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Nov 22, 2019

01:07 

It is important to provide medical schools with more evidence that you are an excellent candidate. What can you do to try to get more medical school interviews and to convince a medical school that you are a great candidate?  

 

01:26 

The first thing you can do is you can send a medical school update letter. 

 

01:45 

You can have additional letters of reference sent into your medical schools. 

 

01:51 

Recruit a medical school applicant advocate.”  

 

02:02 

Medical school update letters. 

 

02:13 

UPDATE letters and letter's of interest always come together. 

  

02:44 

Are volunteering somewhere? Have you had interesting observations? All of this can potentially influence a medical schools decision. 

 

03:01 

Tell the medical schools about your recent accomplishments and you also want to express your specific interest in the medical school. 

 

03:38 

Maybe you want to write something about the clinical sites or the clinical departments that really interest you. 

 

03:45 

Maybe there are some researchers who are doing research in your area of interest. 

 

05:15 

New letters of reference. If you're in school. That's usually an easy place to get additional letters of reference. 

 

05:26 

If you're doing research and your principal investigator has not yet sent in the letter of reference. That's a great person to ask.  

 

06:09 

To try to get more medical school interviews. Recruit an advocate, somebody who is going to call medical school admissions offices. 

 

06:56 

We find that these types of advocacy phone calls are actually the most influential in terms of getting applicants additional medical school interviews.  

 

 

08:21 

Now, when should you start worrying about not having any medical school interviews? 

 

08:32 

If you don't have any medical school interviews after the new year, its time to reevaluate.  

 

09:08 

We have an evaluation of students: what can be done differently such as you need to broaden your school list. 

 

10:04 

In early winter send letters of interest, update letters and additional letters of reference. Get advocates to call admissions offices.This will get students additional medical school interviews  

 

10:24  

There is definitely a lot you can do to get more interviews. 

 

11:17 

How to improve your candidacy for the following year. 

 

11:23 

So we always welcome questions from our audiences and from our students. So always feel free to email us at info@mededits.com, and visit our website at www.mededits.com 

 

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