| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 184 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Getting a solid start. Premed basics: "Be quick, but don't hurry" -- Advice for first generation students -- Advice for minoritized students -- Advice for undocumented students -- Part II. The premed journey. Exploration and affirmation -- Dump the checklist mindset -- The secret to a competitive edge -- Part III. Advice for application season. The inside scoop on strategy and maximizing mission fit -- Understand the graduate/professional school context -- Professionalism and people skills in a digital era -- Part IV. Support team advice. Advice for parents and friends -- Advice for advisers -- Part V. Gap years and reapplying. Maximizing a gap -- Advice for reapplicants -- Finish lines and deadlines -- Appendix: an overview of the journey to becoming a physician. |
| Summary |
"The pre-med journey is often nerve-racking, competitive, and difficult. Students following the wrong advice suffer even more. Conversations with a Medical School Admissions Dean: A Primer on Preparing for Medicine includes a wealth of tips, collected stories, and advice from Sunny Nakae, who has been working in medical school admissions since 2001. The book is organized into five sections: (1) advice for students prior to beginning their pre-med journey, (2) making the most of your time as a pre-med student, (3) everything a student needs to know about the application process (and how to manage it well), (4) advice for pre-med students' parents and friends (how to support a student), and (5) what a student should know about gap years, re-applicant advice, and assessing future career paths. Through accessible and engaging anecdotes and advice, Nakae shifts the paradigm from "What do I need to do to get into medical school?" to "What kind of person do I need to be in order to become a physician?""--Publisher's description |
| Note |
Online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 10, 2021). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection (North America) |
| Subject |
Premedical education -- United States.
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Medical colleges -- United States -- Admission.
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Medical education -- Vocational guidance -- United States.
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Education, Premedical.
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School Admission Criteria.
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United States.
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STUDY AIDS -- General.
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Medical colleges -- Admission.
(OCoLC)fst01013955
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Premedical education. (OCoLC)fst01075315
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nakae, Sunny. Premed prep. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021] 9781978817227 (DLC) 2020008923 (OCoLC)1153339547 |
| ISBN |
9781978817241 (electronic book) |
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197881724X (electronic book) |
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9781978817265 (electronic book) |
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1978817266 (electronic book) |
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9781978817258 (electronic book) |
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1978817258 (electronic book) |
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