2015-05-02

FREE Pre-Med Events This Week (5/3-5/9)

Dear pre-meds, I hope you are doing well at the end of the semester! This week, FREE pre-med events bring you an MCAT Practice Test, an online live panel discussion about the application process, an online chat with a pre-med adviser, and a sample MCAT class! For those of you planning to take the MCAT at the end of this month, don't forget to register in time! Good luck to everyone!


Sun, 5/3 5:00-8:30 pm - MCAT 2015 Practice Test
A FREE online event by Kaplan: Test your skills with this free practice MCAT in the new 2015 format (shortened version) and see how you would score on test day! Participants will receive a detailed analysis of their performance on the exam, including individual strengths and weaknesses on every question type. Register online in advance.
(Note: The administered Kaplan free MCAT practice test is always the same one at all "MCAT Practice Test" sessions.)

Mon, 5/4 8:00-9:00 pm - The Pulse: Med School Insider
FREE online event by Kaplan: Getting into medical school is tough - less than half the students who apply are accepted. With application season right around the corner it pays to know what admissions committees think when they look at your essays, transcripts, and test scores - especially this year with the MCAT 2015 exam introducing so many new factors.
Join us for an inside look at medical school admissions in this special live event, in which an expert panel - including deans of admission from prominent medical schools and experts on medical education - will explain how the different pieces of an application are evaluated to decide who gets accepted and who gets rejected.
Send us your questions about medical school admissions before the event and you may see them answered live on the air! Special guests for this event include:
  • Paul White, Assistant Dean for Admissions at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Alex Macnow, Resident-Pathology at the Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania
  • Lolita Wood-Hill, Director of Pre-Health Advising at Yeshiva University
  • and more!
Register for this event in advance!

Tue, 5/5 - AMCAS 2016 Opens!
Application for US medical schools, entering year of 2016, is open. While it cannot be submitted yet, you can already start filling it out!

Tue, 5/5 7:00-8:30 pm - MCAT 2015: Post-Test Survey Analysis
Register for this FREE Kaplan event in advance!

Wed, 5/6, 3:00-4:00 pm - Premed Online Chat
Have questions for the premed advisers? Chat with OCS (Office of Career Services at Harvard University) premed advisers during premed chat hours! Type harvardocs[at]gmail.com into your Google Chat search field (“Search people...”) and click “Invite to chat.”

Thu, 5/7 9:00-11:00 pm - Inside The Classroom: MCAT
Preview a Kaplan MCAT Class for FREE. Attend this class and learn valuable strategies and methods to raise your MCAT score. An expert MCAT teacher will provide information on the structure and scoring of the exam, strategies you can use on tough question types, and an overview of Kaplan's MCAT course and materials. Register online in advance.

Fri, 5/8 - 5/22 MCAT Registration Deadline!
Last date for initial registration for an MCAT test on May 22, 2015 without late fee and last date for changes to initial registration (including cancellations and reschedules).