BeMo Admissions Experts Podcast

Wondering how to study for the MCAT to get your desired score? Unless you’ve got your sights on one of the rare medical schools that don’t require the MCAT, you’ve likely spent at least some of your premed undergraduate years wondering how to prepare for this challenging test. Studying smart is key! You do not want to be worrying about how to get into medical school with a low MCAT down the road.

Scheduling is vital, but so is making sure the structure and content of each study session is as efficient and productive as possible. In this guide, we’ll go over the basics of how to organize your study sessions, and explain how to incorporate the most important resources to maximize your performance on test day.

Disclaimer: MCAT is a registered trademark of AAMC. BeMo and AAMC do not endorse or affiliate with one another.

Whether you are just starting medical school or already writing your residency personal statement, as a medical student, you inevitably wonder how to prepare for residency applications. What can you do to gain a competitive edge? What can you do to stand out? How can you make sure that your application represents the best you?

In this podcast, we will discuss methods you can implement early on in your medical school journey to make sure that when the residency application season arrives, you will be ready to impress program directors. Similarly, if you are in the process of preparing your ERAS or CaRMS application right now, this blog will help you strategize what last-minute things you can do to stand out in your application and how to put your best foot forward. 

How to choose a medical school? How you approach this difficult selection process will inevitably affect your professional and personal life. While many students wonder about how many medical schools to apply to, the more relevant question should be what schools are right for you. Whether you are still deciding between applying to some of the top schools in the country or easiest medical schools to get into, or choosing one of the schools that sent you offers of admission, having the right selection process can make your 4 years of medical school a joyful and fulfilling experience. In today’s podcast, we will go over a step-by-step process of choosing the right medical school for you before applications and after you receive your admissions letters.

Students wondering how to become a dentist must know that this vocation is not an easy one. Dental school acceptance rates in the US and Canada show how challenging this career path can be. We are here to help you learn everything there is to know about becoming a dentist, including application procedures, requirements, responsibilities, as well as pros and cons of this rewarding profession!

Are you wondering exactly how many residency programs to apply to so you can ensure you get matched? Many students want guidance when they reach this point in their CaRMS or ERAS timeline. After making it through the rigors of medical school, you don’t want to halt your dream of becoming a resident doctor because of a poorly thought out application strategy. 

In this podcast, you’ll find out how many residency programs to apply to. You’ll also learn strategies to help you choose which residency programs to apply for, along with top tips to help you get into your top choice programs.

If you are wondering what are the highest paid doctors, we are here to provide you with comprehensive lists of the highest paid medical specialties in the United States and Canada. Plus, we will explain the intricate system of how doctors get paid and what factors influence physicians’ income. 

On this podcast, you will hear some of the most common and some of the most difficult or tricky graduate school interview questions candidates often face in interviews. We use some of the same questions during our interview preparation programs with our own students. For the more common questions, we’ll provide you some tips or pointers to help you think carefully about your own responses. These are the kinds of questions you likely already have in mind, and to which you have hopefully given some thought already. For those more difficult questions, we’ll provide some discussion about the question and an expert response, so that you have the tools you need to construct your own unique responses.

How to get into medical school with a low MCAT? How to get into medical school with a low GPA? These are some of the most commonly asked questions we get from our students. There is no denying that your MCAT score and GPA have a huge influence on whether you get into medical school, but having a low MCAT is not a death sentence.

In this podcast, we will discuss what you can do to get into medical school with a low MCAT score, how you can use other application components to boost your chances, and share tips for what you can do if you decide that your MCAT score is totally non-competitive. 

Disclaimer: MCAT is a registered trademark of the AAMC. BeMo and AAMC do not endorse or affiliate with one another.

No matter how studied you are on a school’s curriculum and reputation, you might struggle to come up with questions to ask during your medical school interview. After answering your medical school interview questions, turning the tables on your interviewers may seem intimidating, but being an engaged interviewee takes more than simply answering their questions well. You need to ask them good questions too! Here are 40 solid sample questions to use or adapt for your medical school interviews, along with some comments to help you best utilize them.

If you're looking for the easiest medical schools to get into, you've come to the right place! In this podcast, you will find the easiest medical schools to get into based on the overall medical school acceptance rate, the median accepted GPA, and the median accepted MCAT score. This podcast will be especially useful for those wondering how to get into medical school with low GPA or how to get into medical school with a low MCAT.

Whether you are still choosing between DO vs MD or have made up your mind which path to take, check out these stats and find the right school for you! This is the same list we share with our successful students when they first sign up for one of our medical school admissions consulting programs.