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Thursday, 31 December 2009 00:00 |
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Great, you just heard back from a dozen schools who offered you an interview. Now the tough part is deciding which programs you are willing to go interview. Keep in mind there are costs associated with traveling to interviews.
- Flights
- Hotels/Motels
- Ground Transportation/Taxi/Rental Car
- Food
If you can afford to go to all your interviews, then go for it. But if you are interviewing with a budget, try these money saving tips:
- Group your interviews together by geographical location. If you are going to interview in New York City and you live in Los Angeles, contact the school to see if they are flexible enough to schedule your interviews close together so you don't have to fly back and forth.
- Ask the medical school to see if they have a medical student-applicant host program. Many medical students volunteer to host applicants.
- Ask hotels if they have a free shuttle service to/from airport and to/from medical school interview.
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Last Updated on Friday, 01 January 2010 06:17 |
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Friday, 18 December 2009 08:06 |
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If you receive a medical school interview, and there is another school in the same city or state that you haven't heard from, why not email their admissions department and ask them if they can reach a decision sooner concerning whether you get an interview or not since you will be in the same area for an interview at another medical school. The logic goes that if one school deems you "intervieweable" material, then the other school that you are waiting to hear back from would highly get "jealous" and offer you an interview as well.
Even if you don't get an offer for an interview from the other school, at least you get an earlier decision on your secondary application than have it wait in limbo until the end of the interview season.
This strategy works especially well for MD/PhD applicants, since the interview coordinator has only a small group of MD/PhD applicants and you can get a quicker response from them than from the medical school admissions staff who has to handle thousands of applications. |
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 06:32 |
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When traveling to medical school interviews, make sure you bring a compact umbrella. Don't leave home without one. You don't want to be caught running in between student and faculty interviews in the rain. Plus, if you have an umbrella, it gives a great impression to the interviewer that you are well prepared and think about the details. Remember, its all about the details when you are going to be a physician.
Good luck on the interviews. |
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