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MS3: VSAS, specialties, absences

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VSAS: The Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS) is extending the current suspension of services until the week of May 11. During this time, Home and Host institutions and students will not have access to VSAS. Please visit the VSLO Program Coronavirus FAQs to learn more about the program changes that may affect you. Specialties: And did you […]

MSIII: Preparing for year four

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Did you know there’s an Education Resources website where you can go to look at suggested electives by specialty? Department chairs selected these to help prepare you for your future profession. Check it out! And the “Planning your fourth year and beyond” webpage from UND has information for you to look at to prepare for the coming […]

MSIII: VSAS tokens

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Just a heads up—we’ve been getting a lot of questions about VSAS tokens. Tokens will be distributed in January and will come from Summer Eggen from the Office of Student Affairs & Admissions. What is VSAS, you say? It is a service of the AAMC and it stands for the Visiting Student Application Services. It […]

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Personal Statements You probably won’t be writing your personal statements for a few more months, but you can prepare yourself to do it. One of the best ways of doing this is to journal. It need only be a notebook or a place on your computer where you write something nearly every day–just a line […]

What I Wish I’d Known

Categories: MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4

MSI: Medical school is very inflexible. That said, you can still have a life—but plan to be here like a job, knowing you can’t take days off for fun. MSII: There are just so many unknowns, things you never thought you would encounter as problems. Everything is so expensive. I had a career prior to […]

The HOST Program

Categories: MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4

What is the HOST program? HOST stands for Housing Our Students as they Travel. This program matches fourth-year medical students traveling across the U.S. for residency interviews with medical school alumni willing to provide lodging, transportation or general information regarding residency programs. The program has operated for more than eight years and in that time […]

Odds and Ends

Categories: MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4, Odds & Ends

Know your acronyms AOA: Alpha Omega Alpha is the medical honor society. Students are generally chosen for this society in their junior and senior year. There is a very specific number of individuals that can be inducted from a given class. Dr. Cornelius (Mac) Dyke is the advisor. Stay tuned for more information on exactly […]