A Great Breakdown of the Medical School Admissions Process
This is a really useful overview. I’d recommend anyone applying print this out and upload its details into their calendars!
From Scribe to MD: Use Journaling to Mine Your Experiences for Medical School Applications
When I work with scribes on their personal statements to medical school, the thing I encounter over and over is that, despite their many relevant and often amazing experiences, they have no clue what to...
Why It’s Important to Journal During Your Medical Scribing Experience
Yesterday, I put up a Scribe Journal designed to aid medical scribed who want to become doctors document their experience in a manner that will help them when it comes time to write their personal statement....
Three Insider Secrets of Successful Ph.D. Applications
Applying to doctoral programs can be stressful and mysterious, and one of the real challenges is that most of the advice that you’ll find online about the application process comes from people whose experience is...
DON’T GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL!
Okay, as some who has four graduate degrees, this might seem like hypocritical advice. And, in truth, many people should go to graduate school. But my experience is that far too many people do and that folks...
A Template for Contacting Professors at Target Schools
I have mentioned the importance of contacting potential professors at the schools to which you are applying. It’s vital that you both contact particular professors with whom you might want to work and mention them in your...
An Insider’s Guide to PhD Admissions Committees From Someone Who’s Been There
If you are applying to a PhD program, it’s important to understand how the admissions process works once your application gets sent. Many people offering expertise on admissions writing come from the world of undergraduate,...
How Is a Graduate School Personal Statement Different?
Once you’ve decided to pursue a Ph.D., one of the challenges that you’ll face is that, unlike undergraduate, medical, law, or business school applications, there isn’t really a robust ecosystem offering lots of guidance to...
My Journey to Yale: An Insider’s Guide to Picking Your Graduate School
After laying out my journey to graduate school, a few people asked me how it is that I ended up choosing Yale over the other very good graduate programs that had offered me admission. Now, my...
How Thanos Can Help You Write a Powerful Personal Statement
Over at Gurufi.com., we’re putting together a short series of videos on how you can use effective storytelling techniques to make your personal statement more engaging. We decided to create this series in order to combat...
