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Iserson's Getting Into a Residency: A Guide for Medical Students, 8th Edition
Get Into Medical School! A Guide for the Perplexed REVISED

Get the Facts About a Medical Career

Get Into Medical School! A Guide for the Perplexed
REVISED

Kenneth V. Iserson, M.D.
1-883620-31-7
493 pages, bibliography, index
©Galen Press, Ltd. 1996-2004
$36.95 paper

Considering medical school?

Get the facts:

• Most premed students take 5 years to complete their undergraduate degrees.
• In recent years, 43% of applicants accepted to medical school were women, up from 7% in 1960-61t.
• One out of fifty first-year U.S. medical students is 36 years old or older, and 7% begin their medical education after age 30.
• MCAT test tips:

(1) bring high-carbohydrate snacks;
(2) bring a sweatshirt in case it's cold; and
(3) do something relaxing the night before.

• Once you enter medical school, you will probably graduate. In recent years, less than 1% of medica! students withdrew or were dismissed.
• Among the top foreign medical schools that accept U.S. students, two are in Israel and the third is in Dublin, Ireland.
  
• Before your interview, read the current Medical School Admissions Requirements and search Medline for articles written by the school's faculty.
  
• Tne-third of all medical students reported being asked illegal questions during their medical school interviews.
  
• Do you know the top 20 questions to ask faculty during an interview? Two are:
  "How many courses use problem- based learning?" and
  "Where are your recent graduates?"
  
• Do you know the top 40 questions faculty may ask you? They include:
  "Who is your hero?" and
  "What do you fear most about practicing medicine?"
  
• Maintaining good credit and using credit cards wisely are the two most important ways students can get ready to finance their medical education.

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