Archive for May, 2012
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Tips for the Application Process: Write your Personal Statement early… and often!
The Application Process for medical school (and really any professional endeavor) is tedious. The fill-in-the-blank form is often times annoying (I won’t even speak on how we used to struggle to fill it in with a typewriter, because that would be dating myself). Even more annoying however is how the application is by no means [...]
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A Personal Story: Are you your biggest investor or your biggest competitor
At 18-years-old, I had graduated salutatorian of my high school. That fall, I moved out of the comfort and safety of my parents’ home and started college with my long time goal of becoming a doctor. I was ready… or so I thought I was. We learn in physics that for every action, there is [...]
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A Personal Story: Expand Your Network
I always knew I wanted to become a doctor but my approach to med school unfortunately was not a systematic as has been my approach to getting into residency. The advice I would give to premedical students is to have a plan and then talk to people about your plan; in order to do so [...]
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A Personal Story: You Don’t Need to Memorize Everything
In the 10 years I’ve advised students, I’ve worked with students in high school, community colleges, 4 year universities, students aspiring to be teachers, and now for the last 6 years the premed students passionate about working with underserved populations. As a premed adviser, I struggle with selecting just one piece of advice to the [...]
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