Whether or not you agree with medical school and residency admissions committees checking applicants social networking profiles and posts, you should treat all public information on the Internet as if it will be read by anyone and everyone. If you think a Facebook or Twitter post won't looks good to an admissions committee, perhaps you shouldn't post. Monitor your social networking profile just like you check and recheck a resume.
Dr. Suzanne M. Miller, a Harvard/Stanford MD, admissions expert, and best-selling author, has dedicated herself to helping pre-meds and medical students succeed in their journey to doctorhood. Here, Dr. Miller provides tips, updates, and great insight on how to get into medical school and residency.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Should medical school admissions committees check your Facebook page?
Whether or not you agree with medical school and residency admissions committees checking applicants social networking profiles and posts, you should treat all public information on the Internet as if it will be read by anyone and everyone. If you think a Facebook or Twitter post won't looks good to an admissions committee, perhaps you shouldn't post. Monitor your social networking profile just like you check and recheck a resume.
Monday, November 5, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide
Thank you to everyone who has supported MDadmit and this book!
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide
Thank you to everyone who has supported MDadmit and this book!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Dr. Miller and MDadmit in the News!
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MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Great Pre-Med Conference
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Friday, September 14, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Here's what another satisfied pre-med had to say:
"5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book! September 13, 2012
Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
“Thank you so much for all of your help. I am really happy and excited to be attending my first choice school! I felt that the interview preparation we did was extremely helpful. Comments on my personal statement were also thorough and easy to understand.”
--Stanford Medical School Student
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Friday, August 17, 2012
How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA eBook
There is no greater pleasure in my role as a medical school admissions consultant than to see those who initially struggled in school gain acceptance to medical school. Where there is a will, there is a way!
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Here's what another satisfied pre-med had to say:
"There are a lot of med school essay and admissions guidebooks out there, but I would hands-down recommend this one to anyone applying to medical school."
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA eBook Review
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
MDadmit Medical School Admissions: Testimonial of the Week
Third, thank you to everyone who has bought the Medical School Admissions Guide and How to Get Into Medical School with a Low GPA - we have hit record sales!
Friday, July 13, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook continues to receive great reviews and 5/5 stars on Amazon.
Here's what another satisfied pre-med had to say:
"This book is a fantastic, well-organized guide to the admissions process. The numerous examples (with commentary) of personal statements and work/activities narratives have been a huge help to me, especially since I had no idea where to start as I began to put my application together. I've been carrying this book around me with everywhere for the past couple of months, and I rarely have a question that isn't answered in this book. The week-by-week layout is great too and helps keep me on track. There are a lot of med school essay and admissions guidebooks out there, but I would hands-down recommend this one to anyone applying to medical school. Also, I'd recommend you buy it around the fall before your application year (or before you sign up for the MCAT) so you can take full advantage of all of the MCAT and letters of recommendation advice."
Friday, July 6, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Here's what another satisfied pre-med parent had to say:
"Both my wife and I are doctors, so when our child announced he would like to follow in our footsteps, we were very pleased but also a bit nervous. We both know how hard it is to get into medical school and the process is so different from when we applied. On a trip, I saw someone reading this book in the airport, a young man about the same age as my son. I went and asked him how he liked the book. He was nice enough to spend a few minutes talking to me about it, and even gave me the chance to look it over. He said it was a huge help because it broke things down into conquerable parts, a little bit here, a little bit there. This was perfect for my son, and I know because it's just about the only think he's ever thanked me for, more than once. The Medical School Admissions Guide is as great book for your son/daughter applying to medical school as it was for us, the parents - we bought two copies so we could follow along with our son. Tremendous help for our child, tremendous help for us. Highly recommended!"
Friday, June 29, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Here's what another satisfied pre-med had to say:
"The book does a great job of organizing the tedious process of applying to med school. The dissection of the sample personal statements is very helpful. I strongly recommend this book to any student who plans on applying to medical school."
Friday, June 22, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Here's what another satisfied pre-med had to say:
"This book has everything you need to know on how to get into medical school. This book shows you everything from when to start applying to medical school including samples of secondary letters from several applicants who are now in med school. It's a great book to have by your side through out the application process."
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
AMCAS Accepting 2012 Applications (for 2013 Matriculation)
Getting your application in early increases your chances of admission to rolling admissions schools. Submit your AMCAS asap!
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Here's what another satisfied pre-med had to say:
"Suzanne Miller's book on the med school admissions process is exceptional. Dr. Miller masterfully articulates the important points of the med school applications process. She hones her expression into a concise and authoritative language that provides you with details that you will not read anywhere else.
Although the book is steeped in good advice, I particularly value the section on the secondary applications. Dr. Miller provides over 40 essay prompts categorized into 10 major themes that will allow you to complete much of your secondary applications before you even begin to apply. I cannot tell you how valuable this information is... secondary applications are very time consuming, but if you follow Dr. Miller's advice, they will be as easy as cutting and pasting your pre-written essays.
This is a book for the general applicant, as well as for the elite applicant. As a graduate of an Ivy League school, my home school dedicates enormous resources into pre-medical advising. However, Dr. Miller's book surpasses the advice that I received from my school's career services by leaps and bounds; so much so that I purchased a copy of her book and mailed it to my home school's career services.
This book will propel your application into a new level of excellence, not to mention save you enormous time in the process.
Buy this book!"
Friday, June 8, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Here's what another satisfied pre-med had to say:
"As a nontraditional applicant, this book answers almost all my questions about the mysterious and tedious application process. It includes tips on how and where to apply (M.D., D.O., foreign schools), the MCAT, essays for AMCAS (including samples), interview questions, and really how to stand out as an applicant. The format is easy to follow and makes budgeting the time for everything really easy. Out of all the books I've found, this is the one I'll use the most and will keep for interview tips for residencies"
Friday, June 1, 2012
Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Reviews
Another satisfied pre-med wrote:
"Ask any pre-med student, and they will tell you: applying to medical school is nothing short of a chaotic headache. Considering this, a young clinician once told me, "The most important thing you can do when you are applying is to find someone you trust and heed their advice. Regularly." While this seems pretty simple, with a litany of organizations trying to tell you their version of how to get into medical school, it can be nigh impossible to know where you stand.
And having been there, done that myself, I can say with experience that this book, "The Medical School Admissions Guide" is hands down THE BEST pre-medical application book I have encountered. This is the swiss-army-knife of admissions guides that will help get you into medical school.
There are a few things that I found that made this book stand out as more then exceptional:
1) Actually gives examples that work: Though I considered myself a neurotic pre-med student, I quickly got sick of the platitudes and abstractions that my colleuges keep insisting were valuable information regarding medical school. Dr. Miller's book not only discusses the theory about how to approach your application and candidacy but then discusses real-world examples. You end up essentially taking a class on the application process, with valuable case-study work added in.
2) Puts you on a schedule (if you want): What really worked for me was how the book organizes its content within a specific timeline. One of the big draws of people taking an MCAT review course is that it allows you to schedule your time out automatically, and I appreciated being able to take the same framework of an MCAT class and apply it to the entirety of the general application process of medical school: less thinking on my part and I could focus my willpower and discipline elsewhere.
Please note, though: I felt that the content is categorized enough such that it entirely possible to use the material discussed in the book a la carte, so you could independently apply it to different aspects of the application process.
3)No-nonsense, no-fluff strategy: there is a LOT of material out there on applying to medical school. And a LOT of it are vague generalizations and trivial information that will lead you pretty much nowhere except out a couple hundred bucks that could have been used on secondary application fees. Dr. Miller's book is unique in that it gives concrete and ACTIONABLE steps to getting yourself in position to be a competitive medical school candidate. There really wasn't any guesswork required on my part to how I needed to work the system, based on the advice in the text.
In summary: skip the other stuff and get "The Medical School Admissions Guide", you will thank me later."
Friday, May 25, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Another satisfied pre-med wrote:
"The best medical school admissions guide out there!
Friday, May 18, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
Another satisfied pre-med wrote:
"A Must Read for the Medical School Applicant
Friday, May 11, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
One satisfied pre-med wrote:
"BEST MED SCHOOL ADMISSIONS BOOK EVER!
Although the book is steeped in good advice, I particularly value the section on the secondary applications. Dr. Miller provides over 40 essay prompts categorized into 10 major themes that will allow you to complete much of your secondary applications before you even begin to apply. I cannot tell you how valuable this information is... secondary applications are very time consuming, but if you follow Dr. Miller's advice, they will be as easy as cutting and pasting your pre-written essays.
This is a book for the general applicant, as well as for the elite applicant. As a graduate of an Ivy League school, my home school dedicates enormous resources into pre-medical advising. However, Dr. Miller's book surpasses the advice that I received from my school's career services by leaps and bounds; so much so that I purchased a copy of her book and mailed it to my home school's career services.
This book will propel your application into a new level of excellence, not to mention save you enormous time in the process.
Buy this book!"
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
AMCAS 2012 is OPEN!
Good luck and get in!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review
One satisfied pre-med wrote:
"Dr. Miller, I wanted to thank you with the utmost gratitude for providing me with your "Medical School Admission Guide." It has been a great tool to demonstrate what a successful personal statement and activities/work experiences section should look like, as well as providing a structure for continued success during the application process."
Monday, April 16, 2012
How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA eBook Review
How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA by medical school admissions expert Dr. Suzanne M. Miller is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to apply to medical school but has less than a 3.7 GPA.
How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA is a follow-up to Dr. Miller’s acclaimed 2010 book, The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD’s Week-by Week Admissions Handbook, which became an instant success and enjoys a 5-out-of-5 star Average Customer Review rating on Amazon.com.
In How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA, Dr. Miller provides rarely discussed insider knowledge of how medical school admissions committees view a low GPA. She then uses multiple scenarios to explain why understanding how medical school admissions committees categorize applicants is a key to gaining admissions with a low GPA. Perhaps most impressively, How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA includes real-life examples of successful personal statements from candidates with low GPAs and shows how these applicants appropriately addressed low GPAs in the application. How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA isn’t a magic bullet, but it is an indispensable resource for any pre-med who may have under-performed in college because it sheds light on the true meaning of academic performance in the medical school admissions process and provides real-life strategies of how to overcome a low GPA.
Given the daunting odds of acceptance to medical school (less than half of applicants gain admission every year), pre-meds with a low GPA have no margin for error. As Dr. Miller tells us, it is possible to get into medical school with a low GPA. But this takes crafting a comprehensive strategy based on a solid of understanding of what you’re up against. How To Get Into Medical School With A Low GPA provides pre-med with the road map and the tools to do just that.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Medical School Admissions: AMCAS Work/Activities
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Medical School Admissions: Medical School Choice – May 15 Deadline (2011 - 2012)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Medical School Admissions: Where to Apply
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Medical School Admissions: Medical School Choice – Research Options (2011 - 2012)
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Medical School Admissions: Medical School Choice – April 15 Deadline (2011 - 2012)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Medical School Admissions: Program Options
- Early Decision Program (EDP): You can only apply to one school and will find out by October 1 if you are accepted. If don’t get in, you can then turn in a regular AMCAS application. You are not allowed to apply to the EDP and AMCAS at the same time. The EDP deadline is August 1.
- Regular MD: Follow the AMCAS guidelines. The application deadlines vary by school and range from mid-October to mid-December, but you want to submit your application in June.
- MD/PhD: This program is for candidates who want to focus on research. MD/PhD students generally complete their first two years of medical school then head off to lab for 3-7 years and return to complete medical school upon finishing their PhD research. You will need to prove a talent for research to the admissions committee and two extra essays detailing your research history and future plans must be submitted through AMCAS.
- Other combined programs: Many schools are starting to offer combined programs such as MD/MBA, MD/JD, MD/MPH, and MD/MPA. Such programs often shave a year off of the regular requirements. You will have to contact each school separately for the specific application. Many schools will have you apply to the joint program once accepted into the medical school.