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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Oct 8, 2026
When I served as Associate Residency Director and sat on the admissions committee at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, few items in a residency application caught a reviewer's eye as quickly as Alpha Omega Alpha. AOA membership tells a...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Sep 30, 2026
Written by Jessica Freedman, M.D., board-certified emergency physician, former admissions committee member and Associate Residency Director at the...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Sep 23, 2026
A physician's honest answer
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Sep 22, 2026
You clicked "Certify and Submit," paid your fees, and sent your application to programs. After months of work on your personal statement,...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Sep 17, 2026
When I served on the admissions committee at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, every medical school interview happened in an office, or a...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Sep 11, 2026
By Jessica Freedman, M.D., Founder and President of MedEdits Medical Admissions. Former faculty member, admissions committee member, and associate...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Sep 10, 2026
Every applicant I work with asks some version of this question, and it usually arrives in October or November, right when the waiting starts feeling...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Sep 2, 2026
What the 2027 MSAR Data Actually Shows About Prerequisites Whether when working with freshman, or on our Facebook group, one question that is asked...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Aug 4, 2026
Matching into a competitive specialty is one of the most common reasons medical students come to MedEdits, and it is also one of the most...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Aug 3, 2026
Every application season, I hear the same worry from applicants and their parents: a computer now reads your medical school application before a...
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Jessica Freedman, M.D.: Aug 3, 2026
What Your Application Actually Needs By Jessica Freedman, M.D., founder of MedEdits and former admissions committee member and Associate Residency...
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