Charith Ratnayake
US HEALTHCARE - The Crash Course
Essential Healthcare Vocabulary: Deductible: a specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a...
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Charith Ratnayake
- Jun 25, 2019
- 6 min
The Personal Statement
The daunting personal statement. It can send shivers down whitewalkers’ spines. This is one of the most important sections of a medical...
Charith Ratnayake
- May 15, 2019
- 3 min
Meditation in Medicine
This post is an excerpt from Aspiring Docs Diaries: http://aspiringdocsdiaries.org/meditation-in-medicine/ When I was a pre-med my life...
Saif Fiaz
- May 3, 2019
- 6 min
Osteopathic Schools: What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathic Schools: Is it right for you? Over the past several years, medical school admissions have grown to be one of the most...
Surya Gourneni
- Apr 29, 2019
- 9 min
Making Your Medical School List
Since you’ve committed to applying to medical school, it’s time to choose which schools you would potentially want to attend. This can be...
Charith Ratnayake
- Apr 15, 2019
- 21 min
Choose Your Own Adventure: Gap Year Jobs
The gap year: a mysterious twelve months (or more) before medical school, where students are temporarily thrust into the “real world”...
Kunal Debroy
- Apr 8, 2019
- 7 min
A Guide to the Secondaries
After submitting your primary AMCAS application, you have about 4-6 weeks before your application will be verified. Once your application...
Charith Ratnayake
- Mar 28, 2019
- 10 min
My Declassified AMCAS Survival Guide
To be honest, when I was applying to medical school I really had no idea what was going on. I only knew that it was better to be early...