Where Can I Find A Pre-Med Adviser

[Polo423]

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Since I've finished my undergrad and moved I am no longer able to use my pre-medical adviser that I was seeing during school. I was wondering if anyone knew if there was any advisory foundation or company or anything of the such where I could have access to a pre-medical adviser that would work with me 1-on-1.

 

[He2]

sdn

 

[NickNaylor]

sdn

Very true actually. I know SDN has been substantially more useful than my advisor.

 

[magicmage88]

sdn

haha, that's actually kinda true =P but, maybe try to see a premed adviser at a nearby university.. not sure if they'll let you use them considering you're not a student there :-/

 

[rHinO1]

Since I've finished my undergrad and moved I am no longer able to use my pre-medical adviser that I was seeing during school. I was wondering if anyone knew if there was any advisory foundation or company or anything of the such where I could have access to a pre-medical adviser that would work with me 1-on-1.

For what? Seriously. The requirements and such are actually pretty simple. SDN, medical school websites, and the AAMC site are all you need. The pre-med advisors at my school are relatively good and even they have nothing new to add.

I've heard there are random advisors out there but they will just take your money.

 

[tennisball80]

Sdn

 

[s1lver]

A good premed adviser is one who just applied recently and got accepted. That way, you know that all the info you'll get is up-to-date and accurate. If he/she has never applied to a med school before, what makes him/her a premed adviser (unless he/she is part of the admissions committee)?

SDN > *

 

[ShinyDome19]

Actually, the best pre-med advisor you can get is an admissions counselor at any of the medical schools close to you. From my experience, most of them are more than willing to sit down and talk with you about what you need to do to get in to atleast their school. I had a friend in college who had pretty bad MCAT scores and was interested in applying to medical schools, but wanted to know her chances...she sent an E-mail to the admissions dept at our university's med school and they told her to come in and talk with the dean. He told her what she needed to do and how to go about doing it. He even told her about non-US schools an DO schools. After I applied and didnt get in the first time, I went and talked to a admissions counselor too...told me where I fell short on my application in comparison to other applicants, it was really nice and informative - It turned out my application was actually strong where I thought i was weak, and weak where I thought i was strong. Re-applied and now on delayed decision at the school. Also, its a plus that you get to know someone on the admissions committee for when you do apply.

 

[Catalystik]

Check out SDN's "What are my chances?" Forum. Read about 20 of the threads to educate yourself and get an idea of what information you need to provide, then start your own thread asking your questions.

 

[jojo420]

Search for the pre-health advisor's organization website. They have volunteer pre-health advisors for those who don't have access to one. I can't remember the website off hand but it's easily googleable.

 

[njbmd]

Google "Medical School Admissions Counseling" and you will find a ton of "professional" advisers and companies out there that will work one-on one with you. Be sure to do a thorough investigation as with any Internet search.

If you can't go to your previous college for their advising, then go to any college that doesn't care. Most pre-med advisers will work with you if you are local. If not, then take an "enrichment class" and utilize their services.

 

[poox]

Since I've finished my undergrad and moved I am no longer able to use my pre-medical adviser that I was seeing during school. I was wondering if anyone knew if there was any advisory foundation or company or anything of the such where I could have access to a pre-medical adviser that would work with me 1-on-1.

Advisors are not helpful

 

[boaz]

SDN is the best adviser. Seriously.

 

[nonsciencemajor]

SDN...

in fact, when I applied for medical school, I did not go through my premed committee, and had 4 Lors... 2 from science and 2 from nonscience.... no problems....

my premed committee wants applicants to take more courses (like biochem, cell bio, etc..) than the required general bio, chem, orgo, and physics and I refused to do them... and I am so glad, as I enjoyed my undergrad experience and did not have any trouble getting into med school despite all that they "STRONGLY RECOMMEND"

 

[aker321]

You might still be able to use your pre-med adviser from undergrad. I know at both my undergrad and my post-bac institutions, they've told us that alums are welcome to use them. If you're not local, just call or e-mail and find out.

SDN can be helpful but I find that advisers tend to be more down-to-earth about how much freaking out you should do. Use both in concert.

 

[175961]

this just in...SDN the best pre-med advising solution around
i think the majority of responses confirm this

 

[jojo420]

here you go, scroll down and read about finding a volunteer advisor.
http://www.naahp.org/advisors.htm

 

[ChiDO]

SDN easily. My UG advisor sucked ass.