Community College and Vocational Certifications for Prehealth Applicants
Higher education has seen a demographic shift, with more high school students or graduates taking … Read more
Pre-Medical
The path to becoming a physician is long and challenging, and being a pre-medical student is hard. Learn about what you need to do to get into medical school successfully.
Understanding Accreditation: What Students Need to Know
For years, you’ve worked to perfect your application to medical school (or other health professional … Read more
The Meaning of Life: Finding Insights in the Humanities
Generally, most health professionals thrive on being problem-solvers. When meeting patients, many professionals take on … Read more
Q&A with Carle Illinois College of Medicine: Developing Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Health Professionals
In a previous article, I discussed the advantages engineering-trained applicants bring to the health professions. … Read more
Supporting Prehealth Athlete Applicants: A Conversation with 2024 Advisor of the Year James Wasco, MD
College athletics have been in the spotlight over the last decade. Athletes can now financially … Read more
Building a Prehealth Foundation at Small Colleges: A Conversation with Dr. Chloe Lash
Prehealth advising offices are a hybrid of academic advising, career and student services, and scientific … Read more
How to Engineer a Health Professional Career
NOTE: In this article, “engineering” can refer to quantitative analytical subjects like physics, mathematics, computer … Read more
Finding Your Greatest Common Factors with Successful Students
The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) between two numbers is the largest positive integer that can … Read more
Don’t Look for Trouble: How Freshman Year Mistakes Could Doom Your Path to Medical School
Welcome to the new academic year and first-year orientation! As a new freshman resident of … Read more
A Strategic Guide to Letters of Recommendation
Whether it is an internship or a graduate school application, letters of recommendation are generally … Read more
Beyond MSAR: Additional Resources for Building Your School List
Compilations like the MSAR, the ChooseDO, the VMSAR, or the ADEA DSE are essential tools … Read more
What’s in a Curriculum?
The reason why you invest so much in your professional education is the trust that … Read more
Preparing for Recorded Interviews: RVI Survey Insights
Since 2020, applicants for health professional programs have had to prepare for online and on-campus … Read more
Training for the Marathon: SDN Resources to Submit Your Best Application
One of the most important rules in medical or dental school admissions is to “apply … Read more
Promoting Prevention: APSEA Student Leadership Opportunities
Could you see yourself founding a club on campus? What about leading a group of … Read more
How to Assess Your Pre-Professional Competencies
In 2023, AAMC revised the AAMC Premed Competencies to align with the PREview situational judgment … Read more
How to Assess Your Academic Competencies
Over a decade ago, I wrote a series of articles (here is Part 1) that … Read more
Casper and PREview Insights: 2023 SJT Experience Survey
The Health Professional Student Association recently completed its 2023 HPSA/SDN Situational Judgment Test Experience survey. … Read more
From Waitlist to Offer: Inside an Admissions Committee
You are finally done with your interviews, so let the waiting games begin! In March, … Read more
Choosing an Ideal Pre-Med Major
Choosing the right undergraduate major is a crucial step for those aspiring to a career … Read more