One of the areas of the medical school application that I’m commonly asked about is the list of schools. Many applicants are unsure of how many schools to apply to, what the differences are among schools and which schools to target to maximize their odds of admission. Here’s a few tips to help you to compile a …
Varsity Tutors invited me to participate in their “Ask a Medical School Admissions Expert” series. My Q&A with them has now been posted on their blog. It provides a good overview of some of the most important aspects of the medical school application process. Click to Read the Varsity Tutors Interview
Getting into medical school requires good planning starting with the first year of college. Dr. Eaton explains how to prioritize early in your premedical career to ensure you have the grades, test scores and activities needed for a competitive application to medical school. You can view all of my videos on my YouTube channel.
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Being denied acceptance to medical school is disappointing. However, by identifying your weaknesses and correcting them, your next cycle could be the one the one that ends in an acceptance. After an unsuccessful application cycle, the first thing to do is determine what went wrong. Take an honest look at your application, or even better, …
After grades and DAT scores, dental experience is one of the most important areas of the application. Volunteering, working or shadowing in a dental practice allows an applicant to determine if dentistry is truly the right profession and demonstrates to dental schools that the applicant has made an informed choice. Yet applicants are often unsure …
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12/5/11 With so much focus on simply getting in somewhere, it is easy for applicants to forget that they may end up with a choice of schools. Some schools began offering acceptances as early as October 15, and with each week that passes, more positions have been offered. (If you don’t have a spot yet, remember that interview season …
Dr. Eaton discusses her experience as an admissions consultant and the services offered by Prehealthadvising Admissions Consulting.
After months of writing your personal statement, filling out seemingly endless secondary applications, and waiting to hear from the dental schools, an interview offer is concrete evidence that you have advanced in the admissions process. Exhilaration is often quickly replaced by nervousness when an applicant is notified of an invitation to interview at a dental …
Last week I was a guest on KPCC, Los Angeles’ NPR station, discussing MMIs. You can listen to the broadcast of the segment “You can diagnose, sure, but how’s your bedside manner?” here. As discussed in the recent New York Times Article “New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test” Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs), developed in …
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