CHM Admissions Twitter Chat Set For Monday

Interested in applying to the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (CHM)? Would you simply like to learn more about the nation's pioneer in teaching community-based medicine?

Are you following us on Twitter?

Even under normal circumstances, potential medical school applicants typically have lots of questions about the schools they're interested in applying to. We thought the time couldn't be better to facilitate a discussion about CHM, especially considering the college is undergoing a few changes around here (new curriculum, new premedical requirement models, new biomedical research facility, new community campus sites, etc.).

Join us for a good ol' Twitter chat.

The Twitter chat will be hosted by the CHM Office of Admissions on Monday, October 5th at 6pm (ET). Several students and admissions staff will be on hand to answer questions under the CHM Admissions twitter handle: @MSUMDadmissions.

What is a twitter chat/tweet chat?
A Twitter chat (or "tweet chat") is a virtual conversation on the social media platform by way of Twitter updates (a.k.a. tweets). Through the use of a specific, pre-arranged hashtag that links those tweets together, a thread of commentary is formed and voilà.

How can you participate?
Follow us on Twitter. Anyone can join the chat by shooting us a tweet and/or by simply searching the #SpartanMDChat hashtag and using it in your tweets.

We look forward to hearing from you!



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