3-30-2026 09:00:00 AM
For those of you medical school applicants who are fortunate enough to have more than one acceptance by the end of this cycle, I would recommend looking into research by Dan Chambliss, author of How College Works. I also heard him interviewed on the Your College Bound Kid podcast. Chambliss argues that colleges work best when students form robust connections with other students and with faculty because human bonding is a major driver of learning, belonging, and motivation. ...»
3-23-2026 09:00:00 AM
A California Assemblywoman, who is also a physician, recently introduced a bill to force the hand of the University of California in hopes of opening a medical school by next year in an underserved area of California.
Since 1960, the University of California has been the only public education system authorized to confer medical degrees in the state. However, a new bill, introduced by Jasmeet Baines, a family physician and Democrat representing Kern County’s city of Delano, allows California State University, Bakersfield, and the Kern Community College District authority to establish a medical school if the University of California doesn’t do so within a year. ...»
3-9-2026 09:00:00 AM
I learned an interesting fact years ago: When small children don’t understand something, they will simply tune it out and start to engage in another activity. That’s why great shows like Sesame Street use professionals to make sure their content is precisely age-appropriate. Children – and adults – don’t like being confused, and you can’t blame them.
In their personal statements, some medical school candidates make the mistake of ...»
3-2-2026 09:00:00 AM
Take a peek at the NRMP’s recently-published Results and Data: Specialty Matching Service. This information is not as granular or useful as Charting Outcomes of the Match (focused on the residency Match), but it’s still helpful to see what percentage of a subspecialty goes unfilled. (Geriatrics had 77% unfilled in the most recent cycle. Gastroenterology had 1.5%.) The trends year over year are also instructive. ...»
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