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NYU has said they will start offering a small percentage of students the chance to finish early, in three years instead of the traditional four. According to a NY Times “Not only, they say, will those doctors be able to hang out their shingles to practice earlier, but they... READ MORE

Getting into a medical school from high school is a competitive process. These so called “direct medical programs” or “BS/MD programs” have gotten more and more competitive every year. High achieving high schoolers who want to go to medical school directly... READ MORE

The topic of medical school debt was recently tackled by a NYTimes article. In it, Pauline Chen describes the new scholarships offered at UCLA medical school. Thursday’s announcement from the University of California, Los Angeles, of a $100 million medical student scholarship... READ MORE

A study by Carl Schuman of the University of Miami confirmed what you should already know: Facebook can ruin your chances of getting into medical school! Be sure to make your Facebook, Twitter, etc accounts private before applying. Don’t post public pictures and be sure... READ MORE

The following is a guest post from our friends at MyGuruEdge Five Tips for Studying for the MCAT The MCAT is one of the biggest obstacles on your way to getting into medical school. If you have decided to do something as fun and amazing as going to medical school then you need to... READ MORE

Direct Medical Programs are very popular and becoming more so everyday. They are so very competitive. The amount of students applying to combined undergraduate and medical school programs (also called Combined Medical Programs and BS/MD programs) increases every year. This is... READ MORE

Combined undergraduate and medical school programs are very popular and becoming more so everyday. They are so very competitive. The amount of students applying to combined undergraduate and medical school programs (also called Direct Medical Programs and BS/MD programs)... READ MORE

Sample Medical School Interview Questions and Answers There are several medical school interview questions that you should be prepared for. While we recommend not memorizing answers, because this makes you sound like a robot, it’s important to think about these questions... READ MORE

MCAT Books Recommendations We are constantly asked to recommend the best MCAT preparation books and the best books for a premedical student to have. The truth of the answer is that no one book fits all. Every MCAT preparation book has a slightly different style, so it’s... READ MORE

People are often curious about when they will receive medical school interviews. The answer is it varies. You can get interviews anytime from late August all the way up until March of the year after for MD (allopathic) schools. While many schools try to give interviews as early... READ MORE