Watch: AAMC 4th Annual Virtual Medical School Fair Workshops
On Feb. 21, the AAMC hosted its fourth annual Virtual Fair where more than 9,000 … 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.
How To Create An MCAT Study Plan
Updated March 4, 2022. The article was updated to refresh content. If you’re aiming for … Read more
Choosing a Medical School As A URM Student
Congratulations! You survived the MCAT, AMCAS, secondaries, interviews, and months of waiting. If this cycle … Read more
Second Looks and Fantasy Gap Years
As CCOM’s second-look day (which we call Get Acquainted Day) approaches, Aline Sandouk, LJ Agostinelli, … Read more
Is Your Previous Career A Strike Against You?
Admissions committees care most about what you got out of your experiences, less about what … Read more
The Benefit of Psychoeducational Assessments For Some MCAT Takers
Remember when you were a child and first realized the magnitude of your school career? … Read more
AAMC Fee Assistance Program: What’s New in 2019
The cost of preparing for and applying to medical school can be daunting. At the … Read more
The One About Trigonometry | MCAT Tips and Tricks
I’m guessing that by this point in your MCAT preparation you feel like you’ve parked … Read more
MD/PhD Admissions and Shadowing Strategies
Listener Renee writes in to ask Aditi Patel, Maddie Mix, Nick Lind, and guest Dr. … Read more
Unit Conversions In Eight Easy Steps | MCAT Tips and Tricks
Unit conversion questions are so common on the MCAT that they deserve their own post. … Read more
How To Demonstrate Service Orientation
Medical school admissions committees look at many different factors that go beyond your grades and … Read more
3 New Year’s Resolutions for 2019 Medical School Applicants
Though New Year’s resolutions have the reputation of falling by the wayside come February, they … Read more
Using Approximation To Tackle Complex Calculations | MCAT Tips & Tricks
One of the most difficult things about taking the MCAT is that it is both … Read more
Quickly Calculate Logarithms Without a Calculator | MCAT Tips and Tricks
Logarithms are one of the most difficult math topics on the MCAT because many of … Read more
How to Get into Medical School: The 10 Steps
David Steinhardt, MD shares 10 steps for getting into medical school.
3 Ways to Prepare for the MCAT Over Winter Break
Collegiate winter breaks often span three or four weeks, and for premedical students, this time … Read more
Five Myths about Applying to Canadian Medical Schools
Premed (and even high school) life can be full of rumors about medical school admissions. … Read more
King Henry What?? | MCAT Tips and Tricks
An awesome trick for remembering metric prefixes and converting between units in the metric system … Read more
What Kind of Clinical Experience Should Premeds Get?
Medical School Admissions Offices Weigh In What kind of clinical experience do you need to … Read more
Getting into Medical School, From High School
Yep, you read that title correctly. But go ahead and read it once more! Direct … Read more