Fran Jeffries

Atlanta

Contributor at US News & World Report

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Applying to Medical School

3 weeks ago | usnews.com | Renee Marinelli |Anayat Durrani |LaMont Jones |Lamont L. Jones |Fran Jeffries

Best Graduate Schools Diversity in Med School ApplicationsShowing leadership and resilience without oversharing can impress med school admissions committees. Torrence BanksApril 23, 2025
RN to M.D.: How to Go From Being a Nurse to a Doctor

1 month ago | usnews.com | Fran Jeffries |LaMont Jones |Lamont L. Jones

Key Takeaways: Understand that the journey will be long. Find a mentor and build a support network. Be sure that becoming a doctor is a passion. Nurses in the U.S. don’t often make the switch to become doctor, with estimates of less than 2% of registered nurses choosing to pursue a medical degree. Nursing isn't usually a field that people go into as a steppingstone to medicine, experts note. Most people go to nursing school because they want to be nurses.
Applying to Grad School

1 month ago | usnews.com | Fran Jeffries |LaMont Jones |LaMont Jones |Cole Claybourn |Anayat Durrani

Applying to Graduate School Planning for graduate school involves deciding what to study, finding the right school and applying to competitive programs. Start here, with our grad school guides, rankings and insider tips. Looking for more graduate school advice? Sign up for a free U.S. News account and get expert advice on personalized topics emailed directly to you.
How to Decide Between Medical and Nursing School

1 month ago | usnews.com | Fran Jeffries |LaMont Jones |LaMont Jones

Key Takeaways The degree of patient interaction is different between doctors and nurses. Becoming a doctor takes longer and is generally more rigorous. Talking with both types of professionals can help you make the best decision. Students interested in entering the health field may be wrestling with whether to pursue a career in nursing or attend medical school.
11 Apps to Help High Schoolers Organize Their College Search

2 months ago | usnews.com | Fran Jeffries |LaMont Jones |LaMont Jones

Life can get hectic for high schoolers who are juggling classes, standardized tests and myriad extracurricular activities – and on top of it all, trying to decide on a college to attend after graduation. To make the best decision, students need to wisely organize and manage their college search, experts say. Plenty of software is available to help them during the college application process. Among those tools are mobile apps.
7 Skills to Develop Before Medical School

Jan 27, 2025 | usnews.com | Fran Jeffries |LaMont Jones |LaMont Jones

Every year, thousands of intelligent and highly motivated college students study hard, excel academically, pass the MCAT and get accepted into U.S. medical schools. Family and friends applaud. Getting there was tough, but staying and finishing may be even tougher. Excellent work and study habits developed in college will have to be fine-tuned and recalibrated for the rigors of medical school.
Putting on the glitz: Senior Atlantans party at mayor’s annual ball

Oct 10, 2024 | ajc.com | Fran Jeffries

She didn’t want to miss this party. Gayle Morgan-Bryant, 67, said she rushed home to Atlanta from a Caribbean cruise to attend this year’s Mayor’s Senior Ball. After enjoying a number of the city’s senior balls over the years, Morgan-Bryant said she was determined not to miss this one. ExploreFred Wesley, trombone player for James Brown, still brings the funk at 81“It’s just one event the city of Atlanta offers to seniors that I feel so very grateful for,” the retiree said.
Double dutch club in Atlanta

May 15, 2024 | ajc.com | Fran Jeffries

On a recent warm, sunny Sunday afternoon about a hundred women in red and black T-shirts, shorts, and leggings packed the ball field at a high school in Douglasville. They gleefully jumped rope, hula-hooped, played hopscotch, line danced, and joined in on other nostalgic games from the playground. Welcome to a 40-plus double Dutch Club meetup where friendship, fun, fellowship, and sisterhood take center stage for about an hour and a half. No children or men allowed.
The age of glamour: Atlanta fashion show brings seniors to the runway

May 8, 2024 | ajc.com | Fran Jeffries

It was quite the takeover. A lively group of senior citizens in black and white t-shirts paraded through Greenbriar Mall in southwest Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, shouting for all to hear:“I don’t know what you been told; ain’t nobody out here old!”Shoppers and shopkeepers, surprised and delighted, looked on as the group continued their energetic procession through the mall while shouting a second slogan: “Seniors on the runway?
‘Old school’ Atlanta dance club has stood the test of time

Feb 25, 2024 | ajc.com | Fran Jeffries

A small placard greets visitors who enter the double glass doors at Ellery’s bar and lounge: “No jeans. No tennis shoes. No athletic wear.”And they mean it. On a recent frosty Saturday night, a gaggle of young women in colorful neon catsuits and matching sneakers stood at the door protesting loudly after a security guard broke the news. “Can’t come in with tennis shoes.” Inside, the place was packed. It was standing room only in the club with a capacity for 250 people.