Insider Medical Admissions: Personal Statement

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Personal Statement - What Makes You Distinctive?

I have been receiving a lot of med school and post bacc personal statements lately and with them a lot of questions about how to best write a medical application essay. Here is a listing of all of my PS blog entries. Remember: The key is to write about what makes you a distinctive applicant and how your accomplishments have afforded you skills that make you an exceptional candidate.

About Me

Years of candidate selection at Harvard taught me what characteristics comprise a desirable applicant and how even bright candidates make mistakes that undermine their admissions success. I am a practicing Emergency Physician with nine years of experience training medical students, residents and fellows. I won three teaching and mentorship awards while at Harvard. Please see Insider Medical Admissions for the full array of personalized services I offer to clients applying to medical school, residency, fellowship and post baccalaureate programs.

Dr. Finkel thanks David Presser, MD, MPH for his contributions to the content of her blog entries. Dr. Presser is a practicing Emergency Physician who has written several primers for applicants to medical school and Emergency Medicine residency. Dr. Presser is a graduate of Stanford University, UCSF Medical School, the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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