Author Archives: Liza
Posted on April 4, 2022 by Liza
The Casper test has been around for several years and is now required at many medical schools. It is open-ended in terms of the responses (no multiple choice questions). Casper is changing in 2022, as follows: the number of scenarios … Continue reading →
Posted on February 11, 2022 by Liza
What are medical school “letters of intent” and what role do they play in the medical school admission process? A letter of intent is like a love letter that’s sent to a medical school: it expresses an applicant’s fervent wish … Continue reading →
Posted on February 4, 2022 by Liza
A study from Tulane and Thomas Jefferson shows the distinctive benefits of engaging in the arts and/or the humanities while in medical school. The results, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, showed that such activities helped to promote … Continue reading →
Posted on January 27, 2022 by Liza
You’ve landed the coveted medical school interview. Congratulations! But what should you do if your interviewer asks a question that makes you uncomfortable or one that is off limits? What are these questions? What is considered out of bounds in … Continue reading →
Posted on November 15, 2021 by Liza
As a medical school admissions consultant, I often am asked by applicants how and when to communicate with medical schools. Medical school applicants should keep schools informed throughout the application process, as events unfold and preferences evolve. If new information develops, applicants … Continue reading →
Posted on September 22, 2021 by Liza
Congratulations—you’ve landed the interview! What’s the best way to prepare for a medical school interview? You should practice. At the very least, you should review common questions and think about how you would answer them. Then you should PRACTICE answering them … Continue reading →
Posted on April 7, 2021 by Liza
As a premedical advisor for over 25 years and as a medical school admission consultant, I have read thousands of personal statements. I have read countless essays written by applicants and have helped them refine and focus their essay into … Continue reading →
Posted on March 24, 2021 by Liza
In the 2021-2022 application cycle, AMCAS opens May 3 for applicants to start entering information; submissions begin on May 27. AMCAS will not transmit any applications to the medical schools until June 25th. Before the application opens you will hopefully … Continue reading →
Posted on March 3, 2021 by Liza
The medical school application process starts in June of the year prior to medical school enrollment and extends to the following April. But for some applicants—those placed on waitlists—the long process extends into the late spring and summer and can … Continue reading →
Posted on February 3, 2021 by Liza
LGBTQ+ medical school applicants often wonder if they should disclose their sexuality in their application. The American Medical Student Association offered an online forum in 2013 which provided applicants with information and answered their questions about being out in the application … Continue reading →