Medical School Admissions: Lessons Learned
By Jessica Freedman MDPresident of MedEdits: Medical AdmissionsAMCAS 2010 opens in early May and the next wave of applicants is preparing to submit applications so it seems apropos to summarize some key observations I have made while privately advising medical school applicants. Here is my list ...

Sample Graduate School Essays: How to Keep the Readers Interested for More Than Five Minutes
Entering a graduate school is a dream for many people.  A degree from a graduate school can provide you with various career opportunities in the future.  Many companies and institutions today prefer applicants with degrees from graduate schools.  So if you want to broaden your chances of get ...


Community College and Professional School Admissions
Elizabeth Losada MDSDN Staff WriterProspective professional school applicants are often advised to avoid taking prerequisite classes at community college. Conventional belief among many pre-health students is that prerequisite classes taken at community colleges will be disparaged by admissions ...

US News Grad Rankings Are Out!
The US News just released its 2009 Grad School Rankings. I’m going to list the top ten for business school law school and medical school (research) and provide links to the ranking methodology for each category. For other graduate specialties please visit the US Newssite.Business School Ranki ...

SWEDEN: CRIMINALS IN MED SCHOOL
A year ago Sweden's most prestigious medical school the Karolinska found itself in an international uproar after it unknowingly admitted a student who was a Nazi sympathizer and a convicted murderer.  It is hard to imagine how the case could get any more bizarre.  But it has.  That same stud ...