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ComprehensiveMedical
School (MD & DO) Admissions Consulting
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NOTE: My practice is limited to applicants who are applying either for the Entering Class 2009 or 2010. Entering 2008: On May 15th, you will be required to choose ONE school to attend. Until that date, you may hold multiple acceptances. (However, if you know that you are interested in a particular school to which you have been accepted, decline other offers and wait-lists as soon as possible.) You may stay on waitlists/alternate lists until you have either received an acceptance or rejection notification, or until you begin orientation in medical school. Continue with mock interviewing, either with me or someone else who knows, well, the admissions process. Entering 2009: You should be on the right track for being able to present yourself as a competitive applicant for medical school. Begin thinking seriously about your Personal Statement. Study for the MCAT. Have your recommenders lined up. Entering 2010: If you are in your college sophomore year (or equivalent as a non-traditional applicant), it is not too soon to begin assessing your qualifications: coursework, clinical experiences, extra-curricular experiences, and so on. This will give you time to make sure you are able to present yourself as a well-qualified applicant when you are ready to apply in June, 2009 or 2010. Non-traditional Medical School Applicants Residency Appplicants: I am able to assist you with your statement; once your ERAS application is submitted and you are ready to do program interviews, we can do mock interviewing. |
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What I do (in a nutshell): I counsel anyone college-age and older who is interested in what it takes both academically and non-academically to become a well-qualified applicant to medical school. Virtually no medical school admissions consultant has this combined background of both a decade as an Admissions Committee Voting Member AND as an on-staff university pre-med advisor. INTRODUCTION Formerly
Assistant Director of Medical School Admissions at Stanford University
(1990-1999), and as an Academic Advisor to pre-med freshmen and sophomores,
I understand your questions and uncertainties. With
my 10 years medical school admissions committee, I have a unique
knowledge of the admissions process from the "inside." Current Applicants to Medical School:
If
you are a year or two (or more) from applying, you and I will:
Current Applicants for Residency Programs:
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PHILOSOPHY AND OUR GOALS TOGETHER
I
want you to know the joy of a congratulatory acceptance Working with college and post-college students has been the highlight of my recent career. Not only have I spent 11 years volunteering as an Academic Advisor for Stanford University freshmen and sophomores in their adjustment to campus life, but for 10 years I was Assistant Director of Admissions for Stanford University Medical School. I have reviewed tens of thousands of applications, and have been a member of the admissions committee - admitting, and rejecting, applicants. I have experienced the great joy of calling admitted students and giving them the good news. It was the best part of my job! I want to share that joy of acceptance. . .you becoming a successful healthcare professional. This may even mean looking at educational and career opportunities other than medical school. You will define and focus your path toward your profession, not in order to "look good" to an admissions committee, but for you to know "who you are." You need to know yourself before an admissions committee can know you. And you need to be able to relate this knowledge to those evaluating you. We will address questions involved in the general application process; we can discuss interviewing; and if you have been an unsuccessful applicant in the past, we will review ways to improve your candidacy. It is my desire to help you as much as possible so that you, too, will experience the joy of hearing "Welcome to our medical school!" APPLYING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL INFORMATION As you go through the daunting process of applying to medical school, or even considering if medicine might be your career, you may have many questions and concerns. Your campus pre-med/pre-health advisor is there to help you, but sometimes you need more personal attention than they have time to give you. I will coach you through the admissions process, helping you through the application maze. At our first one hour conference. . . We will discuss and evaluate your application credentials. In future discussions we will continue to explore your progress toward your goal. You will have the opportunity to talk about your interest in medicine, how it began, how it is part of your life now, and how you envision your future career. In contrast to many web sites, I welcome and encourage your phone call so that I may further help you understand what services I provide. There is no substitute for V2V (voice-to-voice: 650.888.9477) and F2F (face-to-face) contact! When I give workshops and talk with interested applicants, I am often asked, "Just what exactly do you do for me?" Applying to medical school can be a long-term arduous project; how I help is determined by whether:
If you are a traditional pre-med we begin as soon as you decide that medical school is your goal. We talk once or twice during your freshman and sophomore years to assure that you are on the right track. More frequent meetings occur later as you prepare your AMCAS application. In a nutshell:
If you are
a non-traditional applicant, in addition to everything above, we begin
first by:
Create a
plan (if necessary) to "fill in the gaps" and/or improve the academic
credentials. At this point we pick up with the time-line/activities appropriate for any medical school applicant, traditional or non-traditional. Each applicant
is different - beyond the standard needs of the application process, someone
may need to improve study skills, or develop time management skills, or
learn stress-reduction techniques; whatever the issue, someone is dealing
with it. I can be a useful resource for these other challenges.
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