for a 2012 class application....

[txkiteboarder]

What should I start to get ready NOW, so I will be ready to submit majority of information by June?

resume?
essays?
transcripts?
????

Plus, if you have any other good references for future DO applicants, please let us know...

 

[Kuba]

What should I start to get ready NOW, so I will be ready to submit majority of information by June?

resume?
essays?
transcripts?
????

Plus, if you have any other good references for future DO applicants, please let us know...

start getting those letters of rec. those take the longest. The essay is the next thing I would start.

 

[bkpa2med]

I agree w/kuba. LOR's and your essay are two things you should be working on.

 

[Krisss17]

start getting those letters of rec. those take the longest. The essay is the next thing I would start.

When you talk about essay, are you speaking of the personal statement? Is there a special format that most people use when they write their PS?

 

[Kuba]

When you talk about essay, are you speaking of the personal statement? Is there a special format that most people use when they write their PS?

Yes, personal statement. You have 4500* characters(including spaces) to tell them why you want to go to med school.

* if it's the same this year

 

[froggiepremed]

sure, get your personal statement together...

do a search for secondary apps. Most of the online secondaries have their links posted, so you can get your essay ?s now and have them finished before the secondary arrives (but they may change from eyar to year)

#1 = LOR!

 

[txkiteboarder]

1st: I only have one prof so far in mind... i will be calling soon for a DO shadow.. 3rd reference will be from prof this semester...

do we need a resume?

 

[CTrainSJU]

1st: I only have one prof so far in mind... i will be calling soon for a DO shadow.. 3rd reference will be from prof this semester...

do we need a resume?

For some schools you do. I believe I remember including one for CCOM.

 

[Kuba]

1st: I only have one prof so far in mind... i will be calling soon for a DO shadow.. 3rd reference will be from prof this semester...

do we need a resume?

You need a CV for CCOM. In the sciences and medical fields you usually uses CV's, not resumes.

 

[Packamylase]

1st: I only have one prof so far in mind... i will be calling soon for a DO shadow.. 3rd reference will be from prof this semester...

do we need a resume?

You won't submit your activities in a resume format. Instead, you fill out each activity separately. An up-to-date resume is useful, though, to keep your activities and accomplishments organized.

CCOM and AZCOM ask for resumes/CV's as part of their secondary application.

 

[Kuba]

For some schools you do. I believe I remember including one for CCOM.

you're too quick

 

[CTrainSJU]

you're too quick

I thought the same thing, that literally must have been .001 seconds apart.

 

[MJB]

As for your LOR's.

Then, ask for them again.

And again...and again, and again.

Well, you get the point...those silly things take FOREVER.

 

[Boner]

What should I start to get ready NOW, so I will be ready to submit majority of information by June?

resume?
essays?
transcripts?
????

Plus, if you have any other good references for future DO applicants, please let us know...

Start saving money for apps and costly interview trips.
Read Gevitz to brush up on osteopathic medicine's history.
Start researching programs of interest in depth (helpful for secondaries).
Shadow a DO.
Get letters of rec together.
If you're not a fast writer, start mulling over your personal statement.

 

[txkiteboarder]

i already read the book

Start saving money for apps and costly interview trips.
Read Gevitz to brush up on osteopathic medicine's history.
Start researching programs of interest in depth (helpful for secondaries).
Shadow a DO.
Get letters of rec together.
If you're not a fast writer, start mulling over your personal statement.