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• Title:Getting into medical school : the premedical student's guidebook / by Sanford J. Brown.
  
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• Author/Creator:Brown, Sanford Jay, 1946-
  
• Published/Created:Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, ©2011.
  

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  • Call Number: W19 .B879 2011
    
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  • Status:Available
    

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• Library of Congress Subjects: Medical colleges--United States--Admission.
  Medical colleges--United States--Entrance requirements.
  Premedical education--United States.
  
• Medical Subjects:Schools, Medical--United States--Directory.
  Students, Premedical--United States--Directory.
  
• Genre/Form:Directories.
  
• Edition:11th ed.
  
• Description:xiii, 370 pages ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:Getting into medical school is difficult, even for students with excellent college undergraduate records. Today, only about one-third of all students who apply to medical college are accepted -- a statistic that emphasizes the vital importance of well-focused preparation on the part of medical school candidates. Getting into Medical School, now in its new eleventh edition, has gained a well-earned reputation as a time-proven source of sound advice and information on how medical school candidates can improve their chances for admission. Written by a medical doctor who is also an experienced student advisor, and updated to reflect today's medical school environment, this book emphasizes the importance of attaining a good score on the standardized MCAT (Medical College Admission Test). It also guides applicants through the arduous process of medical school application and advises them on how to make a good impression when invited for that all-important personal interview. The book concludes with a detailed medical school directory that lists up-to-date tuitions and fees, academic requirements, and application and enrollment information for more than 140 accredited medical and osteopathic colleges across the United States. Also included is a list of Web sites that provide helpful information to medical school candidates. - Publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-365) and indexes.
  
• ISBN:9780764145971 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Choosing a College, Choosing a Major
  It's Not Where You Go to School or What You Study
  Myth of the Premedical Major
  Getting A's in the Sciences
  Physician As a Scientist
  Abraham Flexner and His Flexner Report
  Emphasis on the Sciences
  What Kind of Doctor Do You Want to Become?
  Avoid the Extra Science Courses
  2. Premed Syndrome
  Premedical Mind
  Premedical Society and the Premedical Adviser
  Does Your Adviser Attend the Meetings? 13 Get Acquainted... See What They Write About You
  Premedical Student
  Premedical Syndrome
  Failure Is Always a Possibility
  3. Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
  Most Important Criterion
  MCAT
  -a Means for Comparison
  Test
  Registering for MCAT and Test Day
  Future Changes to the MCAT
  How Is It Scored? 26 Preparing for the MCAT
  Preparatory Courses
  4. Applying to a Medical School
  -When, Where, and How
  Where to Apply? 33 How Many Schools to Apply To? 34 When to Apply? 36 How to Apply? 37 Early Assurance Programs
  Early Decision
  Combined MD/PhD Programs
  Cost of Applying
  Meeting the Costs
  Minority Students
  Staying In Can Be Harder Than Getting In
  Women
  Special Interest Groups
  What Makes You Different? 50 Recommendations
  AMCAS Letter Service
  Interview
  Sample Personal Statements
  5. How Medical School Admissions Committees Evaluate Applicants
  Can the Applicant Make It?
  Determining the Motivation
  6. Rejection and Your Alternatives
  Rejection and Reapplication
  Consider Reapplying
  Post-baccalaureate
  Osteopathy
  Attending an International Medical School
  7. Amazing Success Stories
  8. Future of Medicine
  Appendixes
  Appendix I Internet Advising: Sara's Story
  Appendix II Summer Programs for the Premed
  Appendix III Directory of American Medical Schools
  Appendix IV Directory of U.S. Schools of Osteopathic Medicine
  Appendix V Survival Bibliography.