How to Get Into Medical School

In this video, we'll discuss how to get into medical school.

As a premed, perhaps you've heard some of the following (bad) advice:

"If you can achieve a high GPA and MCAT score, you're all set to get into a top program."

"Some extracurricular categories are more impressive to medical schools than others."

"You should only discuss medically relevant experiences in hour application to demonstrate to medical schools that you're a serious premed student."

"Your personal statement should cover as much ground as possible so admissions committees can understand everything you've accomplished."

Unfortunately, despite sacrificing countless hours to various premed pursuits, students who heed this advice tend to get rejected from medical schools.

In this video, we'll look at some common med school myths students buy into that sink their admissions odds, and uncover the truths behind them so you can learn exactly what it takes to get into medical school.

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TIMESTAMPS
[00:00] - Introduction
[01:00] - Take home point #1: Medical school admissions is hard, but it's not complicated.
[02:24] - Take home point #2: Medical school admissions factors fall into the following categories
[04:01] - Myth 1: If you can achieve high stats, you're all set to get into a top program.
[04:25] - Truth 1: You have to build a powerful, convincing, and consistent persona across your application materials that differentiates you from the rest of the applicant pool.
[06:18] - Myth 2: Some extracurricular categories are inherently better than others.
[06:53] - Truth 2: Instead of constantly monitoring what others are doing and attempting to replicate their accomplishments, carefully evaluate your passions and what kind of impact you want to have on your community.
[07:09] - Qualities and personal factors
[08:59] - Take home point #3: The medical school admissions process provides multiple opportunities for you to demonstrate to adcoms the breadth and depth of activities you pursued during your undergrad years.
[09:18] - Myth 3: Your goal for your application is to discuss only your medically relevant activities and insights to show adcoms that you're a serious premed student.
[10:01] - Truth 3: Your primary goal for your med school application is to discuss who you are, why you want to pursue medicine, and why you'll be a great physician.
[10:48] - Myth 4: You have to cover everything in your personal statement for admissions committees to get a good sense of everything you've accomplished
[12:38] - Truth 4: You have to cover all of your experiences across your entire application, making sure to discuss only the most relevant information in any given section.
[13:05] - Take home point recap
[13:34] - Myths and Truths summary
[14:50] - Final thoughts

Who we are:
Shemmassian Academic Consulting (SAC) was founded by Dr. Shirag Shemmassian, a medical school admissions expert with over 15 years of experience helping thousands of students get into top programs such as Harvard, Mayo, and UCSF. Despite a roughly 40% medical school matriculation rate nationally, the SAC team’s approach has resulted in over 90% of their students getting accepted the first time they apply. SAC has been featured on The Washington Post, US News and World Report, and NBC.

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[hsg]

Great video, thank you! Do you also do “how to get into residency?”

[yahyafarooqi]

I would like to ask you a question, is there a form I should fill out to do so?

[khadijaasif]

I am from pakistan and here after college (11th and 12th grade) by doing pre medical, we can apply to medical university for mbbs, so the results of college examination is conducted by board and they give percentages along with marks and grade, so there is no GPA then how on our stats we can fill our GPA section