A Strategic Guide for Applying to Medical School
When premed students contact us about guiding them through the medical school application process, many of their questions are related…
4 Tips for Demonstrating Professional Growth in a Flat Organization
How do you demonstrate advancement and growth if you work in a flat organization? After all, your career progress will…
Are You Toast? – Med School Admissions Officers Reveal Interview Timeline [Episode 555]
Show Summary In this episode of Admission Straight Talk, host Linda Abraham addresses the concerns of medical school applicants who…
Five Tips for Writing Compelling PsyD Personal Statements
“What should I include?” “How do I start?” “What will impress the admissions committee?” These are the most common questions…
Retaking Classes For Med School: What Every Premed Needs to Know
If you have retaken classes in the past – or expect to need to retake a class in the future…
Applying to Medical School? The Pre-Med Competencies are What You Must Show [Episode 554]
Show Summary What are the pre-med competencies? And if you're pre-med and planning to apply in September 2024, what do…
Admissions Advice for MBA Management Consulting Applicants
Are you a practicing management consultant applying to business school? If so, you have several advantages over the general applicant.…
How to Write Your Master’s in Engineering Statement of Purpose
Top engineering graduate programs expect applicants to have a high GPA, and some schools also expect an impressive GRE score,…
Statement of Purpose versus Personal Statement
Applicants to graduate school quickly become familiar with the request to provide a statement of purpose (SOP). The SOP for…
How to Get Into CMU Tepper’s NEW MS in Management Program [Episode 553]
Show Summary Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business is welcoming a newly launched Masters of Science in Management (MSM)…
Three Ways Writing About Obstacles Strengthens Your Application Essays
Applicants love to write about their accomplishments, whether in a personal statement for graduate school or in a b-school essay that…
How to Write About Your Research Interests
The most common challenge that my master’s and PhD applicant clients face when writing a statement of research interests or…
Four Tips for High School Students Interested in a Career in Medicine
Today’s high school students have lived through an extraordinary – and extraordinarily difficult – chapter of history: the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly…
ROI and NYU’s Part-time MBA [Episode 552]
Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, Linda Abraham discusses MBA return on investment (ROI) and NYU Stern's…
Seven Tips for MBA Applicants from a Family Business Background
You work for the family business and are applying for an MBA. Will this background be a net plus for…
12 Reflections on Teacher Recommendations
Teacher recommendations are an important part of your college application at many schools, with most requiring one or two letters…
The Nine Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make on a Medical School Waitlist
“How bad is it, Doc?” Well, clients don’t quite ask me that. But, as they clutch their waitlist notification, they’re…
Are you rushing to attend Rush Medical College? [Episode 551]
Show Summary Dr. Cynthia Boyd, Associate Dean for Admissions and Recruitment at Rush Medical College, discusses the distinctive elements of…
Preparing for Your MBA Interview Questions
Application submitted – check. Wait, wait, and wait some more, and then… Yay, they’ve invited me to interview! They like…
How to Defer a Medical School Acceptance
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about deferrals, so let’s review the facts. How medical school deferment works After…