This guide is a must-have for all medical school
applicants! With her insider’s view, Jennifer
Welch offers realistic advice that makes the
dreaded application process more clear, and
honest tips to helping candidates avoid often
fatal flaws. I wish I had had this when I applied
to medical school!
Jason L. Freedman, M.D.
Pediatrics Resident
Columbia University Medical Center
This book provides a comprehensive and
practical guide on how to navigate successfully
the medical school application process. In
addition to clarifying the many tangible
requirements that are necessary to be
competitive, Jennifer Welch gives the reader a
window into the intangibles that significantly
impact an admissions decision. An excellent
read for both the savvy and the “clueless”
medical school applicant.
Paula Jacobs
Senior Associate Director
Student and Career Development
College of Human Ecology
Cornell University
How will YOU stand out among the tens of
thousands of students who apply to medical school
each year? This guide takes you through the often
overwhelming process of applying to medical
school and shows you what schools and
admissions committees are really looking for.
Using real-life scenarios from thousands of
medical school applications and interviews, this
second, updated, revised, and enlarged edition of
the acclaimed 101 Tips will teach you what works
— and what does not! — from inside the
admissions process.
Great advice — from choosing pre-med courses
to wowing the interview committee — has been
selected by those who have seen the process first-
hand. This guide provides the best tips drawn from
thousands of winning applicants, all from the
perspective of a unique insider, a medical school
admissions director.
The author, Jennifer C. Welch, M.S., is the Director
of Admissions at the fifteenth oldest medical
school in the United States.