Medical February 15th is here - should you start your reapp?

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If you’re still waiting on interviews or an acceptance as of today, February 15, it’s time to shift your mindset from hopeful pause to strategic planning. At this point in the cycle, most offers have already been sent, and the facts are that hanging onto hopeful waiting does not improve outcomes. Medicine rewards people who read the landscape clearly and act intentionally. Today is the day where you should stop waiting on schooling and start your reapp preparation.


What you need to do now is audit your entire application honestly. For your primary, account your timeline, school list fit, clinical and volunteer exposure, narrative strength, and writing quality. Do you have the hours in non-clinical, hours in clinical, do you need shadowing hours, do you need to improve your medical narrative, do you need to apply earlier. These questions are more are things that you need to account. Perspective on your writing can be more complicated. For major issues, many AIs can be make a reasonable assessment and some can give detailed breakdowns with paid models in specific modes and with specific prompting and comparison materials. For the majority of applicants, evaluating their writing is where experienced application professionals can be a major benefit, along with school selection and secondaries.

For evaluating your secondaries, consider many of the same things: timeline, school fit, school-specific content, personal experiences/interests aligning with school focuses/coursework/student operations.

Early action and guidance compound; waiting until March or April to fix foundational elements puts you back in the same position. Asclepius Advising is offering our application autopsy service. We do a deep-dive into your primary application and provide guidance on major areas of improvement, areas of emphasis, school fit suggestions, gap-filling, and how to discuss your deepened perspective since last cycle. The autopsy is a self-contained review of your primary application. This service is often a forerunner for clients deciding to work with us on a package deal.

Asclepius Advising is hosting free application consultations and service consultations through February 28 for applicants ready to approach reapplication with clarity and rigor. We won’t be onboarding new clients in March and will reopen consultations and services in April. This is a stressful time and our advisors know personally the emotional and mental experience of navigating whether you should reapply. We've been there and we're happy to talk.