Our live Q&A, Get Accepted to Medical School During an Application Surge, is coming up soon! This is a rare opportunity that you do not want to miss. Register here and then join us on Wednesday, March 10th at 5pm PT/8pm ET. This application cycle is going to be especially difficult, with an 18% boost…
Wharton Executive MBA Class Profile: Class of 2022
Here’s a look at Wharton’s EMBA Class of 2022 (profile info from their website): Wharton EMBA class of 2022 facts and figures Total class size: 217 Women: 28% Underrepresented minority students: 12% Countries represented: 26 Average age: 37 Under 30: 6% Over 40: 24% Average years of work experience: 12 Median GMAT score: 700 Middle 80% GMAT range: 650-740 Students holding advanced degrees: 48% Median salary and…
How to Save 100’s of Hours Studying: Making a Medical School Schedule That Makes Sense
This blog post is an excerpt from The Med School Survival Kit: How to Breeze Through Medical School While Crushing Your Exams by Dr. Wendell Cole. Some people have their schedules set and may not need to read this post, but this may help some of you, so here we go! ___ The MVP of…
MBA Admissions: Application Advice for IT Applicants
Often, when we work with MBA applicants who are from a traditional information technology (IT) background, they begin the process already feeling the odds are stacked against them. Their first question is usually, “How can I stand out in such a crowded field? How can I show them I’m not like everyone else with my…
Don’t Let an Increase in Applicants Derail Your Med School Dreams
Applying to medical school takes a considerable amount of time, effort, and money. Nobody wants to have to do it more than once! But the significant increase in applicants this year means that the odds of being rejected also increase. Rejection rates already hovered around 50%–60% in a normal year, and with an 18% swell…
Heads Up: Price Increase Ahead!
We wanted to give you a head’s up that we’ll be increasing our prices when the clock strikes midnight on March 15, which means you have until Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 11:59 pm PT to lock in a service at our current rate. Browse our catalog of services today to both get an early…
What to Expect From the MBA Experience at Cambridge Judge Business School [Episode 407]
What makes the Cambridge Judge MBA experience unique? [Show summary] Charlotte Russell-Green, Head of MBA Recruitment and Admissions at Cambridge Judge Business School, explores the one-of-a-kind experience students can expect from the full-time MBA program at Cambridge Judge’s historic campus. What Cambridge Judge is looking for… and what it can offer YOU [Show notes] Are…
Get Ahead of the Competition by Developing Your 2022 MBA Strategy NOW
Our free, one-hour masterclass, 7 Steps to MBA Acceptance in 2022, is airing live on Wednesday, March 3rd, but there’s still time for you to register to join us! Isn’t it premature to worry about 2022 applications already? With competition for top programs so intense that even the smallest misstep on your application can result…
Whatever You Do, Do Not Leave the Law School Optional Essay Blank!
Many law schools invite applicants to share more about themselves through optional essays. For example, the University of Pennsylvania Law School provides the following optional essays prompts: Describe how your background or experiences will enhance the diversity of the Penn Carey Law community (e.g., based on your culture, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity,…
How Do You Write an Accomplishment Essay?
Build a better accomplishments essay by following this recipe. Accomplishments are the bread and butter of personal statements and application essays. That may sound straightforward, however, a fascinating brainstorming session of Accepted admissions consultants reveals that applicants don’t always know what an accomplishment is. What goes into this application staple? And how can you analyze…
Wondering How to Land a Dental School Acceptance? Kristina Shares Her Journey to NYUCD.
Learn how real students navigate their way through the graduate school admissions process and grad school itself with our What Is Medical School Really Like? series. Kristina, a dental student at NYU College of Dentistry, shares how planning and determination helped her reach her goals! Kristina, thank you for sharing your story with us! We’d…
Follow These 7 Steps to Ensure MBA Acceptance in 2022
A year can feel like a long time. However, with the demands on your time as numerous as they are, we promise that time will fly by faster than you can imagine. Don’t wait until deadlines are looming to make your game plan for applying to b-school. Join us on Wednesday, March 3 at 10…
Should I Take a Gap Year Before Medical School?
According to a 2019 study conducted by the American Medical Association, sixty-five percent of first-year medical students surveyed took gap years. Most students who took gap years did so for 1-2 years (44%), followed by those who did so for 3-4 years (13%), followed by those who did so for 5 plus years (8%). Clearly,…
Making the LSAT Learnable with Blueprint Prep [Episode 406]
How Blueprint Prep can help YOU crush the LSAT [Show summary] Blueprint Prep’s Sena Maruflu, who aced the LSAT and now coaches aspiring law students, shares why and how the LSAT can be a learnable test for dedicated students of any background. A stellar LSAT score can mean the difference between acceptance and rejection at…
Will “The Fauci Effect” Hurt Your Med School Acceptance Odds?
Getting accepted to medical school is hard enough in any given cycle. But this year, med schools are seeing a massive increase in the number of applicants. It’s being attributed to “The Fauci Effect,” as so many people have been inspired by frontline healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic that they’re choosing to pursue a…
How to Write About Your Research Interests
The most common challenge that my clients face when writing a statement of research interests or statement of purpose (SOP) for a Master’s or PhD application is how to describe, in concrete terms, what their research interests and goals are. This is understandable—some people worry they’ll be held to their still-evolving ideas as if they…
Enhancements to the GMAT Online Exam
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) recently announced that the GMAT Online, a take-at-home version of the GMAT introduced in April 2020 in response to COVID restrictions on public gatherings, is to become a permanent option for test-takers. At the same time, GMAC added the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) to the GMAT Online and made…
Bouncing Back After Med School Rejection
We recently held a masterclass titled The Reapplicant’s Guide to Medical School Acceptance. In it, Accepted founder and CEO Linda Abraham led attendees through the steps necessary to recover from med school rejection and prepare for a successful reapplication. If you weren’t able to join us, don’t worry! It’s available now for free, on-demand viewing. …
Got a Criminal Record? Here’s How to Address It in Your Application
If you have ever engaged in disorderly conduct, petty theft, gotten a DUI, been arrested during a political protest, or have any other infractions (minor or major) on your record, we hope that you have learned important lessons from those experiences and won’t repeat them. But if you are applying to a grad program, you…
Writing Your Physician Assistant (PA) Personal Statement [Plus Sample Essay]
While there are many different ways to approach writing a personal statement (PS) for your PA application, I am including a successful example here. The character limit for the CASPA application PS is 5,000 characters with spaces. In this essay, you are responding to the question, “Why PA?” To write a compelling essay, take some…
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