Post-bac Posts

Tips on Writing an Effective Personal Statement: Have I got the M.E.A.L. Ticket for You?

You have spent years completing challenging courses prerequisites, volunteering countless hours, and gaining experiences in your desired field of study. Yet, the only thing between you and submitting your admissions application is THE personal statement. Regardless of your health profession of choice, medicine, dentistry, PA, OT, PT, nursing, or veterinary medicine, every health profession’s admissions […]

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Five Secrets to an Authentic Interview

Leave a Comment / Dental School, Interviewing, Medical School, Physician Assistant (PA) School, Post-bac, Veterinary School / By Dr. Ciglar

You put together a fantastic application packet. You spent countless hours studying for the MCAT and achieved a superb score. Your work and experiences demonstrate your dedication to community service, volunteerism, and compassion for caring for others. You toiled months on the personal statement, with multiple revisions, until it was perfect. Finally, the packet was

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Article: The Difference Between Career Changer and Academic Enrichment Postbaccaulareate Premedical Programs

Leave a Comment / Post-bac / By Dr. Eaton

With any array of postbac premed programs to choose from, applicants are sometimes unsure of which type is right for their situation. In my article in the March/April 2015 issue of PreMedLife Magazine I describe the two major types of post-baccalaureate programs (career changers and academic enhancers) and the purpose of each.

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Post-bac Programs for Premedical, Predental and Preveterinary Students

54 Comments / Dental School, Medical School, Post-bac / By Dr. Eaton

What do you do if your decision to become a physician, dentist or veterinarian was made after you completed college? How do you obtain the science courses necessary to apply? Or, perhaps you made the decision early on, but your grades in college are not competitive for admissions into med or dental school. Then what?

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