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Information for StudentsGeneral InformationThis section outlines specific checklists and advice for "typical" incoming students, freshmen, and sophomores. Students who intend on taking the proper admissions examination (whether it is their junior or senior year) should also go to the Student Applicants section. There are also sections for non-traditional/post-baccalaureate and transfer students. University Career Services has various documents for on the application process for premedical students including a list of internet resources and career information in the biological and chemical sciences and nursing/health care among other majors. Abbreviated versions of this information (or elaborated for those not interested in medical school) are described in this section. Externally, a comprehensive guide is the Not So Short Introduction to Getting into Medical School, a free PDF document found on Student Doctor Network. It does focus more on getting into an allopathic medical program, but much of the advice is generally applicable. Your training as a health care professional begins today.If you are an incoming freshman or have been ensconced in one of the many comfortable armchairs in the Johnson Center, it should be noted that every day you are developing skills that matter to your success as a health care professional. How you present yourself to your peers, your instructors, your advisors, and other members of the Mason community today and every day will be evaluated in your future interviews. Your persona, communications skills, interpersonal skills, leadership skills, and introspection skills are as important as your academic record and test scores. Predental students should look at this undergraduate timeline from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry. Please read the tips to applicants because the information you post today may haunt you when an internship director, employer, or admissions officer decides to "look you up" (even on archive). Professionalism is a hot topic among medical school faculty and admissions officers, so think twice before getting that facial tattoo or piercing. In your final interview for admission, you do not want to sound like a high school student; you want to sound like a health care professional. Understand the issues that face health care professionals and patients. Every day there is something in the news that affects the public's understanding of health or science. Start familiarizing yourself with those topics in the news and read books about these issues.
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Information for Students Student Applicants (Juniors and Seniors) External Links |
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