Admissions

What Goes into a Medical School Application?

By: Emily Hause Prepare for the AMCAS by knowing what to expect. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not the December holidays—it’s medical school application season! Piecing together your medical school application The AMCAS application is open for submission, and with it, thousands of aspiring medical school students will be on their way to making their dreams...

8 Signs You’re a Pre-Med Student

EMILY HAUSE Being a pre-medical student is an experience like no other. You’re simultaneously trying to crush your rigorous science classes while volunteering, gaining medical shadowing experience, and cultivating extracurricular interests. You’re basically a superhuman student-volunteer-teammate-friend masquerading as a normal college student. Spotting a pre-med student is easy once you know what to look for. Here are eight...

3 Steps to Successful Pre-Med Planning

SERRINA NASROLLAHI Is your pre-med career a top priority? Are you wondering how to ensure you’ve made the most of undergrad before the end of your senior year? Do you think you’re on the right track to putting together a stellar med school application? Whatever stage you’re at in college, these questions may come with...

Accepted, Waitlisted, or Rejected from Medical School? What Now?

By: Emily Hause A previous version of this article was published by Kevin Yang. After applying and interviewing at multiple medical schools, the wait to hear back from the programs of your choice can feel like an eternity—and when you do hear back, it may not be the news you were expecting. So what do you do if instead of...