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Product DescriptionThis updated volume offers vital help to college students who are applying to medical school and are required to write a medical school admissions essay. Extensive advice covers the many do’s and don’ts of writing a successful essay. The authors instruct on organizing ideas, writing a rough draft, then editing and polishing the draft to produce a finished essay for presentation. This new edition offers special focus on subjects relating to questions frequently f. . . More >>
Elizabeth Okonkwo
December 20th, 2009 at 12:55
this is a good book that was helpful in giving me an idea of the type of information that should and should not go into writing a personal statement.
Rating: 4 / 5
HonestReviewer
December 20th, 2009 at 15:27
Basically, this book tells you to write about yourself. It shows some good ways to transition into the varying aspects of the essay. But, the best thing about it is that it features a background summary of each applicant. It’s easy to find the ones that are most similar to you. But again, it only helps for ideas.
Rating: 4 / 5
Ms. Qing J. Wang
December 20th, 2009 at 17:44
Good book to get you started on your essay, but the sample essays are not by the avg med school applicants
Rating: 4 / 5
G. Schneider
December 20th, 2009 at 19:54
This book has a lot of good advice but all the sample essays are from people who got accepted to Harvard Medical School. I know most of us haven’t volunteered in a 3rd world country or published research papers or saved someone’s life, so it would have been nice to read some essays from a non-superhero applicant. Also a little variety as to what schools they were accepted to would have been nice. They were all Harvard and other Ivy League schools. It also sounds like the authors consider those to be the “top schools” but they may or may not be depending on whether you’re talking about research or primary care. Bottom line: needs more variety of example essays. But overall it was a pretty useful guide.
Rating: 3 / 5
medadvising25@aol.com
December 20th, 2009 at 22:22
This is a good book that covers one of the more important and often neglected areas of medical school admissions. Kaufman does a good job of giving readers examples of how to write essays that admissions committee members will find both interesting and honest. However, I would recommend Dr. Goliszek’s “Complete Medical School Preparation and Admissions Guide” for an overall guide to getting into medical school.
Rating: 4 / 5