The Premed Playbook Guide To The Medical School Application Process

The fourth installment of The Premed Playbook series brings together all of the wisdom of helping thousands of students through the medical school application process.

“A must-have for every future doctor’s collection. Great advice, comprehensive, and to the point. Dr. Gray breaks it down, play by play.” —Sujay Kansagra, MD, author of The Medical School Manual The Premed Playbook Guide to the Medical School Interview is the only book needed to prepare premed students for their medical school interviews. Through interviews with Admissions Committee members and others, Dr. Gray has compiled the most comprehensive book on this subject. Premed students want to know what to expect, but more importantly they need to see examples of what successful applicants have done. The Premed Playbook not only gives them close to six hundred potential interview questions, it also gives them real answers and feedback from interview sessions that Dr. Gray has held with students. “This book touches on every aspect of the interview from applying, during the interview and things to do/not to do after the interview. I highly recommend this book for every student to read and have available for reference during the medical school interview season.” —Antonio J. Webb, MD, orthopedic resident surgeon, motivational speaker, and author of Overcoming the Odds “He challenges the reader to examine their strengths and weaknesses and gives them a blueprint on how to put their best foot forward. His advice is real-world and complied by many interviewers, including myself, who have years of experience interviewing medical school applicants. I highly recommend this book as a fundamental preparation tool for the application process.” —Gregory M. Polites, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Chairman of the Central Subcommittee on Admissions, Washington University School of Medicine

Getting into medical school is difficult, even for students with excellent college undergraduate records. Today, only about one-third of all students who apply to medical college are accepted—a statistic that emphasizes the vital importance of well-focused preparation on the part of medical school candidates. Getting into Medical School, now in its new twelfth edition, has gained a well-earned reputation as a time-proven source of sound advice and information on how medical school candidates can improve their chances for admission. Written by a medical doctor who is also an experienced student advisor, and updated to reflect today’s medical school environment, this book emphasizes the importance of attaining a good score on the standardized MCAT (Medical College Admission Test). It also guides applicants through the arduous process of preparing the medical school application and advises them on how to make a good impression when invited for that all-important personal interview. The book concludes with a detailed medical school directory that lists up-to-date tuitions and fees, academic requirements, and application and enrollment information for more than 170 accredited medical and osteopathic colleges across the United States. Also included is a list of Web sites that provide helpful information to medical school candidates.

BeMo's Ultimate Guide to CASPer(R) Test Prep is the most comprehensive resource for CASPer preparation. Written by former CASPer test raters, admissions committee members and award-winning scientists, this guide is a must-read for all applicants required to take the CASPer test. The guide includes proven strategies, sample questions and answers, two full length practice tests and access to a sample online test. Here is what is included in this book: how CASPer is really scored by CASPer raters BeMo's proven formula for acing any CASPer question, 17 proven strategies to prepare for and ace any CASPer test, 21 possible types of CASPer questions and how to successful answer each type of question, 12 difficult sample scenarios with expert analysis and answers, 2 additional full-length practice tests, a total of 108 sample CASPer questions, free sample online practice test, free access to BeMo's private online CASPer prep MasterMind group and additional resources, Over 180 pages of tips, strategies and advice from admission experts including former CASPer raters, former admissions committee members, and award-winning scientists BeMo(R), BeMo Academic(TM), BeMo Consulting(TM), BeMo Academic Consulting (TM), MMI SIM(TM), Get In Or Your Money Back(R) are trademarks of BeMo Academic Consulting Inc. CASPer(R) is an official mark of McMaster University ("McMaster") and a registered mark of Altus Assessments Inc. ("Altus"), which delivers CASPer. BeMo Academic Consulting Inc. ("BeMo") and this book, do not endorse nor affiliate with McMaster, Altus, nor CASPer, and vice versa. BeMo is an independent educational firm and provider of CASPer preparation programs and simulations only (CASPer SIM). To find out how to take the actual test, contact Altus directly.

How to craft a personal statement that secures interviews and admissions: “Reliable advice . . . a gift to premeds.”—Sujay Kansagra, MD, author of The Medical School Manual The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement shows students how to effectively craft their stories for medical school admission committees. It’s not only a collection of essays from students who got into top schools, but a showcase of essays that started badly and were honed to tell great stories. Ryan Gray, MD shares the stories of students who seemed unlikely to have a shot but ultimately succeeded, in part because of the advice laid out in The Premed Playbook. They had to fight their way into medical school—and told a great story to do it. The drafts-in-progress, example essays, and insider tips included here can help you do the same.

What does it take to get into medical school? For the first time, admissions committee members from elite medical schools in the United States share their perspectives and unique insights on how the selection process works and how decisions are made as to who gets in and who does not-and you will be surprised. This book gives an unprecedented insiders' perspective from those who have actually made the final decisions. Every aspect of the admission process is addressed in this book. See timelines that tell you what to do and when. Learn how to pick extracurricular activities that enhance your application while avoiding ones that are a waste of time. Understand how to prepare for the 2015 MCAT and the new multiple-mini interviews (MMI). See graphs that show you what GPA and grades are needed for admission depending on your ethnicity. View lists of medical schools that take a high proportion of out of state applicants. Learn what to do if you are rejected on your first application attempt.

How To Be Pre-Med assists high school, college, and non-traditional students interested in becoming physicians by describing the pre-med route from start to finish using the Six Buckets model Dr. Suzanne M. Miller developed through over a decade of medical school admissions advising. This guide is equally helpful to those hoping to pursue a medical career and to loved ones, such as parents, spouses, relatives, and friends, supporting a pre-med. Dr. Miller created How to be Pre-Med to serve as a prequel to the best-selling The Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD's Week-by-Week Admissions Handbook because readers frequently provided feedback wishing they had received similar expert guidance sooner in the pre-med process. How To Be Pre-Med covers all information required to excel as a pre-med and prepare for the medical school application process. It's best to read this book as soon as you decide to pursue the pre-med path to help strategize selection of undergraduate or post-baccalaureate experiences. Then return to it each year to assess how you are filling up the Six Buckets. Once you have decided to apply to medical school, pick up the latest edition of The Medical School Admissions Guide and follow the weekly steps required to create the best application possible to maximize your chances of admission.

BeMo's Ultimate Guide is the most comprehensive resource for medical school admissions in the U.S. and Canada. Written by ten admissions experts from some of the most well-known and respected medical schools on the continent, such as Yale and the University of Toronto, this guide is an essential resource for all pre-medical students. Whether you are a pre-med student in the early planning stages, or in the process of completing applications and preparing for your interviews, this book is a must read. Learn how to plan in advance, prepare applications that stand out, and develop the skills needed to ace the CASPer test and Multiple Mini Interviews, and in the process, maximize your chances of admission into the program of your choice. Here is what is included in this book: how to plan in advance to stay ahead of your competition, how to make your application stand out, how to prep for and ace the CASPer test including sample questions and expert responses, how to prep and master your admissions interviews (MMI, MPI, Traditional Panel), including sample questions and answers, six case studies of past successful applicants, and free access to BeMo's online resource centre where you can find sample personal statements and autobiographical sketches and a host of other useful tools, Over 210 pages of tips, strategies and advice from admission experts BeMo, BeMo Academic, BeMo Consulting, BeMo Academic Consulting, CASPer SIM, MMI SIM, Get In Or Your Money Back & IM Evaluator are trademarks of BeMo Academic Consulting Inc."