by Steven Tagle
The Common App opens on August 1 for the 2025-2026 application cycle, so the summer is the perfect time to start drafting your college essays. Your essays show admission officers the person behind the application. They highlight and elaborate on your personal context, what drives you, the challenges you’ve faced, and how you might contribute …
A low GPA, a failed course, a semester of withdrawals, a gap year that stretched into two – these things do not automatically close the door to graduate school. But they do require something of applicants: a willingness to face their record honestly and present the adcom with the full picture behind it. In this …
by Mary Mahoney
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina offers three collaborative learning campuses: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, and the Clarkson Campus. As the academic core of Atrium Health, Wake Forest is one of the nation’s most selective MD programs. It prepares future healthcare leaders through innovative education, patient-centered …
by Steven Tagle
The 2027-2028 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award cycle is currently open, and the national deadline is October 6, 2026 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. For this year’s competition, the program has done away with the personal statement requirement and added in its place three short-answer questions intended to evaluate how well you fulfill the Fulbright …
by Joy Tom
Is there a secret formula for picking the perfect extracurriculars that will guarantee you acceptance to law school? Unfortunately, no. The bottom line is that admissions committees are seeking academically qualified candidates who demonstrate commitment to passions outside the workplace and classroom. So, what activities should you engage in? First of all, don’t make decisions …
The Duke University School of Medicine (SOM) is a global leader in research, teaching, and patient care, dedicated to preparing physician-leaders who will transform medicine and health systems. Since pioneering its innovative elective curriculum in 1966, Duke has built on its tradition of bold experimentation to create the Patient FIRST curriculum, which integrates foundational science, …
by Kelly Wilson
The University of Virginia’s Darden MBA program boasts the case-based learning method, which places students in the role of business leaders facing challenging situations. Students are active participants in this discussion-based approach, learning to make decisions in real-world scenarios. Darden is one of the largest case publishers in North America, and because of the school’s …
by Marie Todd
If you are heading into your senior year of high school, you might be worrying about how you can possibly increase your chances of getting accepted to your top college choices. You’ve worked earnestly for the past three years, and that work has all been excellent preparation. Now it’s time for the next stage – the …
by Steven Tagle
The 2027-2028 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award cycle is currently open, and the national deadline is October 6, 2026, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. If you’re working on your application, you know that securing an affiliation in your host country is one of the most time-consuming and nerve-wracking parts of applying. Fulbright requires all study/research …
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine offers a forward-thinking, student-driven medical education grounded in early clinical immersion and a strong commitment to health equity. With its innovative 13-month preclinical curriculum, students begin core clerkships in their second year, allowing them time in their third and fourth years to tailor their education through electives, research, and acting …
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is one of the nation’s premier medical institutions, dedicated to advancing health worldwide through excellence in education, research, clinical care, and public service. Founded in 1864, UCSF has a rich history of innovation and leadership, and it is consistently ranked among the top medical schools …
The Emory University School of Medicine, located in Atlanta, Georgia, has a vision focused on “reimagining medicine.” With a desire to train innovative leaders, this school acknowledges AI as complementary to patient care, believes cross-cultural education is paramount to helping to eliminate health disparities, and sees research as benefiting humankind. Emory’s curriculum is pass/fail, and …
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