The AAMC book that matt recommended is good. If you haven't checked the site, it's http://www.aamc.org

The book I'm using is put out by The Princeton Review. It's called 'The 162 Best Medical Schools' and it includes profiles of each school (including some osteo, Puerto Rican and Caribbean schools), average MCAT scores for each school, matriculant profiles (demographics, GPA, out of state, etc.), tuition and so forth. They even have some stories of non-traditional applicants and application and interview tips.

I'm also fond of browsing http://www.studentdoc.com and http://www.mommymd.com/ (not 'cause I'm a mommy, but 'cause I'm thinknig ahead to what life's gonna be like when I have to juggle family and career).

In a profession where spoken communication is essential, why are law schools comfortable in making a judgment about a particular applicant based on a test score and an essay?

If there is space in a program and an applicant is academically qualified and able to pay tuition, there is no reason to stop a person from entering a law program. Why? There are too many lawyers and their jobs are not nearly as important as those of doctors, for most that is, and a bad or irresponsible lawyer isn't going to do much damage when compared to a bad doctor. I think it would also be safe to assume that while in a law program spoken communication skills could be developed and skills upon entering a program are not nearly as important as potential and hey, if someone fails out, big deal. I'm not joking when I say there are more lawyers than needed. It's an over filled profession.

(please, only respond if you have first hand experience either through yourself or a friend)

Does getting invited for an interiew pretty much mean you will most likely get in?? assuming you dont thrash the interview?? any thoughts or comments welcome

Congratulations my friend!!

An interview for med school, almost guarantees 65% chance of acceptance.

You haven't provided sufficient information to answer specifically, but it's on hold for one of two reasons: you have not provided the complete documentation that has been requested or you have been wait listed.

Wait listed means you've not been accepted or rejected. Let's say your school has 100 available slots. Typically, a school will accept more students than they have slots because they know some of those students they accept will opt to go to a different school. If they have open slots become available, they will offer them to the strongest candidates on the Wait List.

If you have been Wait Listed there are some things you can do. Ask for an interview, ask your references to make phone calls on your behalf, take additional courses or, if you can, go visit the admissions office. This isn't the time to become passive about your options.

Getting in after being on the Wait List does happen, but not too often. You should strongly consider applying to more schools…and quickly.

Does anyone know what kind of questions they ask in interviews to get into a medical school???
Thanks!!!

Here are the common questions they ask:

Tell me about yourself, why medicine, why this school, explain about (poor score/weakness), where do you see yourself in X amount of years, what's your strengths and weaknesses, your opinions on US healthcare and solutions, a question based on the latest/recent healthcare issue in the news, anything else you want to ask about our program/school?

And you'll also will get a curve ball question. Something odd that doesn't have anything to do with healthcare but you are expected to answer. You are evaluated on HOW you answer the question. What you don't want to do is panic and draw a blank dumb look on your face.

Have your fellow pre-med friends help you on this. Ask a lot of weird questions and coach each other on how to work through them.

You should also look hard at www.studentdoctor.net It's the largest pre-med, med, and post-med forum. You're probably interested in this list as well, it contains all the questions asked by the interviewer at a particular med school.

http://share.studentdoctor.net/interview/school_pick.aspx

Getting into medical school is all about results, maturity and sheer guts.

Medicine is a very tough course and unless you are very, very passionate about medicine don't consider it.

If you are able to access this article it will tell you about the reality of being in medicine as a junior doctor.

Link : http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/jul07_1/a704

Link : http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/jul07_1/a704