PreMed Rx:
What do you know about getting into medical school?
Who gets into medical school? What do I have to do to get in? Paul Jung, M.D. published a series of articles for premeds in The New Physician magazine. Read and explore to learn the best way to get the acceptance letter you want. Dr. Jung is currently a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- Major Anxiety: If You Think Biochemistry is Your Ticket to Medical School, Think Again
September 2000
- Less is More: There's More to Medical School Admissions than Organic Chemistry
November 2000
- Deadlines for Dummies: How to Stay Afloat in the Applicant Pool
March 2001
- Different Strokes: Medical Schools Meeting Your Needs
May-June 2001
- Older and Wiser: Advice for Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Meds
September 2001
- That Thing You D.O.: Diversifying Your Pool of Potential Medical Schools
November 2001
- What Can You Recommend: Letters Crucial to Secondary Applications
April 2002
- Getting Past Rejection: The Next Step in the Process
May-June 2002
New Physician contributing editor Paul Jung is the author of Getting In: How NOT to Apply to Medical School (Sage Publications, 1999), available at MedBookstore.com. E-mail Dr. Jung with your questions and stories at GettingIn@hotmail.com.