ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT HAVING NO MED SCHOOL INTERVIEWS? I’M HERE TO TELL YOU WHY AND WHAT
YOU CAN DO… JUST KNOW THAT YOU’RE NOT ALONE.... THE PERIOD AFTER YOU SUBMIT YOUR SECONDARIES AND
BEFORE YOU RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW INVITE IS ACTUALLY THE MOST MENTALLY DRAINING DURING
THE MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICATION TIMELINE… AND IF YOU’RE LUCKY, THIS WILL ONLY LAST A FEW WEEKS….
BUT IF NOT THEN THIS PERIOD COULD GO ON FOR MANY MONTHS... NOT KNOWING WHY YOU’VE BEEN REJECTED OR
PUT “ON-HOLD” CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING… SO IN THIS VIDEO I WILL HELP YOU EASE YOUR ANXIETY BY TELLING
YOU WHY YOUR APPLICATION MAY STILL BE IN THE WAITLIST PILE FOR INTERVIEWS... AND WHY YOU SHOULD
STILL PREPARE FOR YOUR INTERVIEW DESPITE NOT RECEIVING A MEDICAL SCHOOL INTERVIEW INVITE YET….
HI! I’M NATALIE STOBERMAN AND I’M AN ADMISSIONS ASSOCIATE HERE AT BEMO. BEFORE WE GET STARTED,
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TO NAVIGATE TO SPECIFIC SECTIONS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. HERE’S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO COVER:
- WHEN DO STUDENTS USUALLY HEAR BACK? - POSSIBLE REASONS WHY YOU’RE
NOT GETTING INTERVIEW INVITES - HOW TO PREPARE FOR MED SCHOOL INTERVIEWS
- ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION
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LET’S GET STARTED!
SO FIRST, LET’S UNDERSTAND WHEN DO STUDENTS USUALLY HEAR BACK FROM ADMISSIONS DEPARTMENTS?
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE NO MEDICAL SCHOOL INTERVIEW INVITES CAN BE INCREDIBLY
STRESSFUL. FOR MANY STUDENTS, THE GREATEST SOURCE OF ANXIETY AFTER SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION
IS THE SENSE OF HELPLESSNESS THEY FEEL... WHILE APPLICATION SUBMISSION IS GOING ON,
YOU’RE BUSY WRITING YOUR MEDICAL SCHOOL PERSONAL STATEMENT AND MEDICAL SCHOOL SECONDARY ESSAYS
AND THERE ISN’T MUCH TIME TO SIT AND WORRY... BUT ONCE ALL APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED,
THERE’S SUDDENLY A LOT MORE FREE TIME AND MOST STUDENTS SPEND IT WORRYING…
YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THE DATES FOR
INTERVIEWS CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL... FOR INSTANCE, PROGRAMS WITH ROLLING ADMISSIONS
USUALLY HAVE A LONGER INTERVIEW SEASON STARTING AS EARLY AS JULY AND ENDING AS LATE AS MARCH…
SO CHECK YOUR SCHOOLS’ ADMISSIONS WEBSITES TO CONFIRM THE EXACT TIMELINES FOR THEIR
INTERVIEW SEASON... IF YOU HAVEN’T YET, HERE IS A GENERAL INTERVIEW TIMELINE FOR MOST MED SCHOOLS…
● LATE JUNE/EARLY
JULY IS WHEN APPLICATION REVIEW BEGINS… ● THEN THE EARLIEST INTERVIEW INVITES
ARE ISSUED IN JULY… ● AUGUST THROUGH
MARCH ARE WHEN INTERVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED…. ● AND MARCH IS TYPICALLY THE CUTOFF FOR THE
LAST INVITES AND INTERVIEWS…
SO WITH THIS TIMELINE, THE MED SCHOOL INTERVIEW PROCESS LASTS AN AVERAGE OF EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS…
BUT REMEMBER, THIS TIMELINE INCLUDES THE OVERALL INTERVIEW PERIOD FOR ALL MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE
U.S. AND CANADA…. MOST PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. LIMIT THEIR INTERVIEW SEASON TO NO MORE THAN 3 OR 4
MONTHS. SO IF THEY START INTERVIEWS IN OCTOBER, THEY WILL GENERALLY CONCLUDE THEM BY THE END OF
JANUARY... IN GENERAL, THE BUSIEST INTERVIEW SEASON IS FROM LATE SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY…
AND SINCE MOST PROGRAMS IN CANADA DO NOT HAVE ROLLING ADMISSIONS,
INTERVIEW INVITES ARE GENERALLY SENT OUT AFTER ALL THE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND REVIEWED…
AND CANADIAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS HOLD INTERVIEWS OVER 1 OR 2 WEEKENDS IN THE FALL OR THE WINTER….
SO, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT’S TOO LATE TO GET
AN INTERVIEW? AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO CONFIRM BY CHECKING THE WEBSITE OF THE SCHOOL
IN QUESTION AS EVERY PROGRAM HAS A DIFFERENT POLICY... SOME MED SCHOOLS DON’T WANT APPLICANTS
REACHING OUT FOR INFORMATION… AND YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ROUGHLY IN MARCH TO GET THEIR DECISION:
EITHER A REJECTION, WAITLIST, OR INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW... OTHERS MAY NOT REACH OUT TO REJECTED
APPLICANTS AT ALL AND WILL SPECIFY A CERTAIN DATE AS THE “DEADLINE” FOR RECEIVING INTERVIEW
INVITATIONS…
SO IF THIS OFFICIAL DEADLINE HAS GONE BY YOU SHOULDN’T EXPECT AN INTERVIEW INVITE...
BUT MANY SCHOOLS OPT FOR A FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ADAPT THEIR DATES AND
SCHEDULES AS PER THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICATION SEASON… IN THESE CASES, NO NEWS
IS GOOD NEWS – IT MEANS THE SCHOOL MIGHT STILL BE MULLING OVER YOUR APPLICATION, AND YOU ARE STILL
IN THE MIX... EVEN IF MANY MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE YOU SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION, YOU COULD
BE ON A “PRE-INTERVIEW HOLD”, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE BEING WAITLISTED BEFORE THE INTERVIEW...
YOUR APPLICATION COULD BE PICKED UP FOR REVIEW AGAIN AND EVEN ISSUED AN INTERVIEW INVITE
IF MORE SPOTS OPEN UP OR YOU CAN FAVORABLY IMPRESS THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE VIA ADDITIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS…
SO IF LUCK HASN’T BEEN ON YOUR SIDE DURING THE MED SCHOOL APPLICATION PROCESS, HERE ARE POSSIBLE
REASONS WHY YOU’RE NOT GETTING INTERVIEW INVITES… WHEN YOU COME TO THIS POINT IT’S NOT UNCOMMON TO
ASK YOURSELF “WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY APPLICATION?” IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL THAT YOU REFLECT ON THIS
MOVING FORWARD. WHY YOU MAY ASK? BECAUSE YOU DO NOT GET ANY INTERVIEW INVITES THIS SEASON,
YOU’LL BE AWARE OF YOUR OWN MISTAKES AND CAN AVOID REPEATING THEM AGAIN FOR THE NEXT
APPLICATION CYCLE... SO, LET’S DIVE INTO WHAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN YOU ANALYZE YOUR APPLICATION:
1. DID YOUR STATS MEET THE STANDARDS OF
THE SCHOOLS YOU APPLIED TO?... WHILE YOU MAY HAVE ENSURED THAT YOUR APPLICATION MEETS THE “MINIMUM”
MEDICAL SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOLS YOU’RE APPLYING TO, THAT’S NOT ENOUGH TO GET AN INTERVIEW
INVITE... MEDICAL SCHOOLS RECEIVE THOUSANDS, AND SOMETIMES TENS OF THOUSANDS, OF APPLICATIONS
EVERY YEAR. ONLY THE BRIGHTEST AND MOST TALENTED STUDENTS ACTUALLY RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW INVITE...
YOU SHOULD CHECK MSAR, AS WELL AS THE ADMISSION WEBSITES OF YOUR SCHOOLS,
TO CONFIRM THE AVERAGE ACCEPTED STATS FOR THE SCHOOLS YOU’VE APPLIED TO...
2. DID YOU EMPHASIZE THE RIGHT
EXTRACURRICULARS?... IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A HIGH GPA AND A GREAT MCAT SCORE, THEN THE REASON YOU’RE
PROBABLY NOT GETTING AN INTERVIEW INVITE BECAUSE YOUR LIST OF EXTRACURRICULARS ISN’T IMPRESSING THE
ADCOMMS…. MOST MEDICAL SCHOOLS LOOK FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF EXTRACURRICULARS LIKE CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE, SHADOWING EXPERIENCE, VOLUNTEER WORK, AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES... HOWEVER,
HOW THESE EXPERIENCES ARE VALUED COULD VARY FROM ONE PROGRAM TO THE NEXT... THIS MEANS THAT DOING
RESEARCH ON HOW MANY HOURS OF VOLUNTEERING OR RESEARCH EXPERIENCE THAT A SCHOOL YOU’RE APPLYING
TO REQUIRES SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTION ON HOW TO TAILOR YOUR LIST OF EXTRACURRICULARS...
3. DID YOU EMPHASIZE YOUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE?...
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IS A CRITICAL EXTRACURRICULAR FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL... ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
REASONS APPLICANTS ARE REJECTED IS BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE... THIS
COULD BE SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT CONSTITUTES AS “CLINICAL” EXPERIENCES...
THIS CAN BE TRICKY TO DIFFERENTIATE… IN MOST INSTANCES YOUR SHADOWING HOURS FOR MEDICAL
SCHOOL, EVEN IF THEY’RE COMPLETED IN A CLINICAL SETTING, DO NOT COUNT AS CLINICAL EXPERIENCE...
SHADOWING IS A MORE PASSIVE ACTIVITY, AND WHILE IT CAN BE USEFUL AND AN IMPRESSIVE
ADDITION TO YOUR MEDICAL SCHOOL RESUME, IT’S NO REPLACEMENT FOR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE...
EVEN VOLUNTEER HOURS IN A MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT DO NOT INVOLVE CLINICAL WORK,
OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE JOB IN A HOSPITAL DON’T COUNT TOWARDS YOUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS…
4. WAS YOUR APPLICATION WEAK, LATE, OR RUSHED?...
REFLECT ON WHETHER YOUR APPLICATION WAS THE BEST IT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN. THINK ABOUT WHETHER
YOUR ESSAYS DEMONSTRATED YOUR BEST SKILLS, MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES, AND GENERALLY PRESENTED
A HOLISTIC PICTURE OF WHAT MAKES YOU THE RIGHT CANDIDATE... YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD TELL A STORY
OF YOUR JOURNEY TO MEDICAL SCHOOL… AND IT SHOULD CAPTIVATE THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE SO IT CAN STAND
OUT AMONGST THOUSANDS OF OTHER APPLICATIONS….
SO DESPITE NOT HAVING AN INTERVIEW INVITE, YOU SHOULD STILL DO INTERVIEW PREP…
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES STUDENTS MAKE DURING THE MED SCHOOL APPLICATION PROCESS
IS TO WAIT UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THEIR INTERVIEW INVITATION TO START INTERVIEW PREP... WHILE
IT’S NATURAL TO WANT A BREATHER AFTER SUBMITTING SO MANY ESSAYS AND DOCUMENTS,
DON’T FORGET THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS ISN’T OVER YET. RATHER THAN SITTING AROUND WORRYING
ABOUT THE STATUS OF YOUR APPLICATION, WHY NOT UTILIZE THIS TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT STEP?
EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO INTERVIEW INVITATIONS YET,
YOU COULD RECEIVE THEM LATER IN THE SEASON... AT THAT POINT, IT’S LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE FEWER
SPOTS AVAILABLE SO IT’S EVEN MORE CRUCIAL THAT YOU GIVE AN AMAZING INTERVIEW PERFORMANCE. AND THAT
WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE IF YOU’VE PUT IN SOME TIME AND EFFORT TOWARDS INTERVIEW PREP...
SOME STUDENTS RECEIVE INTERVIEW INVITATIONS JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION,
WHICH IS GREAT IN TERMS OF ALLEVIATING THEIR ANXIETY... BUT DOESN’T LEAVE THEM WITH MUCH TIME
FOR INTERVIEW PREP. THE SILVER LINING OF PLAYING THE WAITING GAME IS YOU CAN SPEND PLENTY OF TIME
MASTERING THE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS REQUIRED FOR AN INTERVIEW...
EVEN IF YOU
DON’T GET THAT COVETED INTERVIEW INVITE, THESE INTERVIEW SKILLS COULD HELP YOU LAND PRESTIGIOUS
EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BRUSH UP YOUR RESUME AS YOU’RE WAITING.
IN THE LONG-TERM, IF YOU DECIDE TO APPLY AGAIN NEXT YEAR, THESE SKILLS CAN GIVE YOU
A COMPETITIVE EDGE NEXT SEASON, OR FOR ANY OTHER FUTURE INTERVIEWS IN YOUR ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL LIFE…
SO HERE’S HOW YOU CAN PREPARE FOR INTERVIEWS... PREPARING FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL INTERVIEWS ISN’T AS
EASY AS SIMPLY LOOKING UP SOME COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS. WE SUGGEST FOLLOWING A THREE-STEP
APPROACH:
1. RESEARCH THE FORMAT: MAKE SURE YOU FIND OUT THE SPECIFIC INTERVIEW FORMAT AT YOUR TOP PROGRAMS,
AND TAILOR YOUR INTERVIEW PREP FOR THOSE REQUIREMENTS... THERE ARE TYPICALLY THREE FORMATS:
PANEL/TRADITIONAL MED SCHOOL INTERVIEWS, MULTIPLE MINI INTERVIEWS (MMI), AND HYBRID
INTERVIEWS WHICH INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF BOTH MMI AND TRADITIONAL INTERVIEWS...
2. REVIEW QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE ANSWERS:
NEXT, REVIEW THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS YOU CAN EXPECT BASED ON YOUR RESEARCH,
AND START PRACTICING YOUR ANSWERS... DON’T JUST STICK TO THE TYPICAL QUESTIONS LIKE
“WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR” OR “TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF”...
ALSO FOCUS ON THE BROADER RANGE OF FORMAT-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT FACE. FOR INSTANCE, IF MOST
OF THE SCHOOLS YOU’RE APPLYING TO USE MMI, MAKE SURE YOU PRACTICE ANSWERING DIFFERENT TYPES OF
MMI QUESTIONS AND INTERACTING WITH DIFFERENT STATIONS... THIS COULD RANGE FROM “TRADITIONAL”
INTERVIEW STATIONS TO SIMULATED PATIENT INTERACTION STATIONS OR “ACTING” STATIONS...
3. DO MOCK INTERVIEWS:
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR INTERVIEW PREP... AFTER DOING YOUR RESEARCH,
REVIEWING COMMON QUESTIONS AND BRAINSTORMING YOUR ANSWERS, YOU NEED TO MAKE TIME TO PRIORITIZE MOCK
INTERVIEWS... THESE SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN A REALISTIC SETTING, AND FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT,
STRUCTURE, AND TIMING AS THE ACTUAL INTERVIEWS... THIS ALLOWS YOU TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE
FORMAT AND GAIN THE CONFIDENCE TO TACKLE WHATEVER QUESTIONS MAY BE THROWN AT YOU.
ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU CAN DO
LIKE I SAID EARLIER… ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS STUDENTS WHO HAVE GREAT GPA’S AND MCAT SCORES
DON’T GET A MED SCHOOL INTERVIEW INVITE IS BECAUSE THEY LACK MEANINGFUL EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCE…
AND FOR THESE EXPERIENCES TO BE MEANINGFUL THEY NEED TO SHOW THEIR SUITABILITY FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL
AND FOR THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT THEY’RE APPLYING TO… AND IF YOU’RE IN A POSITION TO ADD OR IMPROVE
YOUR LIST OF EXTRACURRICULARS THEN TRY TO ACHIEVE THE BALANCE BETWEEN BEING STRATEGIC AND PICKING
ACTIVITIES THAT ALIGN WITH YOUR TOP CHOICE PROGRAMS’ VALUES AND VISION AND PICKING THE
ACTIVITIES THAT EXCITE YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL…
HERE’S A HOT TIP… SOMETIMES THE AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT EXTRACURRICULARS AREN’T ALWAYS
CLOSED… YOU CAN SEND ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS VIA YOUR LETTERS
OF UPDATE AND LETTERS OF INTEREST… SENDING ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO A SCHOOL IS A
GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE APPLICATION SEASON. IT HELPS YOUR APPLICATION AND CANDIDATURE
STAY FRESH IN THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEES’ MINDS AND IT ALSO PROVIDES YOU WITH A MEANS TO COMMUNICATE
THE ADDITIONAL SKILLS, AWARDS, AND EXPERIENCES YOU’VE GAINED SINCE APPLYING. THIS CAN ALSO PROVE
TO THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEES THAT YOU HAVE THE INITIATIVE, DETERMINATION, AND MOTIVATION TO KEEP
WORKING TOWARDS IMPROVING YOURSELF...
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN “UPDATE” AND A LETTER OF INTEREST. AN UPDATE COULD
BE A SIMPLE MODIFICATION OR ADDITION TO YOUR PROFILE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION,
AS LONG AS IT IS PERMITTED BY THE SCHOOL... REMEMBER THAT SOME ASPECTS OF YOUR
APPLICATION CANNOT BE UPDATED... THE LETTER OF UPDATE IS A MORE INFORMAL COMMUNICATION.
IT IS USUALLY FOCUSED ON JUST PROVIDING DETAILS OF THE UPDATES TO YOUR APPLICATION… AND THIS COULD
INCLUDE DETAILS OF YOUR NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS ACADEMIC UPDATES SUCH AS THE TRANSCRIPT
FOR THE FALL SEMESTER...
ON THE OTHER HAND, A LETTER OF INTEREST IS A FORMAL LETTER THAT RE-AFFIRMS YOUR INTEREST
IN THAT SPECIFIC PROGRAM... THIS LETTER CAN ALSO INCLUDE A RE-ITERATION OF YOUR UNIQUE QUALITIES,
EXPERIENCES, AND STRENGTHS THAT MAKE YOU AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THEIR PROGRAM… AND IT CAN
ALSO INCLUDE DETAILS OF ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES THAT YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED...
WHEN WRITING THIS LETTER, TRY TO KEEP IT SUCCINCT AND TAILOR THE CONTENT TO FOCUS ON THE THEME
OF WHAT MAKES YOU SUCH A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR YOUR INTENDED SCHOOL… SO GO AHEAD AND
INCLUDE THOUGHTFUL DETAILS ABOUT THE CURRICULUM, PROGRAM, SCHOOL VISION OR INSPIRATIONAL ALUMNI…
LASTLY THERE’S THE LETTER OF INTENT…
THIS IS A MORE SPECIFIC LETTER THAT YOU WILL ONLY SEND TO A SINGLE SCHOOL… WITH THIS LETTER
YOU ARE TELLING YOUR INTENDED SCHOOL THAT IT IS YOUR TOP CHOICE AND IF YOU’RE OFFERED A PLACE THAT
YOU WILL DEFINITELY ACCEPT... YOU SHOULD ONLY SEND ONE LETTER OF INTENT AND IDEALLY, WE WOULD SUGGEST
WAITING TO SEND THIS LETTER AFTER YOU’VE BEEN INTERVIEWED OR IF YOU’VE BEEN WAITLISTED AT YOUR
TOP SCHOOL... HOWEVER, IF FEBRUARY ARRIVES AND YOU STILL HAVEN’T RECEIVED A SINGLE INTERVIEW INVITE,
YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TO LOSE BY SHARING A LETTER OF INTENT…. MOST SCHOOLS KEEP A STRATEGIC EYE ON
THEIR MATRICULATION FIGURES AND WOULD NATURALLY WANT TO ISSUE INTERVIEW INVITES AND ACCEPTANCES
TO STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO ACCEPT... BY REAFFIRMING YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE SCHOOL
EVEN BEFORE THE INTERVIEW YOU COULD GIVE YOURSELF THE SLIGHT EDGE NEEDED TO LAND A LAST MINUTE
INTERVIEW…
WITH THESE STRATEGIES IN MIND, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PLAN AHEAD AND PREPARE FOR THE WORST…
ASK YOURSELF, “WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU RECEIVE NO INTERVIEW INVITATIONS?”...
WHILE THIS POSSIBILITY CAN BE FRUSTRATING TO THINK ABOUT, REMEMBER THAT IT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE END
OF YOUR MEDICAL DREAM... USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SELF-REFLECT AND IDENTIFY THE KEY WEAKNESSES OF
YOUR APPLICATION. FROM THERE, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO TO UPGRADE YOUR APPLICATION…
MAYBE CONSIDER IF TAKING A GAP YEAR BEFORE MEDICAL SCHOOL CAN HELP YOU... MANY STUDENTS
USE THE GAP YEAR TO COMPLETE A POST-BACC PROGRAM OR A SPECIAL MASTER’S PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THEIR GPA
AND GET A STRONGER FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE SUBJECTS… WHILE OTHERS USE THE GAP YEAR TO BUILD THEIR
EXTRACURRICULARS WITH MORE CLINICALLY OR MEDICALLY FOCUSED EXPERIENCE... REMEMBER THAT YOUR SCHOOL
SELECTION ALSO PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN YOUR ACCEPTANCE CHANCES…. MAYBE YOU HAVEN’T MAXIMIZED
YOUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS BY TARGETING THE SCHOOLS WHERE YOU ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED...
AT THIS STAGE, YOU CAN ALSO CONSIDER HIRING A MEDICAL SCHOOL ADVISOR TO GIVE YOU EXPERT
GUIDANCE ABOUT SELECTING THE RIGHT SCHOOLS AND HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE CHANCES…
THAT’S OUR ADVICE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU’RE WAITING FOR MED SCHOOL INTERVIEWS…
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