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Over the last five years, Dan and I have worked with nearly two hundred postbac applicants and helped them achieve incredible results, the majority getting into top premed postbac programs. There are a lot of common mistakes we see applicants make prior to, during, and after the application cycle.  To help you avoid these pitfalls, we’ve […]

Research experience is usually overrated in terms of its importance to non-traditional premed postbac applicants. Depending on your story — your why medicine — you may not need research at all prior to starting medical school let alone a post-bac. I did get research experience prior to my postbac program and was quite surprised at […]

A common question premed postbac applicants have is about research experiences.You may likewise be eager to learn: Research is Overrated TL;DR: In our experience helping hundreds of applicants get into premed postbac programs, applicants vastly overrate the value of research experiences. You likely will not need any additional research experiences to be a competitive applicant […]

What are linkages? Postbac program linkages are admissions agreements between postbac programs and specific medical schools. They allow qualified applicants to move directly from a postbac program into medical school without doing a gap or glide year. Specific programs like Goucher or Bryn Mawr have as many as 10-18 linkages whereas other programs have only […]

If you’re a nontraditional applicant who wants to be a doctor but who hasn’t taken the vast majority of the prereqs for medical school, then keep reading. I’m going to assume you have a reasonably good GPA and a reasonably good SAT/ACT score. You’ve read online about traditional premed postbac programs and are convinced that […]

One of the most common questions that Dan and I get during interview season is about premed post-baccalaureate letters of recommendation. Applicants ask us questions like: how many letters of recommendation should I get? Who should write them? What should my letter writers emphasize?  This is an area where applicants can really struggle because there’s […]

Prior to Covid, being able to effectively present yourself on a WebEx or Zoom virtual interview was not an essential pre-med skill. Now, it is. Here are 14 high yield tips to take your virtual video interview skills to the next level. These tips will work for any virtual interview, including post-baccalaureate, med school, and […]

During each application cycle — for college, a premed postbac, med school, residency, fellowship — you have to be good at writing personal statements. While the specifics will change a bit depending on where you are on your journey, there are certain tips you can use to improve the quality of your personal statements. In […]

Because of Covid more people are applying to premed post-bacc programs and medical school. For med school, applications are up 18% or more during the 2021-2022 cycle. Despite lower physician reimbursement and increased job risk, Covid-19 is leading more potential candidates to make the plunge and apply. In a typical year, you may have had […]

The following is a list of the best medical schools with merit scholarships / academic scholarships / aid to applicants. This is not an exhaustive list, but is our attempt at brining together some of the best programs with the best academic scholarships. Please note: these scholarships are really only available to top-tier candidates at […]