"Sunny Nakae draws on her years of experience as a medical school admissions officer, balancing wise advice with a personal perspective to help guide readers through this stressful process. With a positive, encouraging tone and an emphasis on self-care, <i>Premed Prep</i> is a fun, helpful resource for any student looking to apply to medical school." — Glenn Cummings, Associate Dean and Director of Health Professions Advising at Bryn Mawr College<br />

If you're a student hoping to apply to medical school, you might be anxious or stressed about how best to prepare. What classes should you take? What kinds of research, clinical, and volunteer opportunities should you be pursuing? What grades and MCAT scores do you need? How can you stand out among thousands of applicants?
 
Premed Prep answers all these questions and more, with detailed case studies and insider tips that can help premed students authentically prepare and enjoy the journey from the very beginning. Sunny Nakae draws from her many years of experience as a medical school admissions dean to offer wise and compassionate advice that can help premed students of all backgrounds. She also has specific tips for students who are first-generation, minority, non-traditional, and undocumented.
 
Both forthright and supportive, Nakae's advice is offered in a keep-it-real style that gives premed students a unique window into how admissions committees view and assess them. Premed Prep covers how to approach preparation with a focus on exploration and growth, and how to stop obsessing over med school application checklists. This book will do more than help you get a seat in medical school; it will start you on the process of becoming a successful future physician.
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If you're hoping to apply to medical school, you might be anxious or stressed about how best to prepare. What classes should you take? What kinds of research, clinical, and volunteer opportunities should you be pursuing? How can you stand out among thousands of applicants? Premed Prep answers all these questions and more.
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Preface
Part I: Getting a Solid Start   
1          Premed Basics: Be Quick, But Don't Hurry               
2          Advice for First Generation Students           
3          Advice for Minoritized Students       
4          Advice for Undocumented Students               
Part II: The Premed Journey
5          Exploration & Affirmation                            
6          Dump the Checklist Mindset                                                 
7          The Secret to a Competitive Edge     
Part III: Advice for Application Season          
8          The Inside Scoop on Strategy and Maximizing Mission Fit             
9          Understand the Graduate/Professional School Context        
10        Professionalism and People Skills in a Digital Era
Part IV: Support Team Advice
11        Advice for Parents and Friends                       
12        Advice for Advisers
Part V: Gap Years and Reapplying
13        Maximizing a Gap
14        Advice for Reapplicants
15        Finish Lines and Deadlines
Appendix: An Overview of the Journey to Becoming a Physician
Index
 
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781978817227
Publisert
2020-11-13
Utgiver
Rutgers University Press
Vekt
227 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
196

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Biografisk notat

SUNNY NAKAE, Ph.D., M.S.W., is the Senior Associate Dean for Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Partnership, and Associate Professor of Medical Education at the California University of Science and Medicine. Prior to joining CUSM she served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine where she held an adjunct appointment as Associate Professor of Social Medicine, Population and Public Health. She has previously held administrative positions at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.