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A recent Stat News op-ed, co-written by former University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine leaders, is calling on medical schools to follow Yale, Harvard, and other leading law schools in withdrawing from participation in the U.S. News rankings. The authors, Holly Humphrey, a physician and...

News you have been waitlisted at one of the medical schools on your list is disappointing. But the game isn’t over. You can influence your chance of being selected from the waitlist of any school by continuing to showcase your interest in their program through update letters, visits, and...

All premedical students are required to take prerequisites in life sciences before applying to medical school. But the humanities also offer valuable preparation for prospective physicians. In the fall of 2020, about 12 percent of the entering students in the U.S. News top 10 programs in...

To gauge an applicant’s ability to critically evaluate a complex scenario and employ sound judgment and effective communication skills, a growing number of allopathic medical schools (currently, more than 40) have turned to CASPer. What in the world is CASPer? CASPer (Computer-based...

Many medical schools, including those at Duke, NYU, University of Massachusetts, and Rutgers, are using the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) to evaluate applicants. This is because it is an effective way to evaluate an applicant’s ability to process a complex scenario or issue under pressure and...

Begin preparing for your interview by thinking through your most meaningful experiences that will help demonstrate your skills and abilities in the areas of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, leadership, teamwork, and empathy, as well as those that reinforced your commitment to the...

Your medical school interview will be the most influential component of your application. It is your chance to showcase your personality, drive, and commitment to a medical career as well as those characteristics that will benefit your medical school class and future patients. Scheduling the...

For the selection of the Class of 2026 at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, the admissions team included members of the surrounding community. This made Katz one of the first medical schools to incorporate the opinions of local residents in admissions decisions. Among the five...

A recent JAMA Network Open study found that medical students from underrepresented groups have an attrition rate that is over three times higher than other students. The study analyzed allopathic medical student cohorts in years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, and divided students into groupings for...

In 2020 Maryland’s state legislature passed a law requiring all health care providers in perinatal units to receive implicit bias training once every two years. Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk, the law’s sponsor, cited the striking disparity in maternal mortality rates (four times as high for...

At Apply Point, we will help you craft a compelling application so you can get where you want to go. Next week, July 11th-15th, we will be offering a limited number of free, 30-minute, one-on-one consultations. You’ll meet with a member of our team, experienced in medical school admissions, for...

After you submit your AMCAS application, you will begin to receive secondary essay prompts. Some schools send the prompts automatically, while others are the result of a pre-screening process. It may seem overwhelming at first, but many of the schools will use at least some of the same prompts...

An op-ed published by the AAMC, by Srijan Sen, MD, PHD, suggests medical residency programs need to implement systemic changes on top of current efforts focused on building individuals’ resilience and wellbeing. Dr. Sen, along with collaborator Connie Guille, MD, analyzed data collected via the...

This year the U.S. News & World Report updated the methodology behind their 2022 Best Medical Schools in Primary Care ranking. A JAMA Viewpoint article entitled, “Increasing Transparency for Medical School Primary Care Rankings—Moving From a Beauty Contest to a Talent Show,” by Robert L...

While the MCAT is typically the first concern of a prospective medical student and an important component of the medical school admissions process, there are other factors—competencies in interpersonal communication and professional behavior—that can be a much better predictor of an applicant’s...

If you are considering medical school, our team at Apply Point would love to speak with you. As an Apply Point client, you will work closely with a team of two experts throughout your time with us—a former medical school admissions director and a communications professional with extensive...