PLEASE READ: FAQs and Helpful Links for Re-Applicants (updated 10/21/12)

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Hello fellow re-applicants!

Welcome aboard the re-applicant train! If you've found your way to this forum, you most likely have not garnered an acceptance to medical school. Believe it or not, you are in good and plentiful company. As it turns out, less than 50% of applicants are actually offered an acceptance each cycle. Just looking at this thread shows that you've taken the first steps to hopping back on the proverbial horse. Your commitment and strength of will in itself is something to take pride in, so kudos!

Please PM the forum mod (QofQuimica) with any suggestions for threads to add to this sticky or if you find any broken links.

Advice Threads
DrMidlife's Re-application Dissertation: Re-applicant mistakes and pointers for reapplication -- a must read for all reapplicants
Secrets of Application Success: Originally posted for non-trads, but has a load of helpful tips for all applicants. See this thread also, but please do *not* post in either thread if you have not yet been accepted to medical school.
Re-App FAQ: advice and tips from RxnMan -- this thread is old, from 2007, but it has plenty of good advice as well as a couple of success stories from two other users
The Low Gpa--What Do I Do Thread: advice and explanations for your options if you have a low GPA. A must-read thread.
Do all schools know you are a reapplicant? discussion of how "reapplicant" is defined. Also see this thread.

Threads to Give You Inspiration and Hope
My story, aka How to write a Letter of Intent: this is an old success story post from 2004, but still well worth reading
Ask a former 5 time reapplicant now MS-3 anything: questions answered by a user with one of SDN's greatest comeback stories
Who Has Overcome A Low Undergrad GPA? a success story thread by re-applicants with low GPAs. See also this thread.

User Thoughts about the Reapplication Process
ReApp Progress 2012-2013: posts by current reapplicants on what they are doing differently this year in order to improve their chances of being accepted
How bad is it to be a reapplicant? discussion about how much being a reapplicant might hurt you in subsequent application cycles. Also see this thread and this thread.

Special Reapplication Circumstances
Dismissed from US medical school, please help! discussion of re-application options after failing out of medical school during the first two years. Also see this thread.
Reapplication to med school after withdrawal: similar to the above two threads except that this discussion concerns failing out of med school during the third year
Dismissed in 4th year over step2: discussion of how to handle being dismissed from medical school during the fourth year for USMLE failure. Also see this thread.
Weird situation: Got into DO but want to reapply to MD: discussion of whether to keep a DO acceptance or decline it and reapply to MD schools. Also see this thread.

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