Building Your Best School List
Your success in any application cycle depends on how well you match a school’s metrics ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated February 9, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Q&A: Barbra Roller, Ph.D., Director of the Graduate Certificate Program at FIU
Barbra Roller, Ph.D. (she/her), is the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at the Florida International ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated January 25, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
GPA Repair and Management for Pre-Health Applicants
Happy new year, and for many of you, happy new semester! This article is for ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated September 25, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Fee Assistance Programs for Applications
Are you ready to start the application process? One commonly overlooked part of the process ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated February 27, 2025 by Emil Chuck, PhD
SDN’s Best of 2022
As we approach the end of 2022, we wanted to share some of the Student ... Read more
Laura Turner
Published December 22, 2022
Q&A with Dr. Steven Chang, Director of Admissions, UDM Dental
Dr. Steven Chang (he/him/his) is the Director of Admissions at the University of Detroit Mercy ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated December 19, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
2022 Situational Judgment Test (SJT) Experience Survey – Part II
In Part 1, I introduced you to some of the results from the 2022 SJT ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated May 23, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
2022 Situational Judgment Test Experience Survey – Part I
What are students encountering as they take situational judgment tests? This is the first of ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated December 11, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Gift Ideas for Prehealth Students
Are you a busy prehealth or health professional student – or are you shopping for ... Read more
Laura Turner
Updated October 18, 2023 by Laura Turner
Application Advice for Future Rural Health Professionals
Most rural Americans face significant challenges accessing healthcare. There are major shortages of physicians, dentists, ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated November 24, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Ask Me Anything: Dr. Christopher Choukalas, Academic Anesthesiologist and Intensive Care Physician
Dr. Choukalas is an academic anesthesiologist and intensive care physician. He is Co-PI on a ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated November 24, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
“Overrepresented Minorities”: A Brief History
As a health professions advisor and admissions professional, I have found myself connecting with the ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated November 24, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
How to Manage Your Finances in Medical Residency
Transitioning from medical school to residency marks one of the biggest changes in your medical ... Read more
Dr. Brennan Kruszewski
Updated October 23, 2022 by Dr. Brennan Kruszewski
What Are the Most Common Premed/Pre-Health Majors?
One of the most significant decisions that undergraduate students must make is “what should I ... Read more
Laura Turner
Updated November 17, 2022 by Laura Turner
Three-Year Medical School? All About Accelerated Medical School Programs
The cost of attending medical school, and other health professional programs, has increased dramatically over ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated October 18, 2023 by Emil Chuck, PhD
20 Questions: Robert Nadeau, DDS, MD
Robert Nadeau DDS, MD is in his seventh year at the University of Minnesota School ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated September 22, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Q&A with Goro, Medical School Admissions Committee and Faculty Member
If you want the unvarnished truth about your medical school chances, Goro is the person ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated September 1, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
While You Are Waiting: Processing Health Professions Applications
I often use the “marathon” metaphor when it comes to the timeline from preparing your ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated September 8, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
How Your Pre-health Advising Office Can Help You
Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate educational institutions want their students to succeed, so they invest in advising ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated August 25, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD