Introduction 1
Part I: Planning the Premedical Years 9
Chapter 1: Turning Your Dream of Going to Medical School into a Reality 11
Chapter 2: Considering a Medical Career 23
Chapter 3: Mapping Out Your College Years 37
Chapter 4: Making the Most of Extracurricular Activities 51
Part II: Applying to Medical School 65
Chapter 5: Surveying the Application Process 67
Chapter 6: Tackling the MCAT 85
Chapter 7: Choosing Medical Schools 113
Chapter 8: Putting Together Primary Applications 125
Chapter 9: Looking at Letters of Recommendation and Secondary Applications 155
Chapter 10: Acing the Medical School Interview 177
Chapter 11: Hearing Back 207
Part III: Osteopathic Medical Schools, Dual-Degree Programs, and More 217
Chapter 12: Applying to Osteopathic (DO) Medical Schools 219
Chapter 13: Exploring Dual-Degree Programs 233
Chapter 14: Investigating International Medical Schools 249
Part IV: Nontraditional Applicants, Reapplicants, and Disadvantaged Applicants 261
Chapter 15: Doing Things Differently: Nontraditional Applicants 263
Chapter 16: Try, Try Again: Reapplicants 275
Chapter 17: Minority Applicants, Disadvantaged Applicants, and Applicants with Disabilities 287
Part V: You're In! Getting Ready to Go 295
Chapter 18: Paying for Medical School 297
Chapter 19: Starting Medical School 309
Part VI: The Part of Tens 319
Chapter 20: Ten Things to Know about Medical School 321
Chapter 21: Ten Terms You Won't Find in Your Medical School Textbooks 327
Index 331