The Family Guide to Medical School Admissions

The Family Guide to Medical School Admissions is the most in-depth medical school application cycle playbook, advising parents of aspiring doctors, empowering premed family members to become premed advisors, and prepare their premed for a career in medicine. This guide gives parents an in-depth view into the admissions cycle and offers powerful techniques for families on every part of it: AMCAS, AACOMAS, TMDSAS, primary and secondary applications, choosing medical schools, and building a healthy support system. It covers how to communicate effectively with your aspiring doctor on what can be a fraught journey towards achieving their dream. It is an in-depth strategic analysis of every aspect of the admission cycle starting with high school activities and experiences, choosing when to apply to medical school, preparing for the MCAT, the medical school interview, effective networking, composing the personal statement and building a well-rounded candidate with the ideal kind of service, extracurriculars and research experience to illuminate their authentic motivation, distinguish and bring life to their application.
Janet also addresses how to handle crises, red flags, institution action violations, obstacles and setbacks, to encourage motivated premed students and medical school applicants to overcome whatever obstacles they face. It also helps parents evaluate if their students need more time to apply, the pros and cons of postbac programs for career changers and premeds who need to improve their academic record. It guides the parent to know definitively what are the best types of activities to engage in during school, summers and a gap year. Janet has helped thousands of students gain entrance to medical schools and now she wants to empower families to do the work she has done for twenty years. At her work for the pre-health offices at Cornell, Berkeley and as an independent private admissions consultant, Janet has been a keen student of medical school admissions for over twenty years. From sitting in on admissions committee deliberations, networking extensively with medical school deans, admissions directors and offices, as well as physicians and medical school faculty members, Janet has developed an in-depth understanding of the medical school admissions process that she is ready to share with parents of premeds everywhere. As an advisor, and in this volume, Janet provides a framework for deep personal reflection and transformation for families and premeds alike that will serve them well in their future careers in medicine and as citizens of the world.