The following are posted with permission. These are from various list serves and personal reflections. They are arranged alphabetically.HLTHPROF or Health Professional List Serve
Improving MCAT Verbal Ability by Thea Volpe
Work and Activities Section of AMCAS
Divisions in Physician Career and Location Choice Related to Age at Graduation
Older Medical Student Career Choices
Admissions Package - advice for those who choose
Pfizer Site with links and advice http://www.positiveprofiles.com/content/pandp/tier_3/pandp_students_manual.asp
The beginning point for Robert C. Bowman and HLTHPROF Humanities and Medicine
Where is MCAT prep: the answer is everywhere
Choice of Medical School - Iserson's Guidebook about Getting into Med School
Message from Dan:
Although I was born and lived in New York City almost all my life, and I am
not that far away in retirement, I am appreciative of what you are doing and
proposing. However I am saddened by the likelihood of your message falling on
deaf ears, shut eyes and closed minds. Did I tell you I was born a pessimist and
expect to die one?
Maybe it is different outside of the big metropolitan areas, but what I see is
an increasing number of immigrants to the US whose children see medicine as
prestigious and look forward to the income they will earn. Sadly, this is also
true of too many native born Americans. They speak of medicine as a "calling"
and speak and write only of "saving lives." Most of them are fixated only on
grades and MCAT scores, and can they get into a "prestigious" medical school.
I long ago learned that high grades and high MCAT scores do not necessarily a
good physician make. When I wrote the letters of evaluation, the warmest and
strongest were for what I called "good people", regardless of academics.
I wish you success in your endeavor. It is badly needed.
Dan Marien
JUMPSTART info on health careers thru UNMC Allied Health
Family Medicine Teaching, more essays
Education - the entire pipeline