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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Choosing a College, Choosing a Major | |
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| It's Not Where You Go to School or What You Study | |
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| The Myth of the Premedical Major | |
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| Getting A's in the Sciences | |
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| The Physician As a Scientist | |
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| Abraham Flexner and His Flexner Report | |
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| Emphasis on the Sciences | |
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| What Kind of Doctor Do You Want to Become? | |
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| Avoid the Extra Science Courses | |
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| The Premed Syndrome | |
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| The Premedical Mind | |
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| The Premedical Society and the Premedical Adviser | |
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| Does Your Adviser Attend the Meetings? | |
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| Get Acquainted…See What They Write About You | |
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| The Premedical Student | |
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| The Premedical Syndrome | |
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| Failure Is Always a Possibility | |
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| The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) | |
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| The Most Important Criterion | |
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| MCAT-a Means for Comparison | |
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| The Test | |
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| Registering for MCAT and Test Day | |
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| Future Changes to the MCAT | |
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| How Is It Scored? | |
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| Preparing for the MCAT | |
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| Preparatory Courses | |
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| Applying to a Medical School-When, Where, and How | |
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| Where to Apply? | |
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| How Many Schools to Apply To? | |
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| When to Apply? | |
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| How to Apply? | |
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| Early Assurance Programs | |
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| Early Decision | |
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| Combined MD/PhD Programs | |
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| Cost of Applying | |
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| Meeting the Costs | |
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| Minority Students | |
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| Staying In Can Be Harder Than Getting In | |
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| Women | |
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| Special Interest Groups | |
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| What Makes You Different? | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| AMCAS Letter Service | |
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| The Interview | |
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| Sample Personal Statements | |
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| How Medical School Admissions Committees Evaluate Applicants | |
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| Can the Applicant Make It? | |
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| Determining the Motivation | |
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| Rejection and Your Alternatives | |
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| Rejection and Reapplication | |
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| Consider Reapplying | |
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| The Post-baccalaureate | |
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| Osteopathy | |
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| Attending an International Medical School | |
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| Amazing Success Stories | |
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| The Future of Medicine | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Internet Advising: Sara's Story | |
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| Summer Programs for the Premed | |
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| Directory of American Medical Schools | |
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| Directory of U.S. Schools of Osteopathic Medicine | |
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| Survival Bibliography | |
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| Index to U.S. Medical Schools | |
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| Index to U.S. Osteopathic Schools | |