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Can We Select “Better” Residents?

Sensible Medicine

Publish a journal article; OK. They fill journals with articles that do nothing for medicine but only add a line to a CV. A nice article that I found while writing this made the point that many of the characteristics that are rewarded in our selection process make for unhappy learners and doctors. Get straight A’s; done.

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The Best Medical School Letter of Recommendation Advice for 2024

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If you’re writing a recommendation for someone, or you’re drafting your own recommendation for your recommender to edit, these elements will help you structure your letter effectively and highlight the information the admissions committees want to see. this is valuable information that the admissions committee needs.

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Writing an Essay Lead That Pops

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Whether you picked the book up in a store or library, or downloaded free sample online, you probably made a pretty speedy decision about whether it would hold your interest. Admissions committee members are human. In every case, the lead begins a story that makes the reader sit up and say, “Ah!

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The Role of the Committee Letter: Your Key to Medical School Acceptance

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A strong letter will complement your essays and experience descriptions, giving admissions committee members a valuable outside perspective on your potential in the field of medicine. Avoid missing deadlines or sacrificing quality by putting dates in your calendar and setting up auto reminders.

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How to Project Confidence, Professionalism, and Positivity in Your Essays

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You might be wondering how to best convey your reasons for pursuing graduate school to the admissions committees. Remember, you never need to put others down to raise yourself up. Burnish your professionalism by following all the adcom’s directions. Schools tell you what they want, so follow their lead.

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When Bias Turns Deadly: How Medical Bias Killed My 5-Year-Old Daughter

Scrubs

As a result of these experiences, I launched my organization Project Diversify Medicine, a digital community on Instagram with over 60,000 followers, with a mission to provide culturally inclusive pre-med educational resources to increase the admission of minorities to medical school.

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The Resilience Factor: How Flaws and Failures Can Strengthen Your Application

Accepted Blog

What does this have to do with admissions? Just this: When the adcoms ask you to write about a flaw or weakness in your essays, and you either fail to offer any or the ones you come up with sound like you are just checking a box – mentioning something vague and generic and not of much significance – you will seem like a fake in their eyes.