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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Best-Selling Author and Harvard MD Announces 3rd Edition of Acclaimed ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide’


Best-Selling Author and Harvard MD Announces 3rd Edition of Acclaimed ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide’

Sharing the week-by-week plan that got her into Harvard Medical School, Dr. Miller’s ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide’ has become a global best seller. Today, following a recent update, Miller announces the release of the book’s third edition.

For Immediate Release

Washington, DC – US medical schools have one of the most competitive graduate admissions processes in the world. With less than half of the 40,000 annual US medical school applicants gaining acceptance each year, understanding the complex admissions process and getting an edge over other candidates has never been more vital. Dr. Suzanne M. Miller has already helped pave the way for thousands of successful applicants with her acclaimed book ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide,’ the best-selling medical school admissions guide on Amazon for years. Today, she is delighted to announce the release of ‘The Medical School Admissions Guides’ new (third) edition.

‘The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD’s Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook, 3rd Edition,’ offers a step-by-step guide for how to excel in the competitive, complex, and often stressful medical school admissions process. Given the ever-changing nature of medical school admissions, the guide contains information on the new MCAT2015, recent application changes, and additional examples from successful applicants. Dr. Miller has written the guide to be useful for anyone applying to medical school, from a college undergraduate to a non-traditional pre-med who has been out of school for years. The guide’s information comes as a result of the author’s decade of experience as a Harvard pre-med tutor, admissions interviewer, and medical school admissions consultant. Dr. Miller is also a practicing emergency physician and faculty member of multiple universities.
“I remember how stressful it was to be a pre-med. At the time of my application, I had wished there was a book that could break up the monstrous process looming ahead of me into digestible bits, while also providing real-life application examples from previous medical school applicants. Thus, I wrote ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide,’ the book I had wanted so desperately when I was applying to medical school,” says Dr. Miller, who has now written five books on pre-med and medical admissions topics.
She continues, “If you follow this guide, you will be prepared for every step in the process, hit each deadline with ease, and create your best application.”
Official Blurb:
The newly updated 3rd edition of Dr. Suzanne M. Miller's acclaimed ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide’ includes MCAT2015 insights, recent medical school application changes, and additional examples from successful applicants. As with previous best-selling versions of ‘The Medical School Admissions Guide,’ this 3rd edition contains the weekly, step-by-step plan Dr. Miller used to get into Harvard Medical School. She has since utilized the strategy to help hundreds of applicants gain entry into medical school first as a Harvard pre-med tutor and then as CEO of MDadmit, a medical admissions consulting service. Following this handbook's advice will provide you a distinct advantage in the competitive medical school admissions process as it prepares you for every step and helps create your best application.

Book Highlights include:
1. Weekly, easy-to-follow advice on navigating the complex admissions process.
2. Multiple examples of successful personal statements, AMCAS and TMDSAS work/activities, secondary essays, and letter of intent/update letters.
3. Special sections on reapplicants, non-traditional applicants, DO schools, foreign schools, and military/public health service options.
Having garnered consistent five-star reviews, Dr. Miller believes the book offers a vital insight into a process that is getting tougher by the day. “I have clients with 4.0 GPAs and MCAT scores in the 40s who sought my services after they did not get in. It seems like everyone has impressive grades, important research experiences, interesting extracurriculars, and life-changing community services and clinical experiences. Getting the edge has never been more important,” she adds.
‘The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD’s Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook, 3rd Edition,’ published by MDadmit, is available now from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Medical-School-Admissions-Guide-Week/dp/1936633809/ and Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-medical-school-admissions-guide-suzanne-m-miller/1119020260?ean=9781936633807.

More information can be found on Dr. Miller’s blog: http://mdadmit.blogspot.com/

About Dr. Suzanne Miller
Dr. Suzanne M. Miller was raised near Washington, DC and studied history and science at Harvard College. While attending Harvard Medical School, she began admissions consulting as a Harvard pre-medical tutor and then co-chair of the Eliot House Pre-Medical Committee. After receiving her MD, she trained at Stanford University in emergency medicine.

Dr. Miller continues to work as an emergency physician and professor both nationally and internationally while running MDadmit, a medical admissions consulting service. She is also proud to lead the successful MDadmit Admissions Bootcamps. Dr. Miller enjoys teaching, traveling internationally, and serving as a physician for Racing the Planet adventure races, activities that have allowed her to make footprints on seven continents.
Please find Dr. Miller's bio highlights and awards at http://mdadmit.com/who-we-are and press page at http://www.mdadmit.com/press-room.
Her progress can also be followed on Facebook and Twitter.
Contact
Dr. Suzanne M. Miller
202.738.4353
Reviews

‘The Medical School Admissions Guide, 3rd Edition’ is already receiving stellar reviews:
“Buying this book is one of the most cost-effective things any pre-med could possibly do. Dr. Miller's week-by-week guide sets itself apart from other books in this category by breaking the application process down in to weekly, bite-size steps, that are easy to follow yet add up to an impressive final application. This third edition has kept pace with the ever-changing requirements (MCAT 2015!!) and deadlines of the admissions process. Dr. Miller's personal experience and expertise shine through and the examples provided - of personal statements, AMCAS work/activities, secondary essays, and letters of intent - are all from real-life applicants - many are from traditional pre-meds but also a good number are from non-traditional applicants. Seeing how a diverse group of applicants approach and frame their application 'story' has been priceless. It also has sections on DO schools, foreign schools, military and public health service options. I could not recommend this book highly enough.”
“The guide is for both traditional and nontraditional applicants, I myself was a nontraditional applicant, so I found the abundance of examples to be helpful -- most books seem to be written ex de facto for traditional premeds… with this guide alone, I was able to keep pace with the full process of the AMCAS (primary, secondary, interview brain storming, and post interview strategies). At first, the timeline and examples in the book may seem daunting to emulate, but this reflects how competitive and how diverse top medical schools expect from their applicants to be. And on each of my five interviews, I met applicants who had backgrounds just as grandiose as those in the book, so it's a good barometer for your competition/cohort. Now that I've been through the process, was sent 8 interview invites, attended 5 (accepted into all 5 programs, all US MD), and offered a few scholarships, I'd say this book did a good job at painting my narrative in a cogent manner to argue my admittance and keeping me informed about the "little things" that matter which I never considered. I would highly recommend this book for any premeds close to applying in need of an actual guide of how it really is, and how you're really expected to put your application together at a professional level.”

Tuesday, April 1, 2014


 I wanted to say thank you to the Doctor or Bust blog for it's recent review of The Medical School Admissions Guide.

http://doctororbust.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/msag-dont-apply-without-it/

I love seeing pre-meds succeed, and Doctor or Bust is another glowing example!

Get going and get in!

--Dr. Miller


Suzanne M. Miller, MD, FACEP
Emergency Physician
CEO, MDadmit Medical Admissions
www.MDadmit.com
202.738.4353

Author of:
How to be Pre-Med
The Medical School Admissions Guide
How To Get Into Medical School with a Low GPA

Monday, March 31, 2014

New Edition of Best-Selling Medical School Admissions Guide Now Available

Greetings pre-meds!

MDadmit is very proud to announce the new edition of Dr. Suzanne M. Miller's best-selling The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook now available at:

Amazon
Barnes and Noble



What's new? It's the newly updated 3rd edition of Dr. Suzanne M. Miller's acclaimed The Medical School Admissions Guide, complete with MCAT2015 insights, recent medical school application changes, and additional examples from successful applicants. As with previous best-selling versions of The Medical School Admissions Guide, this 3rd edition contains the weekly, step-by-step plan Dr. Miller used to get into Harvard Medical School. She has since utilized the strategy to help hundreds of applicants gain entry into medical school first as a Harvard pre-med tutor and then as CEO of MDadmit, a medical admissions consulting service. Following this handbook's advice will provide you a distinct advantage in the competitive medical school admissions process as it prepares you for every step and helps create your best application. Book Highlights include: 1. Weekly, easy-to-follow advice on navigating the complex admissions process. 2. Multiple examples of successful personal statements, AMCAS and TMDSAS work/activities, secondary essays, and letter of intent/update letters. 3. Special sections on reapplicants, non-traditional applicants, DO schools, foreign schools, and military/public health service options.

Monday, November 5, 2012

The Medical School Admissions Guide

MDadmit is pleased to announce the Medical School Admissions Guide is the best-selling overarching medical school admissions guide in Amazon's "Medical School Guides."

Thank you to everyone who has supported MDadmit and this book!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Friday, September 14, 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:

"5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book! September 13, 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
A must read for anyone interested in getting into medical school! Gives you a detailed outline on what is expected from applicants!"

Thursday, August 16, 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:

"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."

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

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 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

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:

"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

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 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."

Friday, June 15, 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:

"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

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:

"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

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.

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

The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook, 2nd Edition continues to receive great reviews.

Another satisfied pre-med wrote:

"The best medical school admissions guide out there! 
By Adam
Format:Paperback
A must buy! This week-by-week guide sets itself apart from other books in this category, many of which seem mass produced using the same generic 'admissions' model. I have found the med school admissions process to be incredibly complex but this book has broken it down in to weekly steps that are easy to follow. This second edition has kept pace with the ever-changing requirements and deadlines of the admissions process. Dr. Miller's experience shines through; the examples provided - of personal statements, AMCAS work/activities, secondary essays, and letters of intent - are all from real-life applicants. This has been incredibly helpful. It even has sections on DO schools, foreign schools, military and public health service options. I recommend this book to anyone even considering applying to medical school!"

Friday, May 18, 2012

The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review

The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook, 2nd Edition has hit the market to great reviews.

Another satisfied pre-med wrote:

"A Must Read for the Medical School Applicant
By LM
Format:Paperback
If you are considering medical school, read Dr. Miller's book. This week-by-week guide breaks down the complex and frequently daunting admissions process into easy to follow steps. It offers practical and often humorous advice on every aspect of your journey, from writing a standout personal statement to preparing for a stellar interview. The 2nd edition also provides examples of AMCAS work activities to meet the new requirements and has a new section on ways to pay for medical school including military and public health options. In over twenty years of advising applicants seeking educational opportunities, I have never read a more complete guide filled with so much practical information."

Friday, May 11, 2012

The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review

The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook, 2nd Edition has hit the market to great reviews.

One satisfied pre-med wrote:

"BEST MED SCHOOL ADMISSIONS BOOK EVER!

Format:Paperback
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!"

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Review

The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook, 2nd Edition has hit the market to great reviews.

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."

Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Medical School Admissions Guide: Book Reviews

Another fabulous review for the new edition of The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook

5.0 out of 5 stars The best medical school admissions guide out there!
By
Adam This review is from: The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
A must buy! This week-by-week guide sets itself apart from other books in this category, many of which seem mass produced using the same generic 'admissions' model. I have found the med school admissions process to be incredibly complex but this book has broken it down in to weekly steps that are easy to follow. This second edition has kept pace with the ever-changing requirements and deadlines of the admissions process. Dr. Miller's experience shines through; the examples provided - of personal statements, AMCAS work/activities, secondary essays, and letters of intent - are all from real-life applicants. This has been incredibly helpful. It even has sections on DO schools, foreign schools, military and public health service options. I recommend this book to anyone even considering applying to medical school!