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INTRODUCTION

Many people dream of becoming a doctor – and the key word in that statement is “many.”

The competition for admission to medical school is incredible. There are only 159 medical schools in America as of this writing – and over half of all the applicants to those schools are rejected every year.

Why do those applicants fail to get admitted? Is it their grades? Their test scores? Surprisingly, academics frequently have little to do with the medical schools’ decision-making process.

Obviously, to be a viable candidate for medical school, you have to display high academic achievement as an undergraduate student – but most applicants are aware of that requirement and fulfill it. Therefore, the medical schools often have to choose between students with similar educational credentials.

What then makes the difference?

Even though I had successfully gone through the process myself, I still didn’t know the answer. Was I just lucky enough to have done all the right things? I was curious enough to want to know why I had succeeded when most of the other applicants had failed; especially since, the fact was that many of them had good grades and good scores just like I had.

As a doctor, I was able to talk with the medical school from which I had graduated, as well as other medical schools, about their selection criteria. Once I was an “insider” in the medical profession, this elusive knowledge was easy to obtain. As I discovered more and more of the “secrets” of the medical school admissions process, I was also inspired to share those secrets with those who had the same medical ambitions as I did.

You are now about to read the results of my research. I have no qualms about sharing this information, as the road to becoming a doctor is still difficult.

However, if you are determined, you can take certain steps to tip the odds of success in your favor when you apply to medical school. For simplicity’s sake, I have broken these steps down into seven.

If you dedicate yourself to following the seven steps I am about to relate to you, and are able to accomplish them at a high level, I guarantee you will achieve the results that you desire. If you decide to disregard any one of these steps, or not put your full effort into them, those results might not be forthcoming.

I wish you all the best and great success in pursuing your dream of becoming a doctor.

Paul Toote, D.O.

President & CEO

National Premed Consulting