TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
         Foreword-Dr. Thomas
         L. Pearce
         
         
         Preface 
         
         Introduction-An
         Atypical Premed's Story 
         
         l. The Birth of
         Premed Consciousness 
         
         2. Who's in
         Charge-You or Your Parents? 
         
         3. The Premed
         Student's Guide to the Perplexed-Majors and
         Grades
         
         
         4. MCAT and Its'
         Place in the Premedical Universe 
         
         5. Differences of
         Opinion-The Premedical Society
         
         6. Foreign Medical
         Schools-Pros and Cons 
         
         7. The Handicapped
         Student 
         
         8. Life in the Fast
         Lane-Special Programs 
         
         9. All Work and No
         Play? 
         
         10. Read a Good Book
         Lately? 
         
         11. What Did You Do
         with Your Summer Vacation?
         
         12. Chances of
         Acceptance-Three Individual Cases
         
         13. Stepping Stones-Do
         Advanced Degrees Help?
         
         14. Financial
         Aid-Where There's a Will There's a Way 
         
         15. Women and
         Minorities 
         
         16. Stepping
         Out-Allied Health Professional
         
         to Medical Doctor
         
         
         17. Changing Courses
         at Endstream 
         
         18. Old, Older, and
         Ancient Applicants and Alternative Health Careers
         
         
         19. Is There Life
         After Rejection? 
         
         20. In Closing . . .
         Life After Premed
         
         Medical School
         Survival Bibliography