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August 31, 2021

Reading Time: 15 minutes

Would You Like to Get Rid of Your Accent in English? [Episode 433]

Podcast interview with Esther Bruhl

Is your accent in English holding you back professionally? [Show summary] Esther Bruhl is a speech pathologist and founder of Speak More Clearly, an accent reduction training program for non-native English speakers. In this episode she explains how accents are formed and how new ones can be learned.  Increase your marketability or productivity, by reducing… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / international student, podcast

July 20, 2021

Reading Time: 20 minutes

How to Eliminate Test Anxiety [Episode 427]

Podcast interview with Bara Sapir

Ace any standardized admissions test, with top-tier academic coaching and effective tools to manage anxiety [Show summary] Bara Sapir has been providing test prep for over 20 years and is a pioneer in mindful test taking, implementing a holistic approach to the test prep process. She shares her best tips along with her comprehensive approach… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, podcast, Test Prep

June 15, 2021

Reading Time: 11 minutes

How to Respond to a Rejection [Episode 422]

How to Respond to a Rejection

How to Respond to a Rejection [Show summary] Admissions guru Linda Abraham highlights four reasons that could cause a rejection and offers concrete, practical suggestions for moving forward.  How to Respond to a Rejection [Show notes] Some of you are unfortunately facing a fistful of dings at the moment. Some of you haven’t heard definitively…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / college rejection, Grad school rejection, Law school rejection, MBA rejection, medical school rejection, podcast

May 10, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Upskilling: 4 Steps to Choose your Next Learning Opportunity

Upskilling 4 Steps

In today’s ever changing professional world, the nature of each job, the skills it entails, and the tools it utilizes are changing more rapidly than ever. Thus, we are being forced to embrace “ongoing learning,” or “lifelong learning” (continuously learning beyond traditional schooling). The answer to this is “upskilling,” which is the act of developing… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / career goals, MBA career goals

May 4, 2021

Reading Time: 20 minutes

All About Duke’s Top-Ranked PA Program [Episode 416]

Podcast interview with April Stouder

What is Duke’s physician assistant program looking for in applicants? [Show summary] April Stouder, Associate Program Director and Chair of the Admissions Committee for Duke’s PA program, explores what’s unique about this top-ranked program and what applicants can do to be competitive. A focus on primary care makes Duke’s PA program unique [Show notes] Are… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / allied health professions, Physician Assistant, podcast

April 20, 2021

Reading Time: 11 minutes

An Inside Look at USC’s Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry [Episode 414]

Podcast interview with Dr. Anita Tourah

Do you fit with USC’s Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry?[Show summary] Dr. Anita Tourah, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs at Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, offers an inside look at the dental student experience and admissions process. How an emphasis on research, education and patient care makes USC’s Herman Ostrow School… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / dental school admissions, podcast

April 6, 2021

Reading Time: 11 minutes

Life as a Dental Student at UCLA [Episode 412]

Podcast interview with Ellisa Soberon

Ellisa’s non-traditional path to dentistry [Show summary] Ellisa Soberon, a dental student at UCLA with a nontraditional path to dentistry, shares her insights on the dental school admissions process and life at UCLA. What makes UCLA School of Dentistry unique… and the perfect fit for this dental student! [Show notes] So, you want to go… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / dental school admissions, podcast, what is dental school like series

March 30, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Encore: Application Trends to Watch in 2021, and a Look Back at 2020 [Episode 411]

Application trends and thoughts on the new year

Thanks for joining me for the 411th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. I am taking a week off for family time this week. As a result I decided to air an encore of our most popular podcast so far in 2021. It actually is a solo podcast that I did for our 400th episode back… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / covid-19 grad, COVID-19 law, COVID-19 MBA, COVID-19 med, podcast

January 12, 2021

Reading Time: 10 minutes

Application Trends to Watch in 2021, and a Look Back at 2020 [Episode 400]

Application trends and thoughts on the new year

Can the lessons of 2020 help us forge a better 2021? [Show summary] For Admissions Straight Talk’s 400th episode, Linda Abraham reflects on a turbulent year and identifies the most important trends in higher ed admissions to watch in 2021. Applying to graduate school: A journey of self-improvement [Show notes] We’ve reached Episode 400! I… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / covid-19 grad, COVID-19 law, COVID-19 MBA, COVID-19 med, podcast

December 22, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Encore: Writing a Compelling Personal Statement [Episode 397]

Podcast interview with Mary Mahoney1

It’s a busy time of year now. We here at Accepted are busy helping applicants with the end-of-the-year application crunch and normally I would be enjoying the company of extended family at this joyous time of year. Thanks to COVID, however, our extended family is not gathering in person. I suspect that your celebrations are… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Accepted Admissions Consultant Interview, allied health professions, grad application essays, med application essays, nursing, podcast

July 28, 2020

Reading Time: 17 minutes

A Medical School Admissions Expert’s Guide to Postbacs and Med Schools [Episode 376]

Podcast interview with Dr. Barry Rothman

Could a postbac program boost your chances of acceptance to medical school?[Show summary] Dr. Barry Rothman, an Accepted consultant with 19 years of experience in health professions advising, shares his expert guidance for applicants considering postbac programs and medical school. Learn how this admissions cycle will differ from other cycles, and how you can best… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Accepted Admissions Consultant Interview, allied health professions, COVID-19 med, MD/PhD, nursing, Physician Assistant, podcast, postbac, secondary essays

July 9, 2020

Reading Time: 7 minutes

Nursing School and Latino Community Advocacy [Student Interview]

Student interview with Maria

Learn how real students navigate their way through the admissions process and school itself! Meet Maria, a patient-care assistant, entrepreneur, blogger, and nursing student, on a mission to promote higher education within the Latino community. Maria, thank you for sharing your story with us! Where do you attend nursing school? What year are you in?… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / allied health professions, nursing, what is college like series

June 17, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes

How to Prepare for a PA School Interview

PA Guide Acing Your Interview

Physician Assistant program interviews are similar to medical school interviews. There are three possible interview formats: traditional, MMI (multiple mini interview) or a hybrid of these two. Traditional interviews involve any combination of students and interviewers, with up to 3 students being interviewed by up to 3 interviewers. If a school uses a traditional one-on-one… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Physician Assistant, The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Physician Assistant

June 4, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Which One is Right for Me? PA vs. NP vs. Medical School

PA Guide PA vs NP vs Med School

Why do you want to become a Physician Assistant (PA)? Why not a nurse practitioner or physician? To help you answer this question, what follows is a direct comparison of these three educational and professional options, focusing on three specific programs. Using information from the top ranked programs from U.S. News and World Report for… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / duke university medical school, Physician Assistant, The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Physician Assistant

June 2, 2020

Reading Time: 13 minutes

Writing a Compelling Personal Statement [Episode 368]

Podcast interview with Mary Mahoney scaled

How can you write a stand-out personal statement? [Show summery] Dr. Mary Mahoney, Associate Professor of English at Elmira College and Accepted consultant, draws from her expertise in the medical humanities to deliver advice for writing a compelling personal statement. Listen to the show! A professor of English and Accepted admissions consultant shares top writing… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Accepted Admissions Consultant Interview, allied health professions, grad application essays, med application essays, nursing, podcast

May 27, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Why Should You Consider Becoming a PA?

PA Guide Why Become a PA

Most of the clients I work with are dead set on becoming doctors. I believe this mindset exists because doctors have such a visible role in patient care historically, and are represented in the media as being at the very top of the healthcare hierarchy. The physician assistant (PAs) profession is a relatively new member… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Physician Assistant, The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Physician Assistant

May 24, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes

What to Look for When Selecting a Physician Assistant (PA) Program

PA Guide Selecting Programs

One of the keys to choosing the right physician assistant (PA) program for you is program data, including information on the programs’ matriculants. Unfortunately that’s more difficult to come by for PA applicants since the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA) does not provide data on applicants or matriculants for individual PA programs, but… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Physician Assistant, The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Physician Assistant

May 7, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes

5 Qualities to Highlight in Your Physician Assistant Program Application

The ultimate guide to becoming a physician assistant 5 qualities programs seek

In addition to identifying students with academic promise, physician assistant programs are looking for students who have a wide range of specific personal characteristics. Based on the criteria for the most competitive PA programs, there are five general areas in which students are evaluated. What character traits make for a stand-out physician assistant applicant? Academic… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Physician Assistant, The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Physician Assistant

May 4, 2020

Reading Time: 7 minutes

How to Get Accepted to Physician Assistant (PA) Programs

The ultimate guide to becoming a physician assistant how to get accepted

Physician assistants (PAs) are similar to doctors in many ways and serve as important members of any healthcare team: They improve the ease and speed with which patients are able to see a healthcare provider; they take on most of the same activities as doctors in patient care; they see patients to diagnose, treat, and… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / allied health professions, Physician Assistant, The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Physician Assistant

April 23, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes

A Career-Changer Discusses Juggling Optometry School and Motherhood

Student IV with Florence

Learn how real students navigate their way through the graduate school admissions process and grad school itself with our What is Graduate School Really Like? series. Meet Florence, a wife, mom, and student on-track to fulfill her dream of becoming an optometrist. Florence, thank you for sharing your story with us! What inspired you to… 

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