Efficiency and Organization!

Efficiency and Organization are key! You are probably in medical school and don’t have the luxury of time. Your best bet is to sit down and determine what each school needs. From here, you should get organized and start some sort of spreadsheet. I used docs.google.com and made a spreadsheet with a list of schools, application deadlines and tasks needed to complete the application. When I completed a task, I simply put a line through the task and put in the date completed. This is very important because each school will require about 10 items and it is very difficult to keep track of things. This made my life much easier.

Next, focus on the rate limiting steps. These are the things that require 10 minutes of work and months of waiting. This includes MCATs, USMLE scores, UG transcripts, med transcripts, etc.