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I have three ideas for the diversity secondary essay prompt, and I can't decide on which one to run with:

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Do I add the science and math classes that I have withdrawn from into my BPCM? How do medical school committees look at withdrawn math and science courses? I have withdrawn from a Gen Bio 1 with Lab and a Gen Chem 1 with Lab in my freshman year. I am retaking them now and I've got a solic A in both.

If you have experienced any form of social, economic, or educational disadvantage at any time in your life, you can apply to medical school as a disadvantaged applicant. When you specify that you are applying as disadvantaged, you will have a new section to complete in your application. AMCAS...

hello, I took a summer class at a different institution than my home one last summer. When I entered all of my course work, this class showed up at the very bottom of my coursework on the printable version of the AMCAS, even at the bottom of my future coursework. I thought it should show up next...

You’ve heard it again and again – the personal statement is one of the most important parts of your med school application. However, we know that admonition doesn’t make it any easier to write! But even though personal statements can definitely be challenging, they don’t need to be overwhelming...

Hello, I am in a bit of a dilemma as I am expecting the paper that I have been working on with my postdoc for 1.5 years is probably going to be submitted for reviews in early to mid-June. I was obviously hoping to have it published by now as I will be a co-author, but now that it is in the...

On my AMCAS, I have filled in that I graduated in May 2018. When I look at my unofficial transcript, I can see that spring grades have been posted. However, my actual degree has not been posted to my transcript yet. My question is that, if I go ahead and send my transcript now, will there be a...

Your challenge: show the admissions committee something unique about you, in just 5300 characters! Convey your passion for medicine, show what kind of person and student you are, and demonstrate what kind of physician you’ll be in the future… No big deal, right? <Gulp> Don’t worry – It’s not...

It's not too late to watch 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS essay for acceptance to top medical schools. Who Should Write Your AMCAS Essay? The obvious answer here is that YOU should (and if anyone else does for you, then you can expect to be found out and...

Hey everyone, I'll be applying next cycle for Fall 2019. Can someone please tell me when the AMCAS application opens, and how long does it take to fill out and send because I want to be one of the first applications out. I'm taking the MCAT this summer, so I"ll have my MCAT, only thing is my...

Hello everyone, I am doing a fellowship over the summer and I'm expecting to get around 400 hours of research. I am planning on applying to MSTP programs this summer given my MCAT score is sufficient (Get the score tomorrow). The essay section of the AMCAS requires you to talk about research...

Channel is here! Started this in my gap year in hopes of helping everyone who is in my shoes. Will be a M1 headed off to med school next year and wanted to also use this to reflect on my experiences!