| Don't Miss the Live Information Sessions! | Tuesday, April 19, 2022
11 a.m. - 8 p.m. ET | | While you're chatting with the 90+ booths at the AAMC's Virtual Medical School Fair, don’t miss the series of live information sessions. These sessions include essential information, tips and resources created specifically for aspiring medical students and feature Q&A's with admissions officers, advisors, and current students and residents. These can't-miss, interactive sessions cover important topics such as paying for medical school, interview tips, the new PREview™ Professional Readiness Exam and much more! View the schedule below and visit the registration page for more information. Remember, when you register for this free event you’ll receive a personalized code for 15% off of a Medical School Admissions Requirements™ (MSAR®) subscription*! |
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| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Financial Aid, Firsthand: Debt, Repayment and Money Management According to Current Students and Physicians
This information session will highlight stories from current students, residents, and early practitioners about how they navigated paying for medical school. Each panelist will discuss their journey to medical school and then weave in what their financial experiences around applying to medical school and financing medical school are or were like. Attendees will leave this session with an aspirational message about the available financing and repayment opportunities available to medical students. | | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The Importance of Mission Alignment When Selecting Medical Schools
An Interactive Discussion with Medical School Admission Officers
Join admissions officers to hear how their school’s mission and holistic admissions process helps them select candidates. Learn strategies to better understand a school’s mission and choose institutions that align with your strengths and aspirations. This session will include a discussion led by admissions officers to focus how applicants can improve their understanding of a school’s mission, learn from applicants what they need to better understand the mission and goals of a medical school, and how they can apply strategically. | | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Watch What Happens Live: Mock Interviews with Real Admissions Officers
What are medical school interviews like and how can you prepare for virtual or in-person interviews? Hear directly from admissions deans and current medical students how to prepare for interviews, what kinds of questions you may be asked and what questions you shouldn’t be asked. Watch as panelists participate in mock interviews to get a better understanding of how medical school interviews inform schools about applicants beyond what is found on their applications and letters of recommendations. | | 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Previewing PREview™: Introduction to the AAMC Professional Readiness Exam – 30 minutes
During the 2022-2023 application cycle, more medical schools will include the AAMC PREview™ professional readiness exam (formerly known as the AAMC Situational Judgment Test) as part of their admissions processes. Nearly 40,000 applicants will be asked to take the exam this year. The PREview exam assesses core personal skills such as resilience, service orientation, ethics, cultural competency, and teamwork. In this session, you’ll be able to ask questions and learn more about participating medical schools’ expectations for the exam, the benefits of including a PREview score with your application, and what to expect as you prepare to test. | | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Timing Your Medical School Application
When should I begin to... talk to an advisor? ...study for the MCAT exam? ...get recommendations? ...apply for testing accommodations? ...apply for the fee assistance program? Applying to medical school requires juggling many moving parts at once. During this session, AAMC experts, an admissions officer and a prehealth advisor will guide you through the process so you can create your own personal application timeline. Learn about key dates, things you should consider, and the sequence of application tasks so you'll be best positioned to apply early in the application cycle. Time will be reserved for Q&A. | | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
A Day in the Life of a Medical Student
Hear from current medical students about which experiences prepared them for medical school and how they learned about them. In this session, current students will highlight what academic and wellness resources are available to medical students, give an overview of their day-to-day schedules, explain what changes from year to year, and describe helpful time management strategies. | | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Journey to Medical School for High School Students and Parents
This session will highlight what high school students can do now to prepare for a career in medicine. Discussion topics will include how to choose a college, how to estimate college costs, how to connect with a pre-health advisor once on campus, how to get clinical and research experiences, how to demonstrate competencies, and more. |
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Designing Your Premed Journey with Resources from the AAMC
The AAMC is dedicated to providing resources to aspiring physicians and advisors that will assist in guiding students on their journey to medical school. This video outlines the application process and features some of the AAMC's most popular resources. | Fee Assistance Program
The AAMC Fee Assistance Program assists those who, without financial assistance, would be unable to take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), apply to medical schools that use the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS), and more. Learn about the new 2022 AAMC Fee Assistance Program and how medical school applicants can save over $2,000! This 60-minute webinar covered the 2022 Fee Assistance Program benefits, new eligibility requirements, the application process, and include time for Q&A. |
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