Life Sciences Library

This web site is intended to be a primer on the medical school application process. In addition, it provides information sources for U.S. citizens applying to medical schools abroad, non U.S. citizens applying to medical school in the United States, and foreign medical school graduates.

Please note that this guide is not exhaustive and that the appearance of a site in this guide does not imply the endorsement of the site. For detailed information, contact your premed or health professions advisor.

Electronic Resources

• Association of American Medical Colleges: General Information about U.S. Medical Schools
• The Princeton Review: What Are Medical Schools Looking For?

Other Resources

• AAMC. The Medical School Admission Requirements. AAMC Publications
• Medical School Admission Requirements, search the Penn State Libraries CAT for call number/location

• Association of American Medical Colleges: Medical College Admission Test
• The Berkeley Review: MCAT
• Columbia Review: MCAT Info
• Kaplan
• Introduction to the MCAT
• MCATPrep.net
• The Student Doctor Network: MCAT
• The Princeton Review
• Your Guide to the MCAT
• Free Online MCAT Practice Test

Electronic Resources

• Accepted.Com: Application Process Advice
• Association of American Medical Colleges: Medical Schools in the U.S. and Canada
• Interview Feedback.Com
• Liaison Committee on Medical Education: Directory of Accredited Medical Education Programs
• SDN - Student Doctor Network
• The Princeton Review: Med School Search
• U.S. News Online: America's Best Graduate Schools (Medicine Rankings)
• U.S. Premeds
• Medical School Interviews
• Medical Schools
• Yahoo: Medical Schools

Print Resources [Links provided to the Penn State Libraries CAT records to help you with Call Number/Locations]

• AAMC Data Book by the Association of American Medical Colleges
• Medical School Admission Requirements
• Essays That Worked for Medical Schools: 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Medical Schools by Angel Baer, Stephanie B. Jones
• Physician Socioeconomic Statistics by the American Medical Association, Center for Health Policy Research
• Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S. by the American Medical Association

• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Information on Financial Aid
• Tuition and Student Fees
• The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
• Medical Student Resource Guide: Grants & Aid
• U.S. News Online: Financial Aid

Electronic Resources

• Association of American Medical Colleges:
• Directory of Accredited Medical Education Programs (U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools)
• International Medical Education Directory
• Studentdoc.com: The Caribbean Medical Schools
• Penn State's Premedicine Major
• United States Medical Licensing Examination
• FAQs
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
• WHO: World Directory of Medical Schools

• AAMC - Association of American Medical Colleges
• The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
• National Board of Medical Examiners Website (NBME)
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
• Frequently Asked Questions About USMLE
• Ghetto for International Medical Graduates [This page works best in IE's Browser].