Nov 22, 2019
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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?
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The first thing you can do is you can send a medical school update letter.
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You can have additional letters of reference sent into your medical schools.
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Recruit a “medical school applicant advocate.”
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Medical school update letters.
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UPDATE letters and letter's of interest always come together.
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Are volunteering somewhere? Have you had interesting observations? All of this can potentially influence a medical schools decision.
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Tell the medical schools about your recent accomplishments and you also want to express your specific interest in the medical school.
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Maybe you want to write something about the clinical sites or the clinical departments that really interest you.
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Maybe there are some researchers who are doing research in your area of interest.
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New letters of reference. If you're in school. That's usually an easy place to get additional letters of reference.
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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.
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To try to get more medical school interviews. Recruit an advocate, somebody who is going to call medical school admissions offices.
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We find that these types of advocacy phone calls are actually the most influential in terms of getting applicants additional medical school interviews.
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Now, when should you start worrying about not having any medical school interviews?
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If you don't have any medical school interviews after the new year, it’s time to reevaluate.
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We have an evaluation of students: what can be done differently such as you need to broaden your school list.
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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
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There is definitely a lot you can do to get more interviews.
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How to improve your candidacy for the following year.
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