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Sunday, 09 May 2010 02:58 |
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The best time to take the MCAT is immediately after you have taking the prerequisites for medical school. Having taken 1 year physics, 1 year biology, 1 year general chemistry, 1 year organic chemistry, and 1/2 a year of biochemistry will give you the foundations for the MCAT. Don't wait too long before you take it. If you do, you'll forget a lot of the information. It's best to take the MCAT when you have everything still fresh in your minds.
Also, it is helpful to take an MCAT review course like Kaplan or Princeton Review the summer or spring right after your last premed class. The MCAT course will be a review for you. It shouldn't have to be in substitution of your classes if you've forgotten the material since it was a while since you took the class. |
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Thursday, 15 April 2010 07:14 |
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When you fill out your AMCAS application, you will be asked to include your parent's occupation and level of education. Remember to fill this section out.
Why is it important for the admissions committee to know this information? To get a sense of the overall applicant, it is important for the committee to know what kind of household you grew up in ad what influences you had growing up that lead you to decide to apply for medical school. If your parents are not physicians or only received a high school degree, then it could be looked favorably upon by committee members who view your motivation to pursue medicine as your own and not your parents.
Also, if both your parents are physicians, then you can not slack and think that just because you live with two doctors, that you know what being a physician is like. You need to make an extra effort to show that you did pursue clinical experiences. It should be easy for you since you can shadow your parent's coworkers in the hospital. Make sure you get letter of recommendations from them as well. |
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Monday, 12 April 2010 06:42 |
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It is perfectly acceptable to submit letter of recommendations from spiritual leaders. Often times they may know you the best second only to your family and are a good judge of character. Make sure the letters focus solely on your involvement in the organization and community and not on any religious message per se. Admissions committee members may not share your same beliefs but they can appreciate what your spiritual leader has to say about you since they are also community leaders in their own right.
Include specific details (i.e. length of activity, dates, etc.) about the projects you were involved with.
Did you teach sunday school? Include that to show that you can work well with kids.
Did you do community service outreach with your religious organization?
Include these details in a list and give it to your letter writer to help them add specific details of your contributions to the organization. |
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