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Johns Hopkins Postbac Programs: An Interview with the Director [Episode 264]

Alex Tan Director Post Bac Johns Hopkins blog

[powerpress] About the Johns Hopkins University Postbac Program [Show Summary] For many future doctors, the simple step between college and medical school is not so clear cut. For various reasons, some sudents will choose to attend a pre-medical post-baccalaureate program to help boost their skills and experiences and to help them get into medical school. …

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Should You Apply to a Safety School?

Should you apply to a safety school

Many applicants who are targeting top ranked programs wonder if they should consider adding a lower-ranked school to their list as a “safety school.” Should you? And is there such a thing? What is a safety school? A safety school is one where you are highly competitive, that is strong in your area of interest, …

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Med School Admissions: Challenges and Solutions for Older Applicants

Med school admissions challenges and solutions for older applicants

“You’re going back to medical school? Why would you do that? Are you crazy?” Hopefully most people won’t react so strongly to your decision, but the question is probably still on their minds. And similar reservations are bound to pop into the heads of medical school admissions committee members reviewing your application. While the experiences …

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MIT Sloan EMBA and Sloan Fellows Programs: Move from Success to Significance [Episode 263]

Johanna Hising DiFabio Dir MIT EMBA blog

[powerpress] MIT Sloan Executive Education [Show Summary] Today we’re going to look at executive MBA program options: MIT Sloan’s executive MBA program, which is relatively new, but more typical in structure; MIT’s part-time MBA program; and the MIT Sloan Fellows program, a full-time immersive executive MBA program. We are going to learn about them from …

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How to Write the Qualifications Summary for Your Resume

How to write the qualifications summary for your resume

The Qualifications Summary section of the resume is, in theory, the first section of the resume that the admissions reviewer will read: it sits at the very top of the resume after the applicant’s name and contact details, exactly where the eye is naturally drawn. However, if it is a bulky paragraph filled with ambiguity or …

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Society of Women Engineers: The Community for Women in Engineering [Episode 262]

Karen Horting Society of Women Engineers blog

[powerpress] Summary The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is 40,000+ members strong worldwide, and provides a sense of community to women who may feel isolated in their engineering studies or career due to a lack of gender diversity. Karen Horting is the Executive Director & CEO of the organization, and shares a lot of great …

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Stand Out or Fit In? 4 Application Strategies to Help You Do Both

Stand out or fit in application strategy tips

It can be confusing: Half of the advice you read urges you to stand out in your application, while the other half advises you to explain how you’ll fit in. So which is it? Should you stand out or fit in? The answer, unsurprisingly, is BOTH. You need to show your distinction and demonstrate fit …

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