{"id":654,"date":"2024-08-27T18:26:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/?page_id=654"},"modified":"2024-10-24T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:23:53","slug":"choosing-when-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/for-students\/choosing-when-to-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing When to Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>Applying to any health professions program is expensive and time-consuming. It is both financially and competitively better to only apply once. Because of this you want to be sure to apply when your application will be strong. You will need a competitive overall GPA, a competitive math and science GPA, excellent entrance exam scores if exams are required, a good number of high quality letters (4-6 for a committee letter, typically 3-5 for other programs that do not take committee letters), as well as quality community service hours and significant healthcare experience. Please use the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YJIYzkA0tkphjrC3Z0evLHYcgpZ22y44\/view?usp=drive_link\">self-assessment<\/a> to determine how you score in terms of readiness for applying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Wait?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You know that you want to go into healthcare, but still struggle to articulate \"Why ______ specifically?\" to be competitive you must have a deeper understanding beyond \"I love science and I want to help people\/animals.\"<\/li><li>You need time to gain more experience. This could be health related, community service, leadership, research, or any combination.<\/li><li>You need more time to prepare for the MCAT\/DAT\/GRE and\/or more time to increase your GPA.<\/li><li>You need more time gaining experience with those who would write letters of recommendation.<\/li><li>You need time to finish everything that has to be completed. There are primary applications - including the personal statement essay, supplementary and secondary questions, letters to request, entrance exams to study for and take, forms to complete for the committee (for those requesting a committee letter) -- all in addition to your coursework and other responsibilities.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying to any health professions program is expensive and time-consuming. It is both financially and competitively better to only apply once. Because of this you want to be sure to apply when your application will be strong. You will need a competitive overall GPA, a competitive math and science GPA, excellent entrance exam scores if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"parent":416,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-654","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions\/706"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}