also comes with the cost of even larger reserves of misleading information from unqualified

同時也要付出代價，從不合格的人那裡獲得更多的誤導性資訊。

keyboard warriors. Here is what medical school admissions committees care about most with

鍵盤俠們。以下是醫學院招生委員會最關心的內容與

your medical school application, straight from the horse's mouth.

你的醫學院申請，直接從馬嘴裡說出來。

Dr. Jubbal, MedSchoolInsiders.com This isn't a complete and comprehensive list,

Jubbal博士，MedSchoolInsiders.com 這並不是一個完整和全面的名單。

but are instead key factors and often unspoken truths that aren't recognized enough. This

而是關鍵因素，而且往往是沒有得到足夠認可的不言而喻的事實。這

comes not only from the Med School Insiders team's over 150 years experience on admissions

這不僅來自於Med School Insiders團隊超過150年的招生經驗。

committees, but also from the scientific literature. No system is perfect, and medical school admissions

委員會，但也來自科學文獻。沒有一個系統是完美的，而醫學院的招生

is no different. There are a variety of societal and larger systemic issues that medical schools

也不例外。醫學院有各種社會和更大的系統性問題

have great intentions of addressing, but unfortunately these efforts are often taken advantage of.

有很大的解決意圖，但不幸的是，這些努力往往被人利用。

For example, many US medical schools, particularly public schools, want to serve the needs of

例如，許多美國醫學院，特別是公立學校，希望為以下人群提供服務

their local communities or states. Given the increased need in rural and urban underserved

他們的當地社區或州。鑑於農村和城市中服務不足的地區需求的增加

areas, it makes sense for these medical schools to select individuals who are more likely

縣，這些醫學院校選擇更有可能在這些地區工作的人是有意義的。

to graduate and practice in these areas with the greatest primary care physician need.

在這些最需要初級保健醫生的地區畢業和執業。

Some of these factors include growing up in a rural community, being a member of a group

其中一些因素包括在農村社區長大，是一個團體的成員。

underrepresented in medicine, or stating an interest in practicing in an underserved area.

醫學界代表人數不足，或表示有興趣在服務不足的地區執業。

As Evans et al discusses in their 2020 paper, most schools that are mission driven to target

正如埃文斯等人在其2020年的論文中所討論的，大多數以任務為導向的學校都以

students for rural, urban underserved, or primary care practice, primarily rely on stated

農村、城市服務不足或初級保健實踐的學生，主要依靠所述的

interest from students, with only about one quarter of schools including additional interview

學生的興趣，只有約四分之一的學校包括額外的面試。

screening. Only 5% of schools had different interview types or questions for these applicants.

篩選。只有5%的學校對這些申請人有不同的面試類型或問題。

It's not uncommon or surprising, then, that a large number of matriculating medical students

是以，大量預科醫學生的情況並不罕見，也不令人驚訝。

claim to be interested in primary care, rural medicine, or urban underserved medicine, yet

聲稱對初級保健、農村醫學或城市服務不足的醫學感興趣，然而

by graduation, only a small fraction have remained true to that commitment. After all,

到畢業時，只有一小部分人堅持了這一承諾。畢竟。

if they believe it will improve their admissions chances, which the data shows it does at many

如果他們認為這將提高他們的錄取機會，而數據顯示這在許多地方確實如此。

medical schools, then surely many stressed premeds will take advantage of this loophole,

醫學院，那麼肯定有許多壓力很大的預科生會利用這個漏洞。

even if it doesn't reflect their true long term interests.

即使這並不反映他們真正的長期利益。

You also see this happen with race, which is a difficult subject to even approach. Should

你也看到這種情況發生在種族方面，這甚至是一個難以接近的話題。應該

a student who is 1/4 underrepresented minority and 3/4 Caucasian have preferential treatment

一個學生如果有1/4的代表不足的少數民族和3/4的白種人，就有優惠的待遇

in medical school admissions? What about if they were 1/2 or 1/8? Where does one draw

在醫學院的錄取中？如果他們是1/2或1/8呢？在哪裡畫？

the line? How does the equation change if they grew up in an affluent neighborhood versus

線？如果他們在富人區長大，這個等式會有什麼變化呢？

an urban underserved community? If East and South Asians on average need higher GPA and

一個城市服務不足的社區？如果東亞和南亞人平均需要更高的GPA和

MCAT scores to gain admission, are they incentivized to downplay and underreport their Asian heritage?

為了獲得錄取，他們是否受到激勵而淡化和低報他們的亞洲血統？

Those funny photos of you doing a keg stand or using a beer bong for the first time may

那些你做酒桶站或第一次使用啤酒瓶的有趣照片，可能是

be memories you and your friends cherish, but medical school admissions committees will

是你和你的朋友們所珍惜的回憶，但醫學院的招生委員會會

feel differently. As social media becomes even more ubiquitous

有不同的感受。隨著社交媒體變得更加無處不在

with each year, we see this becoming a growing problem. In some surveys, approximately one

隨著時間的推移，我們看到這個問題變得越來越嚴重。在一些調查中，大約有一個

third of admissions officers say they've visited an applicants' social media profile to learn

三分之一的招生官說他們曾瀏覽過申請人的社交媒體資料以瞭解情況

more about them. The majority of those who did ended up finding something that negatively

更多關於他們的資訊。大多數這樣做的人最後都找到了一些負面的東西。

impacted the applicant's admissions chances, with "lewd images" and "unprofessional behavior"

影響了申請人的錄取機會，"猥褻的影像 "和 "不專業的行為"

as the two most common reasons. To mitigate this risk, you can change your

是兩個最常見的原因。為了減輕這種風險，你可以改變你的

social media profile name to a pseudonym rather than your real name. You can also make your

將社交媒體上的個人資料名稱改為假名，而不是你的真名。你也可以把你的

profile private, but note that some of these images will still be viewable through Google

祕密，但請注意，這些影像中的一些仍然可以通過谷歌查看。

image search or other websites that archive photos. Even better, delete and remove any

圖片搜索或其他存檔照片的網站。甚至更好的是，刪除和刪除任何

suspect or concerning images from your social media profile as soon as someone tags you

一旦有人給你打上標籤，就會懷疑或涉及你的社交媒體資料中的圖片

or uploads it, or find friends who respect your desire to simply not post such things

或上傳它，或找到尊重你的願望的朋友，乾脆不發佈這樣的東西

online. There's a great deal of confusion about how

在線。有很多人對如何

important your GPA and MCAT are – the two main objective measurements in your medical

你的GPA和MCAT很重要--這是你在醫學領域的兩個主要客觀衡量標準。

school competitiveness. The first myth is that too high of a GPA or

學校的競爭力。第一個神話是，太高的GPA或

MCAT is a bad thing, and indicates you must be socially awkward, not have interpersonal

MCAT是件壞事，表明你一定是個社交障礙者，不具備人際交往能力。

skills, or otherwise have a lopsided application. This is nonsense. All things being equal,

技能，或在其他方面有片面的應用。這是無稽之談。在所有事情都相同的情況下。

stronger stats will result in a stronger application. The only way this would be detrimental is

更強的統計資料將導致更強的應用。這樣做唯一不利的方式是

if your pursuit of maximizing your MCAT or GPA resulted in compromising your attention

如果你為了追求MCAT或GPA的最大化，導致你的注意力受到影響

and energy to other factors in a well rounded application. And yes, sure, there are some

和能量的其他因素的全面應用。是的，當然，有一些

students who are very book smart yet painfully awkward, but them scoring higher on their

那些書本上很聰明但卻很笨拙的學生，但他們的分數卻更高。

GPA and MCAT isn't used against them. It's simply their social skills and interview that's

GPA和MCAT並不是用來對付他們的。他們的社交能力和麵試才是最重要的。

holding them back. The second myth is a general misunderstanding

阻止他們。第二個神話是一個普遍的誤解

of how medical schools view these objective metrics. Every school will have a separate

的醫學院校如何看待這些客觀指標。每個學校都會有一個單獨的

process. Some schools have hard cutoffs, but more and more schools are moving toward a

過程。有些學校有硬性規定，但越來越多的學校正朝著 "硬性規定 "的方向發展。

more "holistic approach." Still, a low GPA or low MCAT will be used against you, as evidence

更加 "全面的方法"。然而，低GPA或低MCAT將被用來對付你，作為證據

you are unlikely to be able to handle the rigors of a medical school curriculum.

你不太可能勝任醫學院課程的嚴格要求。

But what about my friend with a 3.2 and a 503 who got into a top medical school? Here's

但是，我的朋友以3.2分和503分的成績考上了頂尖的醫學院，這又是怎麼回事？這就是

where the exceptions come into play. Schools may overlook or place greater importance on

在這裡，例外情況開始發揮作用。學校可能會忽視或更看重

other factors in certain circumstances. Yes, having family connections is a big one, and

在某些情況下還有其他因素。是的，有家庭關係是一個很大的問題，而且

no it's not fair. There are other situations too that may result in reconsideration, such

不，這是不公平的。還有其他情況也可能導致重新考慮，例如

as being of an underrepresented minority, coming from a disadvantaged socioeconomic

屬於代表性不足的少數群體，來自不利的社會經濟環境。

background, or fitting into some other quota or mission that is important to the medical

適應其他的配額或任務，這對醫學界來說是很重要的。

school. The other major exception is when a student

學校。另一個主要的例外是，當一個學生

presents with a highly compelling medical school application. Most applications are

呈現一個高度引人注目的醫學院申請。大多數申請是

boring and generic, more or less resembling the premed stereotype. They've checked the

枯燥無味，一般，或多或少與預科生的刻板印象相似。他們已經檢查了

boxes of doing X hours of clinical volunteering and Y hours of shadowing and Z hours of research.

做X小時的臨床志願服務和Y小時的跟班學習和Z小時的研究的盒子。

They want to go to medical school because they want to help people and love science.

他們想去醫學院，因為他們想幫助人們，並熱愛科學。

Yawn. When medical school admissions officers come

打哈欠。當醫學院的招生人員來

across rockstar applicants and look past a suboptimal GPA or MCAT, it isn't always because

如果你遇到的是明星申請者，而你的GPA或MCAT不盡如人意，這並不總是因為你是明星。

the applicant is necessarily better than other applicants. It's actually often the case they've

申請人一定比其他申請人好。實際上，這往往是他們已經

crafted a better narrative to their application – The story that led the student to pursue

對他們的申請進行了更好的敘述 - 導致學生追求的故事

becoming a physician. Officers are moved by their experiences and exposure to the field

成為一名醫生。官員們被自己的經歷和接觸到的領域所感動

– their trials and tribulations, struggles and obstacles, who they became in the process,

- 他們的考驗和磨難，掙扎和障礙，他們在這個過程中成為誰。

and the story that brought them to this moment, applying to medical school to become a physician.

以及將他們帶到這一刻的故事，申請醫學院成為一名醫生。

When properly crafted, these narrative-focused applications cause the admissions officer

如果製作得當，這些以敘事為重點的申請會使招生官

to root for your success. And at Med School Insiders, this is what we specialize in – helping

為你的成功而努力。在Med School Insiders，這正是我們所擅長的--幫助

premeds craft the most effective narrative-based application to maximize their chances of a

醫學預科生製作最有效的基於敘述的申請，以最大限度地提高他們的機會。

medical school acceptance. Our Insiders are former admissions committee

醫學院的錄取。我們的內部人士是前招生委員會

members, combined with over 150 years of admissions committee experience. And with that comes

委員，結合超過150年的招生委員會經驗。而隨之而來的是

the expertise and understanding of nuance that makes the difference between getting

對細微差別的專業知識和理解，使我們在得到的結果之間存在差異。

that sweet acceptance or facing the dreaded re-application the subsequent cycle. We understand

我們知道，如果我們不接受這個甜蜜的錄取，那麼在下一個週期就會面臨可怕的重新申請。我們理解

the importance of the MCAT, and our tutors can help you crush it. We understand how admissions

我們的輔導員可以幫助你克服MCAT考試的重要性。我們瞭解招生部門如何

committees assess applicants, and our advisors can help finesse your personal statement,

委員會對申請人進行評估，我們的顧問可以幫助完善你的個人陳述。

application, secondary essays, interview, and any other part of the application process.

申請書、次要論文、面試以及申請過程中的任何其他部分。

We've grown at an insane rate, with over 3,500 customers while maintaining an industry leading

我們以瘋狂的速度增長，擁有超過3500名客戶，同時保持行業領先的地位。

99% customer satisfaction rating. Learn more about why students and parents love us at

99%的客戶滿意度。瞭解更多關於學生和家長喜歡我們的原因，請點擊

MedSchoolInsiders.com. Thank you all so much for watching! If you

MedSchoolInsiders.com。非常感謝大家的觀看!如果你

enjoyed this video, check out my video about the 4 years of medical school explained, or

如果您喜歡這段視頻，請查看我關於醫學院4年的視頻解釋，或

6 common medical school application mistakes. Much love, and I'll see you guys there.

6個常見的醫學院申請錯誤。非常感謝，我們會在那裡見到你們。