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  • Key Skills for Every Premed

    • September 17, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Miscellaneous, Premed
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    As a premedical student, you have a lot on your plate. Between difficult classes, never ending tests, pressures to maintain great extracurriculars and do well on standardized tests, it can be overwhelming. But there are a few key skills that every premedical student should have which will help you get through these years with ease:

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  • What should you do when shadowing a doctor in a competitive speciality?

    • September 17, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Residency
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    We sat down with Dr. Korgavkar, a dermatologist in New York and MedSchoolCoach advisor. We wanted to find out what a medical student interested in a competitive subspecialty, such as dermatology, should be doing when they shadow physicians! Dr Korgavkar, what do you think are the key aspects students should have in mind, while shadowing

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  • What does a medical school interviewer look for in an applicant? Ask Dr. Korgavkar

    • August 25, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Interview
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    We sat down with Dr. Kaveri Korgavkar, a dermatologist in New York and MedSchoolCoach advisor about what a medical school interviewer looks for in an applicant. Her advice is extremely useful to those who are interviewing for medical schools at any point! As a medical school interviewer, what are you looking for in a prospective student?

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  • How to get the most out of shadowing a physician – advice from Dr. Harvey Katzen

    • August 21, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Premed
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    Dr. Katzen is a oncologist and MedSchoolCoach advisor. He is also a professor at George Washington University Medical School where he sat on the admissions committee. We sat down with Dr. Katzen to ask him some questions about his work as an oncologist and also what premedical students should know about shadowing a physician. We

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  • What an admissions committee member looks for during an interview

    • August 19, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Interview
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    We sat down with Dr. Harvey Katzen, a clinical oncologist and former admissions committee member at George Washington University School of Medicine where he interviewed hundreds of applicants for admission. He shared with us some secrets of what an admissions committee member is looking for in a candidate! Since you’ve been a part of many

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  • Meet Dr. Marinelli, MedSchoolCoach Advisor

    • August 12, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying
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    Dr. Marinelli is an advisor at MedSchoolCoach and former admissions committee member at UC Irvine School of Medicine. Her insight into the application process is second to none! We sat down with Dr. Marinelli to ask her a few questions about her clinical residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii! Could you tell us

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  • Q&A with Dr. Alice Zheng, MedSchoolCoach Advisor

    • August 10, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Miscellaneous
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    Dr. Alice Zheng is a entrepreneur, physician, public health activist and MBA! She received her MBA from Harvard University and MD from University of Michigan. She is an incredible person who is an inspiration for all who want to become a physician, and maybe even more. We sat down and talked with her about her journey

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  • How do I prepare for the CASPer?

    • July 21, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Interview
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    by Renee Marinelli, MD. Renee is a former admissions committee member at UC Irvine and a MedSchoolCoach advisor. Since 2010, several medical schools have incorporated the use of the “Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics” or “CASPer”, into the evaluation of prospective medical school students. Similar to the mini-medical interview or MMI, the CASPer tests

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  • When will I receive medical school secondaries?

    • July 19, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying
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    Congrats! You have submitted your primary AMCAS/AACOMAS/TMDSAS (or maybe all 3!) application(s). Now is the time when many students sit back and relax. That is a huge mistake! Instead, you should actually get a head start on your secondary applications. Secondary applications is often when applicants have the most trouble because you will receive an

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  • Optional Questions on Medical School Secondaries

    • July 19, 2016
    • Posted by: MedSchoolCoach Team
    • Category: Applying, Premed
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    Do I have to answer optional secondary questions We all know that secondary applications to medical school can be painful. They are chalk full of difficult questions, often which seem very hard to write in a way that differentiates you from the next applicant. There are certainly a lot of questions in regards to diversity,

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