Toward the end of the academic year, review your
performance and draft a tenta-
tive program of studies for the balance of your
college stay and evaluate it with
your premedical advisor.
Evaluate your year's performance and determine
if and where improvements can
be made.
Second Year
Initiate your studies in your selected major as
part of your program of studies.
Continue your academic efforts to achieve an
impressive GPA (B+ or better).
Thus far, explore, through general medical
reading, a variety of areas of medi-
cine.
Continue volunteer work relevant to medicine in
an area of interest.
Become familiar with the basic organization and
contents of the MCAT exami-
nation.
Evaluate your performance at the end of the
year and then make a reality check
about your prospects for gaining admission to a
medical school.
Determine your future educational and career
plans in light of your achievements
of medicine.
Establish your junior and senior year programs
in consultation with your premed-
ical advisor.
Third Year
Establish a feasible systematic program of
studies for the MCAT and apply to take
it in April (or August, if necessary).
Incorporate your preparation into your sched-
ule of summer activities.
Continue your efforts to attain an attractive
GPA and science course average.
Get a good night's sleep before the scheduled
day to take the MCAT so as to per-
form optimally.
Get information about medical schools of
special interest to you from their cata-
log and/or Web site.
Meet with your premedical advisor and discuss
your application strategy and review
and basically finalize your list of prospective
medical schools to apply to.
Get a copy of the AMCAS or AACOMAS application
(around March) and review
it carefully before completing it.
Continue medical reading to become familiar
with the general current information.
Make an outline of the structure of your
personal statement (essay) and then pre-
pare a preliminary draft.
Review your overall three-year performance and,
if necessary, adjust the number
and list of schools you will be applying to in
light of your admission potential.
Arrange for faculty letters of recommendation
to be submitted on your behalf to
your Premedical Office.
Prepare for an interview by your school's
Premedical Committee, if called for. This
is aimed at facilitating preparation of a
composite recommendation to go with your
application to medical school.
Formulate plans to obtain research or volunteer
work in medically related activi-
ties during the summer.
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