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July 4, 2025 How to Talk (and Write) About Your Activities for Medical School Interviews and Applications
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March 24, 2025 The one mistake that can sink your medical or dental school application
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February 24, 2025 Career changers: why switching fields doesn't mean you’re behind
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January 29, 2025 10 tips to manage stress and ace your medical school interviews
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January 27, 2025 What I learned while applying to medical school
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December 30, 2024 The Rule of Threes for mastering medical school interviews 
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December 4, 2024 ChatGPT and medical school admissions
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October 28, 2024 Approaching MD Admissions as a humanities student
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September 16, 2024 How to tackle secondaries
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September 7, 2024 How to maximize efficiency during your medical school application cycle
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September 4, 2024 How to ace the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)
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September 2, 2024 How to get started on your medical school personal statement
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August 28, 2024 Interest, intent, and update letters
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August 15, 2024 3 tips for cultivating leadership as a medical school applicant
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July 19, 2024 Extracurricular experiences: their importance for medical school admissions 
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July 17, 2024 How to stand out: medical school admissions edition
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July 3, 2024 Five tips for tackling secondaries
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June 28, 2024 Why do you want to be a doctor? A sample response.
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June 12, 2024 Tackling 4 of the most common secondary questions
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June 5, 2024 Writing AMCAS activity descriptions that leave an impression
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May 24, 2024 3 tips to overcome writer's block for your medical school personal statement
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May 10, 2024 How to start your medical school personal statement
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April 26, 2024 Gap year reflections: building good habits
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March 25, 2024 15+ MD acceptances. 5+ lessons learned.
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February 26, 2024 Four medical school personal statement pitfalls and how to avoid them
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February 16, 2024 Discovering your thread for medical school applications
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February 9, 2024 Staying cool, calm, and collected before your medical school interview
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February 7, 2024 3 tricky medical school questions and how to answer them effectively
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December 27, 2023 What to prioritize as a premed college student
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December 20, 2023 5 tips for managing medical school application madness
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November 13, 2023 How to ask your professor for a letter of recommendation
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September 11, 2023 5 tips to ace your medical school interview
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August 11, 2023 Things I wish I knew earlier in my journey to medical school
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June 2, 2023 Make your AMCAS Work and Activities section stand out!
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May 8, 2023 Tips for tackling your secondary applications
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May 5, 2023 A step-by-step guide to AMCAS
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April 19, 2023 3 Tips for writing an excellent med school personal statement
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February 6, 2023 How to write your medical school personal statement
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November 28, 2022 How to prepare for the Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Services
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November 4, 2022 How to ace medical school interviews
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October 12, 2022 How to make your AMCAS experience descriptions more memorable
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September 12, 2022 Finding your why for your medical school statement
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August 22, 2022 How to answer the “why medicine” question
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July 18, 2022 Help! I don’t think I’m interesting enough for medical school!
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July 8, 2022 Your crash course for letters of recommendation
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July 5, 2022 How to answer a secondary about community
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July 1, 2022 How to write about your goals in medicine for secondaries
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June 30, 2022 Anything Else? How to answer this secondary prompt
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June 29, 2022 Medical school re-applicants: your secondary application
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June 28, 2022 How to write about your gap year
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June 23, 2022 How to write about your most meaningful medical experience
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June 21, 2022 What is a physician’s role in medicine?
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June 16, 2022 Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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June 15, 2022 Med school application: tips from a former Yale Med admissions committee member
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June 14, 2022 How to write about responding to feedback and criticism
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June 10, 2022 How to stand out as a medical school applicant
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June 9, 2022 How to write about your biggest challenge or adversity
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June 7, 2022 What will you contribute to this institution or community? A guide to this secondary question
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June 6, 2022 3 things to know about research and MD admissions
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June 2, 2022 Academic inconsistencies, interruptions, and Institutional Actions
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May 30, 2022 5 steps to selecting your 15 activities for the AMCAS Application
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May 26, 2022 Why are you applying to our school? How to answer this common prompt.
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May 24, 2022 Secondaries: diving into the diversity prompt
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May 23, 2022 Make the most of your AMCAS Work and Activities
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May 6, 2022 The truth about medical school personal statements: a strategic view
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April 29, 2022 Four traits Harvard Medical School looks for in applicants
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March 30, 2022 Start early: tips for medical school personal statements
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March 18, 2022 How to interview for medical school when you’re not a strong interviewee
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February 28, 2022 Writing medical school essays: prioritize depth
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February 25, 2022 7 tips to nail Zoom medical school interviews
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December 31, 2021 Dealing with the deluge of secondary applications
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December 15, 2021 A guide to FlexMed
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November 8, 2021 Things I wish I had known as a premed
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October 22, 2021 Medical School Admissions Timeline
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October 15, 2021 How taking a gap year helped me get into Harvard Medical School
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October 8, 2021 What I learned during the first-ever virtual medical school interviews
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October 6, 2021 How to highlight your student-athlete experiences for med school applications
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August 13, 2021 What NOT to do when applying to medical school
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July 5, 2021 How to study for the MCAT while working full-time
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June 21, 2021 How to obtain strong letters of recommendation for medical school
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June 16, 2021 How to answer the interview question: What you do for fun?
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June 14, 2021 Why medicine?: how to answer this common MD interview question
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June 7, 2021 Achieving the MCAT body of your dreams (part I)
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May 7, 2021 Top 5 ways medical school applicants spend their gap years
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March 24, 2021 Pearls of wisdom: what my premed mentors taught me
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March 17, 2021 “Tell me about your research”
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March 15, 2021 “If you had to choose a career outside of medicine, what would it be?”
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March 8, 2021 How would you contribute diversity to our medical school?
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February 24, 2021 How to tackle multiple mini interviews
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January 29, 2021 Apply to med school this year? Start your journey here.
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January 5, 2021 What to do if you’re a non-traditional medical school applicant
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December 30, 2020 Three tips to make you a “prepared” medical school interviewee
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December 14, 2020 Three essential medical school interview tips
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December 11, 2020 What NOT to do in your personal statement for medical schools
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November 30, 2020 How to send a cold email for research or shadowing in 5 easy steps
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November 23, 2020 Want to save hundreds of dollars and precious hours? Don’t retake the MCAT.
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November 20, 2020 Answering the question: “why medicine?”
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November 16, 2020 What is Anki and how it transforms your MCAT studying
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November 6, 2020 Tips for crushing your MD/PhD interviews (written by an actual student interviewer!)
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November 4, 2020 5 tips for authentic interviewing
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October 16, 2020 How to approach the NBME shelf examinations
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September 25, 2020 Choosing a research lab as a premed student
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September 2, 2020 Breaking down the Texas medical school admissions process
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August 30, 2020 How to memorize the amino acids (and not have your brain explode while doing it)
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August 3, 2020 Ways to save time and stay organized while applying to medical school
July 22, 2020 The one major difference between how high scorers and low scorers study
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July 17, 2020 Placed on the medical school waitlist. Now what?
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July 8, 2020 Practice testing in the 520s? Boost your score into the 100 percentile
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July 7, 2020 Applying to medical school as an engineering student
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July 1, 2020 Three tips to connect with your MD/PhD interviewer
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June 25, 2020 A comprehensive guide to AMCAS: getting started on the primary application
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June 23, 2020 Acing the medical school interview: confessions from your interviewer
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June 15, 2020 Finding research opportunities as a premed student
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June 12, 2020 A premed student’s perennial question: What is the point of all this?
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June 8, 2020 Medical School Applications: The Experience Section
May 11, 2020 Three things that got me into Harvard Medical School
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May 8, 2020 Applying to medical school with a low MCAT score
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May 6, 2020 Endurance: the “hidden” metric of the medical school application process
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May 4, 2020 How to study for the MCAT when you're not done with science coursework
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May 1, 2020 Extracurricular activities for premed students: how to do it all
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April 27, 2020 How to choose the right medical school for you
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April 24, 2020 Tips for creating your medical school application school list
April 21, 2020 How to make the most of COVID-19 as a premedical student
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March 30, 2020 How to answer "Tell me about a book you’ve read recently" in a med school interview
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March 25, 2020 Staying Productive During Self Quarantine
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March 18, 2020 So, your MCAT's been canceled, now what?
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March 18, 2020 Navigating Virtual Second Looks and Choosing the Right School
December 20, 2019 CARS: Dos and Don’ts for Studying Success
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October 30, 2019 3 essential questions to nail down before an MD/PhD interview
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October 28, 2019 Building on existing reading skills to improve your MCAT CARS score
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October 14, 2019 Preparing for the multiple mini interview (MMI)
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September 23, 2019 One tutor’s guide to MCAT study materials
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September 11, 2019 Maximizing the gap years between college and medical school
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August 12, 2019 Activism and civic engagement in your medical school application
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July 31, 2019 Test like a champion: game-day tips to keep energy up during the MCAT
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July 3, 2019 Medical school secondary prompts are here. What now?
July 1, 2019 Planning your premedical career: Architects and gardeners
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June 24, 2019 Behind the scenes of Harvard Medical School: part II
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June 17, 2019 How to apply to American medical schools while traveling abroad
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April 10, 2019 Behind the scenes of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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April 8, 2019 5 Important Things to Remember When Applying to Medical School
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March 27, 2019 FAQs on the Medical School Admissions Process
March 20, 2019 So, you’ve declared yourself a premed student…
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March 13, 2019 How to Get Letters of Recommendation for Medical School
February 25, 2019 Things to consider on the medical school interview trail
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February 22, 2019 How to Choose a Medical School Personal Statement Topic
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February 12, 2019 10 Essential Tips to Being a Superstar in Medical School (without losing your mind!)
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January 21, 2019 Your medical school timeline checklist: planning ahead
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November 26, 2018 An inside look: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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September 11, 2018 How to Simplify the Process of Selecting Your Medical Speciality
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June 25, 2018 Staying ahead of the curve: secondary essay pre-writing strategies
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June 1, 2018 Surviving the MD admissions process as a student-athlete
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May 25, 2018 Behind the scenes of Harvard Medical School
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April 9, 2018 Preparing for the tough questions in your med school interview
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April 6, 2018 Preparing for your medical school interview: General approach and big picture questions
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March 2, 2018 How athletes can strengthen their candidacy in med school applications
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October 6, 2017 4 types of MMI questions and how to ace them
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June 28, 2017 Planning ahead: How to prepare for your MD interviews
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May 5, 2017 How to create an initial list of medical school applications
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September 2, 2016 MD interview preparations: Four essential points to remember
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August 27, 2016 Why the Step I Exam Should Matter to You 
July 22, 2016 A guide to 4 medical school secondary application question types
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June 27, 2016 Extracurriculars for premeds: The do's and don'ts
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May 25, 2016 How to Select Your MCAT Test Prep Resources
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March 30, 2016 The case for being a “non-traditional” medical school applicant
December 28, 2015 How to prepare for a medical school interview
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October 26, 2015 How to ask for a letter of recommendation for med school
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October 14, 2015 How to answer 'tell us about yourself' on a secondary application
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August 19, 2015 How To Apply To Medical School: Making Experiences Relevant to Your Application
August 14, 2015 When to send updates about the medical school process
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December 12, 2014 Medical School Admissions: The Truth About Med School Costs
October 29, 2014 Medical school admissions: dos and don'ts of the med school interview
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September 19, 2014 How to be premed and still enjoy college
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September 17, 2014 Q&A with the director of Harvard’s MD/MBA program
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August 27, 2014 How can I study abroad as a premed?
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August 11, 2014 Medical School Admissions: Is Osteopathy an Alternative to Med School?
May 12, 2014 The MCAT Tutor: Free Body Diagramming, Jedi-style
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January 27, 2014 Medical School Admissions: Getting the Application Essay Right
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August 21, 2013 Medical School Admissions: What's the Deal with New Medical Schools?
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July 24, 2013 Application Consulting: Avoiding Medical School Admissions Myths
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July 3, 2013 MD/PhD Admissions: Medical School Admissions Myths
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May 23, 2013 Medical School Admissions: Making Your List
May 16, 2013 Medical School Admissions: It Begins
April 5, 2013 Taking the MCAT—but when?
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March 26, 2013 MD/PhD Admissions: Common issues in the application process
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January 23, 2013 Application Consulting: Choosing the Right Medical School for You
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January 14, 2013 Medical School Admissions: MD, DO, or the Caribbean?
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December 20, 2012 How to stay focused during the MCAT
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December 5, 2012 Medical school admissions: Busting premed myths
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December 1, 2012 Should you void your MCAT score?
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November 21, 2012 What if you don't want to be an MD/PhD anymore?
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November 9, 2012 Medical school admissions: Reading up before your Interview
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November 1, 2012 Medical school admissions: The interview, part II
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October 26, 2012 Why Medicine? MD Admissions & Becoming a Doctor
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October 23, 2012 Medical school admissions: The interview
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August 29, 2012 The Medical School Personal Statement: What Makes a Good One?
August 10, 2012 Medical School Admissions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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