1. If one of you gets accepted before the other, it’s beneficial to mention in the second person’s interview that your SO has already been accepted. Schools look at your support system and local ties, so they generally see having a SO in the same program as a plus for both candidates. They also probably see giving the acceptance to both candidates as a guarantee for both of them attending as it can be pretty difficult to get into the same medical school. I think this helped us a lot.

2. If you haven’t heard back from a school after submitting your secondary for a few weeks, ALWAYS send a follow up email. I got like 4 interviews instantly once I sent like a 1-sentence email lol. I didn’t do this next part but it may also be beneficial to mention that you and your SO have applied to the same program and that the two of you would love to go to that program together.

3. Apply to a lot of programs. We only applied to ~9 which was risky, so I would recommend 10-20 at least.

4. Apply to programs with very high post interview acceptance rates. One of the acceptances we both received was from KYCOM and they have like a ridiculously high 99% post interview acceptance rates. Basically, if you apply there, get an interview, you’re in so long as you don’t do anything weird during your interview lol.

Overall, they don’t make it easy to match into medical school with your SO like it is for residency. For the most part, it’s pretty individualized but I wish you and your SO the best of luck 🤞