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THE ROAD TO MEDICAL SCHOOL: MAKING
     THE MOST OF YOUR JHSPH EXPERIENCE

David Verrier, PhD, Premedical Advising Consultant, JHSPH
                                                                          Wednesday, September 4th,
Aisha Rivera, MD, MS, Program Director, Faculty Associate, Occupational   6:00pm – 7:00pm,
    and Environmental Medicine Residency Program, Department of           Becton Dickinson Hall (W1020)
    Environmental Health and Engineering, JHSPH
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INTRODUCTIONS
David Verrier (dverrie1@jhu.edu)
v (retired) Director, Pre-Professional Programs and Advising, Johns Hopkins
  University
v (part-time) Success Coach, Center for Student Success, JHU
v (part-time) Premedical Advising Consultant, JHSPH
v www.linkedin.com/in/davidverrier/

Aisha Rivera Margarin, MD, MS (ariver28@jhu.edu)
v Program Director, Faculty Associate, Occupational and Environmental
  Medicine Residency Program, Department of Environmental Health and
  Engineering, JHSPH
v www.linkedin.com/in/aisha-rivera-margarin-md-ms-57867637/
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WORKSHOP OVERVIEW – PART 1
Ø Your current status in the process
Ø The medical school application timeline
Ø Challenges of applying as a graduate student
Ø What medical schools are looking for in applicants
Ø What does in mean to have a ”public health perspective”?
Ø Making the most of your year(s) at JHSPH
Ø Path to medicine – a journey of self-discovery
Ø Questions and Answers
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YOUR CURRENT STATUS IN THE PROCESS
1. Applicant from a prior cycle, current re-applicant for 2020
2. Applicant from a prior cycle, re-applicant for 2021
3. First-time applicant for 2020
4. First-time applicant for 2021

   OUR PRIMARY FOCUS:
   Ø Applicants for 2021
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January                       February                           March
                                                                                                    April
                                                                                                             April - June Checklist:
                   January - March Checklist:                                                                                                      Medical School Application Timeline
   19
                                                                                                                Complete work/activities section
                                                                                                                Write most meaningful essays
   Months
    Before
   Entering
                       Finish personal statement
                       Update resume
                                                          Make plan for year off (if applicable)
                                                          Plan what you will do if you don’t
                                                          get in (Plan B)
                                                                                                                Finalize med school list
                                                                                                                Send transcripts
                                                                                                                                                   From The Savvy Premed, Passport
    School             Create letter file
                       - recommended: interfolio.com
                       Request letters of
                       recommendation
                                                          Save $3,000 - $5,000 for applications                 Fill out and submit application
                                                                                                                Pre-write secondary essays         Admissions (this is not an endorsement on
                                                                                                                (See July checklist for prompts)
                                                                                                                                                   our part – just a great image!)
    Interview season        12                Secondary Essays                     14              May
    (August - April)        Months
                             Before
                            Entering
                             School
                                              Released (late June-Aug)              Months
                                                                                    Before
                                                                                   Entering
                                                                                    School
                                                                                                                   Application goes online         Some Key Points:
                                                                                                                                                   - Nearly a two year process
                           August                      July                         June
                                                                                                                                                   - January is coming up – 19 months prior
                               July - September Checklist:
                                  Return secondary essays within 2 weeks
                                                                                Common Secondary Essay Prompts
                                                                                1. Why do you want to attend our medical school                    - Apply as early as 14 months prior
 September                                                                      2. Discuss a challenge or dilemma you had to overcome and
                                  Prepare for medical school interviews            what you learned.
                                                                                3. How will you contribute to our campus’s diversity
                                                                                                                                                   - Interview season extends 8 months
                                                                                4. How do you envision your career as a doctor?

                           October
                                                                                5. Give an autobiographica sketch.                                 - Acceptances extend 11 months
                                                                                                                                                   - Planning critical!
First acceptance
                                                   November                   December                                                             - Expensive!
letters offered                                                                                              January

                        First waitlist accepted
                                                                                                                                                   Also….there is no need to finish your
                                                                                                             February
                                                                                                                                                   personal statement by January!
         Enter
         Medical
         School!                                                                                     March

                   August              July      June           May             April
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CHALLENGES OF APPLYING AS A GRADUATE STUDENT
v Timing of your application
v Working with your home institution
v Demands on your time
v Importance of planning, setting priorities, and making good decisions
v Demands of the graduate program and finding a healthy balance
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WHAT ARE MEDICAL SCHOOLS LOOKING FOR?
GIVENS
vSufficiently strong academic profile and MCAT
vStrong application, strong recommendations, and personal statement
vPatient-centered “clinical” exposure
vEvidence of a service orientation
vResearch, academic curiosity, spirit of investigation
vLeadership, teamwork, & initiative
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WHAT ARE MEDICAL SCHOOLS LOOKING FOR?
INTANGIBLES
vIndividuality, passion, and uniqueness
vSelf-understanding, self-awareness, personal insight, perspective
vHigh ethics, moral core, character
vEvidence of an appreciation of diversity
vVision for your career path
vAuthenticity
vEmotional Intelligence
v“Is this someone I would want to work with?”
v“It” factor
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BRING TO YOUR
APPLICATION A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE?
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR YEAR(S) AT JHSPH!
vYou will likely transform your application!
vYou will have the opportunity to highlight graduate coursework
vYour will have the opportunity to highlight amazing experiences!
vYou will have the opportunity to enhance your BCPM GPA (if this
 applies to you) [NOTE: Taking Sciences as electives…]
vYou will take or retake the MCAT with a stronger background and
 preparation (is this applies to you)
vYou will seek out new mentors, build relationships with amazing
 faculty, advisors, and peers
vYou are at Bloomberg, at Johns Hopkins, and Baltimore!
SEEKING OUT ADDITIONAL CLINICAL AND
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
PATH TO MEDICINE – A JOURNEY OF SELF-
DISCOVERY

     Questions?
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW – PART 2
Ø How do GPA metrics work?
Ø Comparative School metrics
Ø Preparing for the MCAT
Ø Letters of Recommendation
Ø Researching Medical Schools
Ø The Osteopathic Option
Ø Self-assessment and Reflection
Ø Upcoming programs and How to Schedule an Appointment
HOW DO GPA METRICS WORK?
          Table of Verified GPAs on the AMCAS Application
COMPARATIVE SCHOOL METRICS
                                    Avg         Class
School           Location           indebtednes size      cGPA                        sGPA                        MCAT
                                                          10th %ile 90th %ile Range   10th %ile 90th %ile Range   10th %ile 90th %ile Range   25th %
VaTech          Roanoke, VA                          42       3.32      3.92      0.6     3.17      3.93     0.76      508       518       10
Loyola Chicago  Chicago, IL            205,460      159       3.31      3.95     0.64      3.1      3.95     0.85      497       516       19
Duke            Durham, NC             118,579      119       3.55      3.99     0.44     3.43         4     0.57      505       522       17
Wake Forest     Winston-Salem, NC      187,548      129       3.32      3.94     0.62     3.13      3.95     0.82      503       515       12
Hopkins         Baltimore, MD          113,684      118       3.79         4     0.21     3.77         4     0.23      511       524       13
Tulane          New Orleans, LA        262,219      191       3.27      3.91     0.64      3.1      3.89     0.79      504       517       13
George Washington
                Washington, DC         201,981      177       3.48      3.94     0.46     3.34      3.95     0.61      505       518       13
Georgetown        Washington, DC       221,000      196       3.36     3.93     0.57     3.26      3.95     0.69      505      520       15
Rosalind Franklin Chicago, IL          236,297      191       3.29     3.92     0.63     3.13      3.94     0.81      502      520       18
Maryland          Baltimore, MD        157,188      161       3.59     3.97     0.38      3.5      3.98     0.48      507      519       12

                      ØImportance of 10th – 90th and range
                      ØImportance of deviation around the mean
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MCAT
Ø Whether to repeat?

Ø Deciding upon a date?

ØWhat is a good score?

Ø Do you need a prep course?

Ø What resources to use?

Ø MCAT study strategy to use?
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION   ISSUES TO CONSIDER :

                            vKeeping in touch with
                              undergrad recommenders
                            vDeveloping relations with
                              faculty/mentors at JHSPH
                            v Committee letter vs.
                              Individual letter submission
                            vCommittee letter vs.
                            Independent letter submission
                            vBalance of
                              recommenders…
RESEARCHING MEDICAL SCHOOLS
SOME KEY CONSIDERATIONS”
v Allopathic and/or Osteopathic                    v Tuition and Debt (2017 - $190
                                                     avg. med school debt)
v Location
                                                   v Mission and curriculum
v How many to apply? (average is 17)               v Size and composition of student
v State residency                                    body
v Balance across selectivity                       v Research vs. clinical emphasis;
                                                     special programs
KEY RESOURCES:
 Ø Allopathic: Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR): https://tinyurl.com/y3x62crj
 Ø Osteopathic: College Information Booklet (CIB): https://tinyurl.com/y57qwfqm
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
v 35 COM at 55 locations in 32 states
v 26% of matriculants to US med schools are DO
v Analogous but distinctive form of medicine
 Ø The tenets of osteopathic medicine - https://tinyurl.com/yxgfxebd
 Ø Google “allopathic vs. osteopathic medicine”
v Trained to look holistically at the whole person
v 56% chose primary care disciplines                                   https://www.aacom.org/student-
v 9:1 ratio of MD vs DO physicians                                     guide

Shadowing an osteopathic physician:
Doctors That Do: https://doctorsthatdo.org/
JHU Find A Doctor: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/index.html
SELF-ASSESSMENT: PERSONAL COMPETENCIES
1.  Integrity and Ethics
2.  Reliability and Dependability
3.  Resilience and adaptability
4.  Capacity for improvement
5.  Service Orientation
6.  Social, Interpersonal and
    Teamwork Skills
7. Desire to Learn
8. Resilience and Adaptability
9. Cultural Competence
10. Oral Communication
SELF-ASSESSMENT:
v What are your strengths as an applicant
and how will you best highlight in your
application?
v What are areas in need of the
                                                  https://tinyurl.com/yxh3hqqc
improvement?
v In light of the competencies, what do you
want to stand out in your application?
v What might you do in the coming year(s) to
reach your goals in terms of being able to best
represent your competencies?
                                                  https://tinyurl.com/y4ccsnrr
UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND APPOINTMENTS
1. Two individual one-on-one “consulting” appointment
2. “Personal Statement Writing” workshops (2) -- TBA
3. “Applying to Medical School” workshop -- TBA
For Appointments
Ø Schedule through Handshake - https://jhu.joinhandshake.com/
 Ø Wednesdays 12:30 – 4:30PM; Thursdays, 11AM – 3PM)
 Ø Will receive email with instructions from JHSPH Career Services
 Ø Scheduling issues write to dverrie1@jhu.edu
Ø Send Resume (or AMCAS) to dverrie1@jhu.edu) in advance
Ø Meet in E1002 (Student Affairs Suite)
IN SUMMARY
üPrioritize academics
üPrioritize selected commitments outside of class
üExplore research and/or public heath
üSeek advice and mentorship
üCommunicate with home institution
üPlan MCAT timeline and study strategy
üExplore the osteopathic option (shadow a DO)
üConsider your options
üPlan for fees and costs of applying
üPractice reflection and engage in outside reading
üPlan for your glide year
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