Who Would Benefit from Newport Premedical Consulting?

Newport Premedical Consulting, LLC can help anyone preparing for a career in medicine: College students, graduate students, non-traditional students and career changers. Newport offers supportive, student-centered advising and assistance to navigate the complicated application to medical school.

Here are some possible topics of discussion but honestly, any topic can be discussed at any time.  The most important thing to remember is your best chance of getting into medical school is START PLANNING EARLY. 

Topics for College Freshmen and Sophomores

• GETTING HELP: Tips on how and where to get help BEFORE you need it!

• LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION: Discussion and tips on building your team of professors, advisors, mentors and trusted friends

• Discuss how to develop a leadership portfolio

• Discussion about research opportunities

• Discussion about activities and clinical experiences

• Summer opportunity and study abroad discussion

• Defer application to medical school or not?

• Application Timeline discussion

• Review prerequisites coursework

• Visit Newport's Freshman and Sophomore pages for more specifics.

Medical School Applicants  (Juniors, Seniors and Graduates)

• Discussion about gathering the components, preparing the application, filling the gaps and addressing weaknesses

• Discussion about timeline and deadlines

• Discussion about the writing components: essays, clinical experiences. Start drafts, seek peer opinions, visit Campus Writing Center.

• Creating list of medical schools and prerequisites

• Identify weaknesses early enough to do something about them

• Discuss MCAT preparation and timing

• Discussion about taking CASPer test and other situational judgement tests

• Defer or not? Postbac or not? GAP year?

• Visit Newport's Junior and Senior Years page for more specifics.

Career Changers and Non-Traditional Applicants

• Discussion about sequencing of courses, prerequisite matches, expired coursework

• Timeline discussion

• MCAT old or new? Expired scores and retakes

• Postbac and graduate school options

• Packaging work experience, leadership, life experience into a cohesive application

Medical School Reapplicants

• How has your application significantly improved since you last applied?

• Identify your weaknesses and how have you addressed them?

• Identify improvements in application

• Discussion about postbac programs, additional coursework, graduate programs, course retakes, MCAT retake

• Discussion about timeline

Topics for High School Premeds

• How to get the most out your undergraduate premed experience

• Suggested timeline to take premed classes

• The best way to use AP

• Summer opportunity and study abroad discussion

• Recommendation discussion and tips on building your team of professors, advisors, mentors and trusted friends

• Learn about college leadership scholarships

• Ways to develop faculty relationships that lead to great recommendations

• Developing research interests and seeking opportunities

• Developing volunteer, research, leadership resume

• Visit Newport's High School Resources page for specifics