Do you spent too much time on pre-med/medical forums? I know how addictive premedical forums can be. I used to lurk them all the time. I discovered premed101 and SDN in high school while searching for medical school information. There were other sites like College Confidential and Student Awards that
Category Archives: Admissions
Post CaRMS Tips
And I’m back! I’ve been busy completing my applications for the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) Having survived the CaRMS 2011 Application Submission Deadline, I was going to share some of the lessons I’ve learned from this stressful experience. Overall, I think I did most things well but could have
Why Being Rejected from McMaster Health Sciences is Good for You
If you’re never heard of McMaster University’s Bachelor of Health Sciences Program, you should know it is one of the “elite” undergraduate programs in Canada. With an applicant pool of over 2000 students for roughly 150 spots, getting into McMaster’s Health Sci program is as competitive as getting into medical
Building Character
A well written article on New York Times titled “What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?” (long read) talks about success being more dependent on character than intelligence. The educators in the article settled on 24 character strenghts they deemed important in living a fulfilling, succesful and meaningful life.
Amazed
It’s medical school admissions grading season and as usual, I am amazed by the quality of applicants in this year’s pool. They are all so accomplished and motivated, having done much more than me. I always wonder how they let me sneak into medical school…haha. Which brings me to the
Tis the Admission Season
Amidst the busy third year schedule, I almost forgot that the medical school admission season was well on it’s way. By now, every applicant has submitted their application and they’re all waiting and hoping to land some interviews for the spring. If you’ve put in your hard work (good GPA,
Not Much To Do
I can totally understand now why so many of my favorite med blogs often lack updates. When I was still a premed, I read medblogs fairly often. I must have gone through ten or twenty medical student blogs from start to finish, from when they started posting to when they
Helping by Proximity
I was planning to write a nice long “How to Prepare for a Multiple Mini Interview” article to help medical school applicants. Instead, I have used that time to help prepare my friends for their medical school interviews. I find that I don’t have the time or energy to do
Canadian Medical Schools Prerequisites Summary
The single most effective thing you can do to improve your chances of getting into medical school is to complete the right prerequisites. The more prerequisites you do, the more medical schools you will be eligible for and the greater your chances will be for an acceptance letter. Attached below
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