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We continue on the Roadmap to Professional School with what Juniors should be doing to prepare. Laura Olivas, Senior Director of Admissions at the Texas Tech University HSC - Paul L. Foster SOM at El Paso share valuable advice on how to prepare for the MCAT, selecting evaluators, writing your essays, and customizing your application to the schools you're most interested in to stand out in the admissions review.

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Links from the discussion:

• 34 - Planning Your Next Steps: Preparing Your Marketing Campaign

  http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/6571011

• 35 - Leveraging the Core Competencies in Your Favor

  http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/6571009

• AAMC Guidelines for Writing a Letter of Evaluation for a Medical School Applicant https://www.aamc.org/download/349990/data/lettersguidelinesbrochure.pdf

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Continuing with the Roadmap to Professional School series, LeTanya Neely (Director of Student Recruitment and JAMP Coordinator at the UTMB at Galveston) shares how sophomores can continue paving their way to build a competitive application.

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In the first episode of the Roadmap to Professional School series, Dr. Scott Wright (Executive Director of TMDSAS, JAMP, Texas Health Education Service - Research Center and Advising Network) discusses key areas freshmen should focus on mastering.

Here are some key points:

1. The application to medical, dental, or veterinary school begins on Day 1 of college!
2. During the transition from high school to college, you'll want to learn how to learn deeply. Making good grades does not equal learning.
3. Take Gen Chem as soon as possible to stay in line with the sequence of courses.
4. College is about growth and development. Reflect on why you're pursuing the activities you're doing, what you're getting out of the experiences, and how this will make you a better healthcare professional.
5. Build your network. Engage with professors, TAs, peers, and health professions advisors.
6. Keep a record of your activities and what you take away from these experiences.
7. Think positively! You're on this road for the long haul.

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In the final episode of this series, Dr. Felix Morales and Mr. Filo Maldonado, admissions deans at the Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine and the Texas A&M University College of Medicine, respectively, discuss best practices for non-traditional applicants.

Learn how to tell your story in a meaningful way for review by an admissions committee and focus your efforts to leverage your experiences in the admissions process.

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Episode Notes:

• Connect with a Volunteer Advisor The National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP) provides a free service to applicants who do not have an advisor. Volunteer advisors are available to help applicants.
• If you are interested in this support service, email [email protected]. Please indicate the undergraduate school that you are attending, or have graduated from and when you graduated. In addition, please indicate which particular health profession you are interested in, and in what State you currently reside. Your questions will be forwarded to a volunteer advisor and that individual will respond to you directly.

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Admissions deans Mr. Maldonado (Texas A&M COM) and Dr. Morales (Texas Tech HSC-SOM) discuss how they assess letters of evaluation (LOE) and what role these letters play in the admissions process.

Learn about the influence an evaluator has with an admissions committee, and why you need to give serious deliberation to whom you select to write your letters of evaluation.

An important guide you should share with your evaluators is the "Guidelines for Writing a Letter of Evaluation for a Medical School Applicant," which outlines the areas medical schools seek in an LOE.

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Applicants take great care with writing their essays by teaming up with advisors and mentors that can help with their writing, but how does the admissions committee look at this section?

Dr. Morales and Mr. Maldonado discuss how they review essays in an application, list areas that are assessed in the essays, and give advice on how to brainstorm your response to the prompt inquiring how you can contribute to the diversity of the class.

Mr. Maldonado discusses how 15 Core Competencies come into play in the essays. Learn more at: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/med-schools-looking-for-15-competencies/.

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In this minisode, admissions deans Mr. Filo Maldonado from Texas A&M COM and Dr. Felix Morales from Texas Tech Univ HSC-SOM discuss how the [Activities] section of the application comes into play in the review process.

They offer tips on how to plan these activities, and what you should include in your [Activities] section to address admissions committees' criteria. Learn about how your activities add a dimension to your application beyond the academics.

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In this episode, we catch Alanna and Nichole to learn more about Academic Evaluation at TMDSAS, and what steps an applicant can take to avoid processing delays when it comes to coursework.

We learn about how an application gets processed, how to use the new Course Listings to help you code your courses correctly, and we cover FAQs applicants have about Academic Evaluation in general, including how to appeal a decision for how a course is coded.

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In this episode, we talk to the resident Residency Specialist at TMDSAS, June Atley, and TMDSAS Director, Matthew Meeks. We discuss how the TMDSAS Application determines residency, define common terms related to residency, and we review the top 4 types of residency cases that come through the TMDSAS office.

For more information about Texas Residency and how it pertains to the TMDSAS Application, visit the Residency pages below:

Click on your application type to visit the Residency page on our website:

Medical | Dental | Veterinary

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Just about every guest on the podcast has talked about the importance of applying early through TMDSAS. When is "early?"

Follow along as we explore the data on why applying early to TMDSAS is just as important as test scores, GPA, and getting awesome evaluations.

Check out the data slides we discuss here: Why Applying Early Matters to TMDSAS Applicants

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Join our online communities to receive early access to the podcasts, ask questions and receive information directly from TMDSAS, professional schools and advisors.

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