Bucknell University Pre-Health Blog

This email is a paid announcement being sent as a service to University of California Berkeley Extension. Please direct your inquiries to them. Looking for online options to better prepare for health professional school? You can apply to our new online Post-Bacc Program or choose to enroll in the individual courses that you need. New Online Academic Enhancer Post-Bacc Program Our new fully online   Post-Baccalaureate Accelerated Health Sciences Program will help boost your BCPM GPA to become more competitive for medical school. Students engage in a prescribed curriculum composed of upper-division online science courses while receiving academic advising, ...

We are excite d to invite you and your students to our virtual information session on Thursday, July 9th from 5-6 p.m. ET. We look forward to the opportunity to share information with you about the School of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) as well as provide an overview of our admissions processes.   We look forward to sharing details with you during this session as we continue to navigate the upcoming admissions cycle with the coronavirus pandemic in mind.   RSVP TODAY!   Please RSVP no later than Wednesday, July 8th. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.   We hope to see you on July 9th!   Best wishes,   School of Medicine - Office of Admissions University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA admissions@umassmed.edu http://www.umassmed.edu/som/ admissions/

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Dear Pre-Health Advisors, The Special Master's Program at Georgetown University Medical Center is suspending its requirement for an MCAT score for applicants to its class of 2021 (matriculating August 2020). This change is dictated by the cancellation of some MCAT testing dates, with further cancellations potentially occurring. While we do want scores for applicants who have them, we will consider students who aren't able to take the exam in time to provide scores to us. Although MCAT scores are useful to us in evaluating applicants, other factors including, but not limited to, performance in prerequisite courses, the grades in upper level science course, and the difficulty of curriculum can provide signifiant insight into how an applicant is likely to perform in medical school courses in the SMP. Thus, we will be carefully considering applicants without test scores for the remainder of the current admissions cycle. We will be informing your students who have sta...

This email is a paid announcement being sent as a service to  Altius Test Prep.   Please direct your inquiries to them.   COVID-19 Announcement from Altius CEO Altius to provide FREE Science and MCAT Tutoring to Pre-Meds Impacted by COVID-19 TLDR: Altius will provide FREE tutoring to pre-medical students impacted by COVID-19. Altius is temporarily moving to a non-profit pricing model to better serve students during the coronavirus pandemic. Altius is adjusting their retake policies for students impacted by COVID-19. Dear U.S. Pre-Meds:   You have been weighing heavily on my mind these last two weeks. While I am confident the COVID-19 crisis will gradually recede, and life will soon return to normal, I am deeply concerned about the impact this pandemic could have on t...

As the oldest and largest program of its kind, the Columbia Postbac Premed Program is highly regarded amongst top medical schools for its rigorous approach to medical school preparation. Ivy League education delivered by world-renowned faculty Excellent linkage programs to accelerate medical school admission Network of clinical and research opportunities Continued premedical advisor support Extensive research-backed support programs Summer Regular Decision application deadline for Fall enrollment is April 1st.  Please let your advises know, and remind them to either complete and submit their application, or visit  gs.columbia.edu  to begin one today. Please advise your students to visit our new website to learn more about what we can offer your advisees, and then let them know all about it. Sincerely, Matthew Rotstein Director of Admissions Columbia University School of General Studies ...

Greetings from AACOM!  Registration for our Choose DO Medical School Expo in Washington, DC on March 25, 2020 is open! We can't wait to meet you and your students at this event designed for participants to learn more about the medical profession and how to strengthen their medical school application. This year, we are thrilled to welcome America's Family Doctor, Dr. Jen Caudle , as our keynote speaker.  Dr. Jen is one of the most visible physicians in America and she appears in the homes of millions every week on television and in print discussing health topics. In addition to hearing from Dr. Jen, attendees will meet a panel of current students, a panel of physicians from a variety of specialties, and have the chance to meet with more than 30 medical schools in one place.  Please let me know if you or your students have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC on March 25, 2020! Sincerely, Erin ------------------------------ Erin Hel...