Health Professional Student Association

SDN’s Interview Feedback Database allows students to anticipate their interview experiences. Based on feedback from applicants throughout SDN’s history, the Interview Feedback database details the interview experience at health professional schools, including interview type and specific questions asked.

Got admissions questions? Get real answers—live. Join Expert Advice Live with Emil Chuck, PhD, Director of Advising Services, for quick insights and real-time Q&A on the admissions process. On Sundays at 9 PM Eastern, Dr. Chuck breaks down a key topic, then opens the floor to your questions. Tune in on SDN’s YouTube, LinkedIn, or Facebook and get the expert advice you need to move forward with confidence.

Based on a student’s GPA and MCAT score, students can identify schools that may be a good fit for them academically.

Health Professional Student Association (publishers of SDN) offers direct access advising services. Emil Chuck, Ph.D., Director of Advising Services, has 20 years of experience in advising and admissions across health professions and helps students clarify their purpose, determine schools to target, and practice interviewing.

The HPSA/Student Doctor Network Situational Judgment Test (SJT) Experience Survey captured the voices of 147 individuals, including those from varied geographic and racial backgrounds and socioeconomically disadvantaged applicants with compelling lived experiences. The Executive Summary may be requested to learn more about what students are experiencing on these tests.

Pursuing a grant opportunity requiring direct connections with pre-health or health professional students can be a daunting task if you don’t have the right network. This is where the Health Professional Student Association can offer support and lend our expertise. HPSA has a vibrant community of students who are deeply committed to their healthcare journey and are passionate about making a meaningful difference in their communities. By partnering with HPSA, you can directly tap into our network of motivated and driven individuals eager to contribute to projects and initiatives that align with their professional goals. Additionally, you can tap into our years of experience working with students to help build and execute your program. Contact HPSA today to learn more about how we can work together.

AMCAS Tracker allows students applying to allopathic medical schools to estimate when their application will be verified. Combining crowdsourced information with official AMCAS status information, AMCAS Tracker highlights the number of days required for transcripts sent by different methods to be verified. Transcripts must be verified before a student’s application is released to medical schools.

Administered in partnership with medical schools and area community colleges, this half-day hybrid (in-person and virtual) seminar provides current community college students with the information they need to plan their path to medical school. Information covered includes an overview of the medical school admissions process, prerequisite course requirements, and suggestions for extracurricular activities. In addition, students can get answers from medical school admissions team members, current medical students, and their school student services representatives during a “Resource Roundup” session.

Situational or behavioral judgment assessments are becoming a common requirement for admission to health professional programs. Multiple mini-interviews, the AAMC PREview exam, and the Casper exam all present students with a scenario and ask them to think about possible approaches and solutions methodically. In this 90-minute interactive workshop, attendees will learn about different approaches to conflict resolution and practice applying these approaches to simulated situations.

Student Doctor Network (SDN) was created in 1999 as a nonprofit service to provide free advising resources, tools, and a peer-support forum community to those who would otherwise not have access to such services. SDN brings together hundreds of thousands of current and future healthcare students and professionals into one community where they can share information and offer guidance. In addition to the SDN community forums, SDN offers a wide range of tools to help students successfully prepare for, apply to, and complete health professional school: - Application Assistant Calculator - Interview Feedback - Application Cost Calculator - Medical Specialty Selector - Activity Finder

Have questions about the admissions process or your specific application? Get your questions answered by our vetted experts to help you through college and into health professional school. Our vetted experts include admissions committee members, pre-health advisors, and current practitioners and residents. Anonymous versions of the questions are then published based on the discretion of the Confidential Expert Advice team.

As the requirements for medical school continue to increase and the process becomes more competitive, HPSA developed the Premed Planner App to help all students maximize their chances of a successful medical school application. The app enables you to track your progress while preparing to apply to medical school with the following tools: - Application process overview - Premedical course timeline - Volunteering, shadowing, and clinical experience expectations - Ability to log and track hours, along with notifications to remind you to log your activity hours Available for both iOS and Android devices. Premed Planner does not track personal information.

Follow these step-by-step guides to help you get into the health professional school of your dreams. These guides will help you strengthen your application so that, with some hard work, you can be competitive at any health professional school. Each guide outlines important information for applicants, including: - Pre-application requirements - prerequisite classes, volunteering, and extracurricular activities - Test prep resources and study outlines for admissions exams such as the GRE and DAT. - Program-specific application system information - School-specific guides showing GPA, test scores, and unique features and characteristics of each school - Breakdown of the interview process, including types of interviews, common questions, and how to prepare Each guide is available to download at no cost through the generous support of HPSA donors and sponsors. Dental school, optometry school, occupational therapy school, and physical therapy school guides are currently available.