Insider's Guide to Medical School Admissions

333 Pages·1997·0.86 MB·English

by  R. Stephen Toyos

The Insider's Guide to Medical School
title:
Admissions
author: Toyos, Rolando Stephen.
publisher: Delmar Thomson Learning
isbn10 | asin: 1564142728
print isbn13: 9781564142726
ebook isbn13: 9780585260228
language: English
Medical colleges--United States--
Admission--Handbooks, manuals, etc,
Medicine--Vocational guidance--
subject
Handbooks, manuals, etc, Medical
education--United States--Handbooks,
manuals, etc.
publication date: 1997
lcc: R838.4.T68 1997eb
ddc: 610/.71/173
Medical colleges--United States--
Admission--Handbooks, manuals, etc,
Medicine--Vocational guidance--
subject:
Handbooks, manuals, etc, Medical
education--United States--Handbooks,
manuals, etc.
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The Insider's Guide to Medical School
Admissions
By
Rolando Stephen Toyos, M.D.
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Copyright (c) 1997 by Rolando Stephen Toyos, M.D.
All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International
Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole
or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical,
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retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written
permission from the publisher, The Career Press.
T I G M S A
HE NSIDER'S UIDE TO EDICAL CHOOL DMISSIONS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Toyos, Rolando Stephen, 1966-
The insider's guide to medical school admissions / by Rolando
Stephen Toyos.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-56414-272-8 (pbk.)
1. Medical colleges--United States--Admission--Handbooks, manuals,
etc. 2. Medicine,--Vocational guidance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
3. Medical education--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Title.
R838.4.T68 1997
610'. 71' 173-dc21 96-
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CIP
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my appreciation to the many people who
directly or indirectly helped with this book including: Dr. Peter
Rodgers, Dr. William Wallce, Dr. David Toovy, Dr. Tim Ruark,
Charlene Pyskoty, the Myintoo family, medical and. premedical
students at the University of Illinois, Harvard University, University
of California at San Francisco, Chicago Medical School, University of
Southern California, and Stanford University.
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR, TROY FOSTER
SECOND YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT,
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL.
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CONTENTS
Introduction 13
Part 1
Chapter 1 19
The Application Process: AMCAS
Chapter 2 37
The Medical College Aptitiude Test (MCAT)
Chapter 3 49
What Happens Next
Chapter 4 59
Medical School: The First Two Years
Chapter 5 77
The Third Year
Chapter 6
The Fourth Year
Part 2
Appendix 1 99
Directory of Medical Schools
Appendix 2 131
For More Information

Page 8
Part 3
Boards and Clerkship Review 137
Medical Potpourri 175
About the Author 183
Index 185
Note Pages 189
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FOREWORD
I was honored when Dr. Rolando Stephen Toyos asked me to write the
foreword of his book on gaining admission and succeeding in medical
school. Medical school has experienced incredible changes in the last
few years. The emphasis on what medical schools are looking for in
applicants has changed. Gone are the days when students are selected
based only on their command of undergraduate science courses.
Schools are looking for multidimensional students who not only can
handle their science courses but are equipped with keen interpersonal
skills. Because schools are requiring more of their applicants, the
process of applying for admission has become more complex. Dr.
Toyos's book provides the student with a step-by-step approach to
gain acceptance into medical school. I believe as a bonus the book
offers many strategies on how to select a school, receive financial aid,
gain acceptance after being rejected, and achieve maximum
performance once in medical school.
I have known Dr. Toyos since the day I interviewed him as an
applicant to the University of Illinois College of Medicine. His
application and interview were stellar. At that time, I was impressed
with his undergraduate and graduate career at University of
California, Berkeley and Stanford University, respectively. He was
also a decorated high school science teacher and counselor. He used
his experiences to excel in medical school in many ways including
academics, school government, research, tutoring, and third-and
fourth-year clerkships. Upon graduating medical school, he won the
school's Merck Award for Academic Achievement. He is now
completing a residency in Ophthalmology at Northwestern University,
but still continues to successfully assist premedical and medical
students. I believe there is no better person to teach the prospective