The Mededits Guide to Medical School Admissions: Practical Advice for Applicants and Their Parents

I am a health communication professor and I work closely with the university's premed program. I sometimes do trainings prepping the students for their med school interviews and many of my students have been successfully admitted to med school. Over the years I have gathered dozens of books in this topic. This book is in my top 10 favorites.This is a great book and I think that anyone preparing for an interview will find it to be incredibly useful. When my students ask for resources, this is in the list of book titles I give them. I would also like to point out that, in my opinion, the two best books to help you prep are The Medical School Interview: Winning Strategies from Admissions Faculty and Multiple Mini Interview (MMI): Winning Strategies from Admissions Faculty Start with the general one, and spend some serious time on it. Don't skip the 'why do you want to be a doctor' and 'what is professionalism' sections, they are gold! Then if you are informed that you will have an MMI, go ahead and read the other one. If you won't have an MMI, I would still consider browsing through it because it gives you interesting ethical questions to think on, which should get your medical communication juices flowing and ready for an interview!As someone who helps train prospective med school students, I want to emphasize that whatever book you buy, you need to practice. Practice out loud and hopefully to another person who is listening to you and providing feedback.

Applying to medical school? Buy this book and rest assured you have a thorough and knowledgeable resource at each step of the process (personal statements to primary application entries to secondaries to interviews to update letters and beyond).As a college senior currently applying to medical schools, I have found this book to be invaluable throughout the application process. It seems that everyone has an opinion about what are the "right" things to do during the application process, but one should look no farther than a former admissions committee member for the best possible advice. The writer, Dr. Jessica Freedman, has many years of experience in the admissions game, and it shows throughout the book. The best parts of this guide are the sample essays to common secondary essay questions and the sample letters of intent/update letters. They provide specific frameworks on which to write one's own essays and letters, and Dr. Freedman breaks down how to effectively convey your message during each step of the process. For those applicants lucky enough to interview, I would recommend purchasing the book on medical school interviews by the same author. Those two books have instrumental to any success I've had in the application process, and I recommend them to anyone looking to apply to medical school soon.

For the value of this book, it does give pretty comprehensive information, and the best thing about it is how it collects the answers to the common questions we have about medical school application in one relatively small text. However, the answers are not novel, and for the most part don't offer any solutions that I haven't heard from a pre-med adviser before. The book is written by one of the foremost experts in the field of pre-med advising however, so you do have confidence that the info is accurate, but it seems like it is meant more as a supplement to the services of the "MedEdits" company than as a guide to be used on its own. Overall though, for the price it is a helpful guide to have if you need something to refer to every now and then for a definitive answer to general inquiries about the medical school admissions process.

As an extremely non-traditional student with little help and guidance available from family and friends I needed something to provide a general guidance for building my application. The book is not perfect, for example, it doesn't help much with the now popular MMI. However, I do not agree that it the book is only directed for the standard student. I understood how to write an effective application.What you should do:1. Keep calm...2. The book is only a few bucks, so if you need help, buy it.3. Read it from start to finish at least twice, but focus first on starting to design your application.What not to do:1. Do not get too familiar with the style of the book, you will tend to lose your uniqueness.2. Do not worry if your application does not seem as stellar as the examples in the book.I had more success than I expected with my application, and do not regret getting the book. Good luck to everybody and do not forget to enjoy the journey no matter how daunting it may seem.

I have been doing alot research on every possible website on the internet but it can be a pain trying to gather all this information and taking down notes. There are just way too many opinions and myths out there about the whole med school application process. i just received this book today and finished it in a few hours and i must say, it has all the information complied. This is very helpful and i suggest every pre-med to purchase this book. It will make things alot more easier and understanding of how things work. And the author was not only a student at one point but she is also a M.D and has been in the admission process for quiet some time now. I would suggest you also purchase 2 more books namely "The medical school interview by Jeremiah fleenor" and also "medical school admission guide by Suzanne Miller". These three books will help you along your long journey.plus you will qualify for free amazon shipping because they will be above $25! Good luck to you all. Very helpful book!a must have