Archive for August, 2008
You don’t have to be a genius to write an effective medical school essay
If you want to consider any kind of medical school application essay and the AMCAS essay, so be it. The admission essay required by your chosen medical school should not exceed 5,300 characters. Never forget that admissions committee members would be forced to go through hundreds and hundreds of medical school application essays, so turning [...]
How to write a winning medical school application essay WITHOUT bragging
Bragging won’t get you anywhere, especially when you’re writing your medical school application essay. You can discuss your achievements in your medical school application essay but don’t get too cocky. Here are tips that can help you write about your achievements in your medical school application essay the right way. Don’t start every sentence with [...]
How to Write an Excellent Medical School Application Essay
Competition for admission in US medical schools can get intimidating. That’s why many spend a lot of time and effort in writing a good medical school application essay. For those who weren’t able to ace the MCAT or earn exceptionally good grades during college, there is still hope; a well-written medical school application essay can [...]
The Medical School Process Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult
You have finished researching all the medical schools and finally decided on which ones to apply for. A lingering question in your mind could be “How does the application process go?” as well as “How do I write medical school application essays?” Most applicants to medical schools dread the idea of coming up with application [...]
Medical school application essay: Character through hard work
It is my firm belief that most problems have a solution, and for those that do not, there is a way of coming to terms with it. Human’s perseverance would be anchored on resiliency in the face of odds, whether small or big. It is my assertion that the gravest matters in the field of [...]
Dealing with cancer: sample medical school application essay
The appreciation for treatments of body and mind comes from actual life experiences, happenings that made me appreaciate what the human spirit could do in the healing phases. This is what I would consider my credo, and it is this that made me decide that Osteopathic Medicine is my destiny. About a couple of years [...]
Model medical school application essay: Ghandi and peace
I am an admirer of peace-advocating personalities (it is not just Gandhi I am referring to), and I strongly believe in the varying definitions of peace. Peace in the most popular definition is simply the absence of war or military conflicts. However, I think that one more subtle manifestation of peace is if a great [...]
Medical school application essay: my father’s influence
It was my father that always stressed the importance of education. As a child his parents did not have enough money to put him through school and after the 6th grade, he had to work as a janitor at a small clinic in New Delhi. It was there that he saw doctors helping out different [...]
Medical School Application Essays Tips and Tricks
Now that you’ve surveyed the numerous medical schools, it is time to go through the whole application process; a big part of it being the personal statement. Medical school application essays give you the opportunity to sell yourself and show the admissions board what they will never see in grades and MCAT scores. While business [...]
Getting into UCLA Medical School
High-octane businessman David Geffen made headlines when he donated 200 million dollars to the UCLA Medical School. By doing so, he gave UCLA Medical school or the David Geffen School of Medicine a chance to compete with other elite medical schools in terms of medical education and research. History of the UCLA Medical School This [...]