amcas application tips

Hello all, I am excited to be entering my fifth year of advising medical school and residency applicants! I have helped numerous folks successfully enter medicine or their desired specialty. I offer comprehensive services - primary and secondary application editing, interview preparation and...

Getting into med school is hard work, but you already know that. If you don’t want all the time and effort you’ve put in so far to studying, volunteering, and gaining clinical experience to go to waste, then you need to make sure you’re submitting an application that accurately reflects your...

It’s hard to get accepted to medical school. As a premed, you know this already – that’s why you 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 prepared for the challenge...

Medical school hopefuls are getting ready to work on those applications. This can be a hectic time as you try to stay on top of everything. Here are ten tips to help you hit the ground running: Get cozy with the AMCAS/AACOMAS. These two services – the American Medical Colleges Application...

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After years of premed preparation, it’s now just days until the AMCAS opens, and then you’ll be taking a huge step in your med school journey: submitting your AMCAS application. (Deep breath!) It’s exciting, but also stressful: you know the competition is intense, so your application needs to...

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While the AMCAS process is open for several months, it’s to your advantage to apply earlier rather than later so that med schools can consider your application when they have more seats available to fill. With an ongoing process, how can you tell when your application is ready to submit? Here...

Our webinar, Create a Winning AMCAS Application, was a huge success. If you missed it, don’t worry – you still have a chance to see why applicants consider Accepted’s webinars among our most exciting resources! The full webinar is now available to view on-demand, and for free. Check it out...

This part of the medical school application can be time consuming since you will have to enter in the title, units, and grade as well as classification for every college level class you’ve ever taken. It’s easy to make mistakes here since there are so many to list. Besides entering in the basic...

There’s still time to register for our webinar Create a Winning AMCAS Application! In just one hour, you’ll get a detailed orientation to the AMCAS application, and learn how to apply strategically, and effectively. How many schools should you apply to? How should you approach the personal...

"I’m just like everyone else. How can I distinguish myself in my AMCAS application?” It isn’t easy to stand out from a group of medical school applicants with so many shared goals and experiences. In this video, admissions guru Linda Abraham shares the secret to showing the admissions committee...

Hi all, I am a recently accepted medical student. I learned a lot this cycle, and I wanted to ensure that I reflected on it in a way that others can learn from my experiences. With that being said, there's a lot of stuff that you can be doing RIGHT NOW to get a head start on your AMCAS...