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Originally posted by thymol_blue

Actually Mr. Workman your advice is factually incorrect. The vast majority of American medical schools — NYU and Columbia are the only exceptions I am aware of — require applicants to fill out the common AMCAS application.

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As an aside, the University of Texas system has its own separate application service which is structured much like the AMCAS, but somewhat easier to use since individual schools don’t require a secondary application (except when the applicant indicates the desire to apply to a special program such as the Medical Scientist Training Program).

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Another good one is “Kill As Few Patients As Possible” by Oscar London. The book consists of short, light-hearted anecdotes and bits of advice on keeping your intellectual/technical edge as a physician while not losing your humanity.

While reading like this is good for a change of pace, there are other things you can read that will both be informative and help you think along the lines required by the Verbal Reasoning section. Op-ed columns and other more or less serious opinion pieces, for instance, will help you get used to analyzing a writer’s main point and the arguments s/he uses to support it. This will help you on the exam.

Gregory Goldmacher, MD, PhD

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Originally posted by brandonw_395

AdmissionsConsultants,

I really like the website and your advice. I am 30 years old. Am I too old to try and realize my dreams of becoming an MD? What kind of help do you provide and what are your charges?

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To add to Dr. Workman’s reply, I’d like to say that there is even an advantage of sorts to applying to med school later in life. Someone who has been out in the working world and developed another career, and then decided to switch to medicine, tends to have a much clearer idea of why it is that they want to go into medicine than the average student just out of college. They also tend to be more mature and focused. I had classmates in medical school who had been lawyers, accountants, housewives, pilots, marketing execs, and so forth before deciding to pursue a medical career.

Don’t let your age deter you. If you feel the calling to be a physician, go for it.

Gregory Goldmakher, MD, PhD

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Originally posted by coner

I have been looking on the web at different ranking lists to partly aid in my decision to enter a particular medical school. Clearly, there is no consensus, but is there a list of % of students that enter the top 3 residency programs on match day (match rates) … or something equivalent to help me make a more informed decision about which medical school to attend. A site which compares various important criteria of medical schools would also be ideal, but I doubt such a site exists. Thank you for your help.

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Individual medical schools do keep track of the success of their graduates in the match, but there is not a public repository of such data. You thus have the opportunity to ask some very intelligent questions on this topic during your interview visits to medical schools.

Gregory Goldmakher, MD, PhD

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