everything they need to put on their AMCAS application. In this article, I’ll walk through one facet (one of the largest) of this dainty little application, the experiences section. I will outline what makes a good experience to write about, which ones should be deemed… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / AMCAS, Journeys with Joshua, premed activities

March 20, 2019

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How to Improve and Present Your Experiences for Your Med School Reapplication

Reapplying to Medical School: How to Improve and Present Your Experiences

In the final section of our Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success series, we’ll discuss how reapplicants should improve, and then present, their experiences. One last factor that can seriously hurt your chances is a lack of substantive, ongoing experiences. Medical schools want students who are passionate and committed – to the world… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Medical school reapplication, premed activities

February 19, 2019

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The Importance of Clinical Exposure

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 Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Navigate the Med Maze, premed activities

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

February 11, 2019

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Writing for Medical School: Personal Statements, Activities, and Secondaries [Episode 296]

Linda Abraham talks about the med school application. Listen now!

Accepted Founder Linda Abraham Talks Med School Admissions [Show Summary] Are you planning to apply to medical school this year? Worried about the personal statement, most meaningful experiences, activity descriptions, and secondary essays? They can be challenging! Let’s learn about the who, what, when, where, and why of impressive, engaging writing that will get you… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / med application essays, podcast, premed activities, when to apply to med school

February 7, 2019

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Teamwork in Medical School Admissions: How to Show You’ve Got It

Teamwork in Medical School Admissions

“Doctors save lives, but they can sometimes be insufferable know-it-alls who bully nurses and do not listen to patients.” – NY Times, GARDINER HARRIS, JULY 10, 2011 Why do medical schools value teamwork? When the Institute of Medicine published “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System” in 2000, medical schools were still training… 

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Article by Suzi Schweikert / Medical School Admissions / med application essays, premed activities, teamwork

January 30, 2019

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How to Shadow a Doctor

How to Shadow a Doctor

When looking for activities to include on your AMCAS application, shadowing is a powerful way to demonstrate your interest in and realistic knowledge of the field of medicine. Shadowing as many different kinds of doctors as you can is helpful; the only way to know whether you will enjoy a career in a particular area… 

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

January 25, 2019

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How Important is Volunteering for Medical School Admissions?

How Important is Volunteering for Medical School Admissions

Volunteering is crucial for medical school applicants. Here’s why: Med schools aren’t just looking for science geeks who’ve never stepped outside the lab. They’re looking for students who will not just succeed in the classroom, but who have also had rich and varied experiences that will make them stand out as interesting and passionate individuals… 

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

January 21, 2019

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How to Show that YOU Want to be a Doctor

How to Show that YOU Want to be a Doctor

“My mom is a doctor, my dad is a doctor. How can I prove to the med school admissions committees that I really want to be a doctor?”  Concerned that your application doesn’t demonstrate the extent of your personal commitment to medicine? An experienced admissions consultant can guide you as you craft an application… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / med application essays, Med Video Tips, premed, premed activities

December 27, 2018

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4 Tips for Writing About Last Minute Extracurricular Activities

You want to write about all your fantastic non-school and non-work endeavors so that you really stand out from your competition, but when you start to think about it…you draw a blank. There must be SOMETHING you can show for how you use your free time, but what? Have you found yourself in a last minute… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays, premed activities

December 20, 2018

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How to Spend Your Gap Year Between College and Medical School

How to Spend Your Gap Year Between College and Medical School

Many students do not attend medical school immediately following undergrad for a variety of reasons. Many traditional applicants spend the year in between college and med school – their “gap year” – improving their academic credentials and gaining additional research or clinical experience. While improving premed credentials is probably the most common reason for the… 

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

December 20, 2018

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What Are the Pros of a Gap Year Before Medical School?

What are the pros of a gap year before medical school

You’re almost at the end of four years of undergrad school and are thinking about your GPA, MCAT, and everything else that goes into your medical school application. Are you ready to go straight to med school, or do you want to take a “gap year” – a year off between college and medical school?… 

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

December 20, 2018

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Applying to Medical School: Selecting Extracurricular Activities

Applying to Medical School Selecting Extracurricular Activities

When considering your goal of attending medical school, you need to choose extracurricular activities that you will enjoy and that will also help you highlight the characteristics that med schools are seeking. 3 strategies for choosing the right extracurriculars Below we will provide you with strategies for finding and selecting activities that will set your… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / AMCAS, optimize your med admissions profile, premed activities

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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