Your medical school personal statement is an opportunity to display your character traits, ambitions, and narrative in a way that your extracurriculars and academic metrics cannot. With 5300-characters to answer the prompt “use the space provided to explain why you want to go to medical school,” many pre-meds fail to
Deciding where to apply to medical school is an extremely important, and very challenging part of the application process. It takes a lot of time and can be expensive – not only because of the application fees themselves, but from campus visits as well. The decision is ultimately yours to
Our Cracking Med School Admissions team has worked with thousands of applicants on their medical school applications. Along the way, we’ve met some really amazing people who’ve done impressive things that have changed lives. We’ve been around Olympic swimmers and founders of nonprofit organizations. We’ve also, however, seen our share
The AMCAS is medical schools’ first chance to get a glimpse of who you are, and it’s a standardized application that is used by many schools at once, so getting it right is a critical first step to get into medical school. Writing the AMCAS application can be a DAUNTING experience.
When the Cracking Med School Admissions team gives talks at universities around the United States, one topic we often discuss at length is how to make your medical school application stand out. Our goal as your advisers is to help you submit as strong of a medical school application as
Letters of recommendation are an extremely important component of your medical school application. Our goal is to help you request for the best medical school letters of recommendation so you can get accepted to your dream medical schools. This blog post will focus on three topics: How to Ask For
Our Cracking Med School Admissions team has read literally thousands of Work and Activities descriptions. Our goal is to show you what makes a great AMCAS work and activities description through AMCAS work and activities examples. How to Write Work Activities Section for the AMCAS AMCAS Work and Activities Examples
Whether you’re a pre-med applying for a competitive summer internship, planning to take a gap year, or applying to medical school, you’ll need fantastic letters of recommendation. The Cracking Med School Admissions team strives for our advisees to have ONLY strong letters of recommendation. Not just “good” or “okay” ones.
We’ve been in pandemic mode for months now, and it’s becoming clear that things are not going back to “normal” anytime soon. So, what’s a premed to do? You still need research, volunteering, and clinical experience even though your meticulous plans have been entirely disrupted. But just because you need
Hi premeds! This page serves as a high-yield resource for UC Irvine Medical School. The information from this page is a GOLDEN resource. We’ve compiled it from UC Irvine Medical School admissions data, UCI Medical School acceptance rate date, the UCI Medical School website, and most importantly, from UC Irvine
Hi premeds! The Cracking Med School Admissions team has advised students with getting into Harvard Medical School since 2012 with a lot of success! Each year, they have a handful of their students get accepted into HMS. Dr. Rachel Rizal, one of Cracking Med School Admissions advisers, is a resident
Hi premeds! This page serves as a high-yield resource for Tufts Medical School. The information from this page is a GOLDEN resource. We’ve compiled it from Tufts medical school acceptance rate data, the Tufts University Medical school website, and most importantly, from Tufts med students themselves! You will have facts
Hey premeds! This page serves as a high-yield resource for the UCLA Medical School Admissions. The information from this page is a GOLDEN resource. We’ve compiled it from UCLA Medical School acceptance rate data, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA website, and most importantly, from UCLA med school
Among all medical school secondaries, the autobiography prompt is likely one of the toughest to write. This prompt asks applicants to describe their previous background and life experiences in one cohesive essay often rivaling the length of a personal statement. Schools which ask for autobiographies in their secondaries include Vanderbilt
Whether you are first starting out in college and looking to apply to research or volunteering positions or preparing your application to medical school, making sure you have a premed resume that stands out is essential. While you may have had a resume that you used in high school, a
Medical School Secondary Essay Prompts 2020 – 2021 We know it’s annoying to scroll through numerous websites and blog posts to look for current and previous secondary prompts. The Cracking Med School Admissions team compiled as many medical school secondary essay prompts for the 2020-2021 cycle. We made it available
Medical schools want to recruit students who embody their institution’s values and would quickly thrive once accepted. One way to prove that you fit this criterion is by writing an outstanding “why this medical school” secondary essay. This prompt asks you to explain why you are applying to a specific
What is the Pennsylvania State-Jefferson Accelerated Premedical-Medical Program? The Pennsylvania State-Jefferson Accelerated Premedical-Medical Program is often referred to as PMM, or “Penn State BS MD.” In seven years, instead of eight years, you receive both a B.S. degree and an M.D. degree. Although you are limited to a B.S., keep
We’ve been in pandemic mode for months now, and it’s becoming clear that things are not going back to “normal” anytime soon. So, what’s a premed to do? You still need research, volunteering, and clinical experience even though your meticulous plans have been entirely disrupted. But just because you need
Hi premeds! This page serves as a high-yield resource for UC Irvine Medical School. The information from this page is a GOLDEN resource. We’ve compiled it from UC Irvine Medical School admissions data, UCI Medical School acceptance rate date, the UCI Medical School website, and most importantly, from UC Irvine
Hi premeds! The Cracking Med School Admissions team has advised students with getting into Harvard Medical School since 2012 with a lot of success! Each year, they have a handful of their students get accepted into HMS. Dr. Rachel Rizal, one of Cracking Med School Admissions advisers, is a resident
Hi premeds! This page serves as a high-yield resource for Tufts Medical School. The information from this page is a GOLDEN resource. We’ve compiled it from Tufts medical school acceptance rate data, the Tufts University Medical school website, and most importantly, from Tufts med students themselves! You will have facts
Hey premeds! This page serves as a high-yield resource for the UCLA Medical School Admissions. The information from this page is a GOLDEN resource. We’ve compiled it from UCLA Medical School acceptance rate data, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA website, and most importantly, from UCLA med school
Among all medical school secondaries, the autobiography prompt is likely one of the toughest to write. This prompt asks applicants to describe their previous background and life experiences in one cohesive essay often rivaling the length of a personal statement. Schools which ask for autobiographies in their secondaries include Vanderbilt
Whether you are first starting out in college and looking to apply to research or volunteering positions or preparing your application to medical school, making sure you have a premed resume that stands out is essential. While you may have had a resume that you used in high school, a
Medical School Secondary Essay Prompts 2020 – 2021 We know it’s annoying to scroll through numerous websites and blog posts to look for current and previous secondary prompts. The Cracking Med School Admissions team compiled as many medical school secondary essay prompts for the 2020-2021 cycle. We made it available
Medical schools want to recruit students who embody their institution’s values and would quickly thrive once accepted. One way to prove that you fit this criterion is by writing an outstanding “why this medical school” secondary essay. This prompt asks you to explain why you are applying to a specific
What is the Pennsylvania State-Jefferson Accelerated Premedical-Medical Program? The Pennsylvania State-Jefferson Accelerated Premedical-Medical Program is often referred to as PMM, or “Penn State BS MD.” In seven years, instead of eight years, you receive both a B.S. degree and an M.D. degree. Although you are limited to a B.S., keep
