Admissions Straight Talk

Send us your admissions questions! What does a career changer need from a post-bac premedical program? Dr. Valerie Wherley speaks with Dr. James Colgrove, dean of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Columbia University’s School of General Studies, about the academic preparation, advising, and support that help students move toward medical school. Dr. Colgrove discusses the program’s problem-solving approach to science education, discounted MCAT preparation (optional), dedicated advisi...

Send us your admissions questions! How does a medical school prepare students to care for individual patients while also understanding the communities and health systems surrounding them? In Episode 632 of Accepted’s Admissions Straight Talk, host Dr. Valerie Wherley speaks with Dr. Donald Batisky, associate dean of medical student admissions and special programs at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Batisky explains how Cincinnati Medicine connects foundational science wit...

Send us your admissions questions! What attracts more than 5,300 applicants to a medical school with 120 seats? In Episode 631 of Accepted’s Admissions Straight Talk, Dr. Valerie Wherley speaks with Laurel Poole, director of MD program admissions at the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine, about the program’s curriculum, student outcomes, and holistic admissions process. Poole explains how UCF’s location in Orlando, its Health Sciences Campus, career advising, and strong r...

Send us your admissions questions! What does it look like to leave a successful career in book publishing and build a new path to medical school? In this episode of Accepted’s Admissions Straight Talk, Dr. Valerie Wherley speaks with Sarah Shirley, an osteopathic medical student at the Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, about her journey from English and comparative literary studies to book publishing, premed coursework, and Doctor of Osteopa...

Send us your admissions questions! What makes the University of Iowa Physician Assistant (PA) Program one of the country’s top PA programs? In this episode of Accepted’s Admissions Straight Talk, host Dr. Valerie Wherley speaks with Thomas O’Shea, PhD, MEd, director of administrative and student services for the University of Iowa’s PA Program, about the program’s structure, curriculum, clinical training, student support, and admissions priorities. The University of Iowa PA Program admits a s...