Resources for Pre-Med Students from the University of Colorado Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Department

The Getting Into Medical School: Tips and Tricks Blog Series from the University of Colorado Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Department is full of insightful, helpful articles for students preparing to apply to medical school. Some of these articles and resources include:

• Writing Your Personal Statement
• Preparing for the Secondary Applications
• Selecting Your Schools
• A sample chart for organizing your school selections

And much more!

Some recommendations from the CU Department of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine on how to spend your time while on home isolation due to COVID-19 include:

• Researching schools of interest, and finding further details about those schools through the AAMC's Medical School Admissions Requirements website.
• Ordering your official transcripts from all of your post-high school academic institutions if you plan to apply this cycle. Delivery times be delayed due to the current COVID-19 travel restrictions and protocols.
• Checking in with your letter of recommendation writers. 
• Reviewing any changes to the application process due to COVID-19 on the AAMC's website.
• Writing the first draft of your Personal Statement
• Reaching out to your personal statement readers/editors.

Visit the CU Department of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine's website for more great tips, articles, and resources on how to improve your chances of admission to medical school!