Just a reminder that I will be speaking at the 60th Annual American Medical Student Association national conference on Saturday, March 13 at 11:30am. The conference is being held in Anaheim. My lecture will cover insider tips for optimizing applications for residency. See you there!
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New Options for Pre-Meds
Here is an interesting article from today’s NYTs regarding the opening of several new American medical schools. These may be a reasonable option for those pre-meds with lesser GPAs and MCATs.
Tags: February 2010
Match: My Last Posting
Unfortunately, I notice that if you click on the Medscape link I published in my last entry, Medscape requires you to input a password. Instead Google “Dan Egan Match” and click on “How Should I Rank Choices for the Match,” which is the first entry on the page.
Tags: February 2010
How to Create a Rank List for the Match
Here is a great article from my friend and ex-resident Dan Egan. He was just named the Associate Residency Director for the Emergency Medicine program at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt.
Tags: February 2010
AMCAS Science Calculations
I receive a lot of questions about AMCAS‘ GPA calculations. (Please see previous blog entries on this topic.) One question in particular for those considering post-undergraduate science GPA boosts is the following: How does AMCAS calculate science classes taken after college graduation? Are they placed in the BCPM (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math) undergraduate or graduate category?
Post bacc courses are counted as part of the undergraduate GPA. Courses taken after graduation – unless specified as graduate courses in transcripts – are considered post bacc courses, so they are also calculated as part of the undergraduate GPA.
Hope this helps. Contact me for admissions assistance.
Tags: February 2010
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital. She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
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