Medical School Admissions: Join the Discussion

Hello MDadmit blog readers! Dr. Miller here. I just wanted to invite you to comment on this blog. Feel free to ask questions, give opinions, and join other pre-meds in the discussion. I will personally answer any questions posed and look forward to hearing from you!

Medical School Admissions: Medical School Interviews - Take Notes

Everyone seems to bring a schnazy leather legal pad on interviews. But have you ever seen someone actually taking notes? Why bring it if you don’t use it? There’s no need to take notes during the actual interview, as that may seem pretentious. But definitely jot down your thoughts after each interview.

Making note of:

 1. Interview date
 2. Interviewer name and title
 3. Topics discussed
 4. School positives
 5. School negatives
 6. Overall gut reaction

Taking 5 minutes to log your thoughts will be helpful in keeping the details of each school straight in your mind and remembering specifics to put in thank you notes. These notes can also be very helpful when you are making your final decision of where to attend medical school.

For step-by-step advice on how to get into medical school including interview tips, check out The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD’s Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook. If you’d like a mock interview with Dr. Miller, please visit www.MDadmit.com/solutions, e-mail info@MDadmit.com, or call 415.939.5251.

George Washington PA School Professor Resigns

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/campus-overload/post/gwu-professor-resigns-accused-of-not-teaching/2011/11/08/gIQASJQt0M_blog.html

Book Review: The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook

A recent review of Dr. Miller's The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook: "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!"

Caribbean Schools Pay Big Money to Use U.S. Hospitals

I haven't made up my mind about the big money that Caribbean (Off-Shore) medical schools like St. George's and Ross pay to get their students experience in US hospitals, mostly in New York.

Here's an article from the New York Times about just how much money is changing hands. What do you think?

Scrubbing the Dirt (Volume I)

China

Hey everyone!

Check out MDadmit's very own Dr. Suzanne Miller as she blogs about her Chinese adventure!

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Need more? Take a look at her personal blog.