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  I’ve had a couple of conversations about rejection in the recent past. It weighed on me a bit so I figured I would share my thoughts on it with the club. I had 3 big rejections last [...]

I remember the exact moment I told my parents I wanted to be a doctor. I was five years old sitting at the dining room table speaking to them about the medical appointment I had earlier that day. [...]

Name: Tomas Varela, Jr Position: Health Professions Advisor Institution: Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ   How long have you been at your current position at this institution? Three years. [...]

Name: Joseph Stabile, Ph.D. Position: Professor of Biology, Health Professions Advisor Institution: Iona College, New Rochelle, NY – No I do not “own a college” – [...]

Name: Michael D. Druitt, MS Position: Medical Science/Pre-health Coordinator; Assistant Professor – Biological Sciences; Assistant to the Dean Institution: Hampton University – School [...]

Name: Thomas Landefeld Position: Professor of Biology; Pre-health advisor Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills   How long have you been at your current position at this [...]

On the Georgia State University stop during our second tour, we met college student Danielle Johnson. Although she initially didn’t know that T4D would be on her campus, she happened to [...]

1. Don’t apply late. The later your application is, the worse your chances of gaining admission into medical school are. Applying when the application season opens in early June puts you in a [...]

1. Begin researching medical schools Selecting the medical schools to apply to is a key component in the process. By researching medical school qualities beyond their accepted GPA and MCAT [...]

At this point if you have applied to medical schools, hopefully you have submitted everything on the early side of all deadlines. If you have been interviewing, then this is a good sign of being [...]