The First Myth of Pre-Med Research Experience
Apologies in advance for introducing some of the extensive medical school abbreviations in the next paragraph. We promise you will get used to them before you apply for medical school!
Let’s head back to our myth: an applicant has to have extensive, science-based, hands-on lab experience to be accepted into medical school.
We can use the Association for the American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to bust this myth, which is one of our powerful pre-med sources.
But first: why is the AAMC a reputable pre-med source?
- As you know, HSAFP uses the AAMC 17 Premed Competencies to guide our monthly curriculum. These pre-med competencies guide 100+ U.S. medical school admissions committees’ decision to accept applicants.
- The AAMC administers the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, which most medical schools require applicants to take.
- The AAMC oversees the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). Most medical schools use the AMCAS system for students to apply to their schools; only 13 MD medical schools do not use AMCAS in the United States (12 of these schools are in Texas and use the TMDSAS application service).
And so, let’s get to what the AAMC said:
In their “How to Get Research Experience” article, the AAMC explained that research experience may be required to be accepted into medical school.
