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med application essays

How Should I Choose Which Essay Questions to Answer When I Have Choices?

You’re sitting down to face your application, and you are glad to see that you can choose which essay questions…

5 Tips for Writing About Extracurricular Activities You Started at the Last Minute

You are this close to finishing your application, but in the section that asks you about your extracurricular activities, you…

‘Twas the Night Before Deadlines: A Cautionary Tale of Cliches

‘Twas the night before deadlines, and all through the world, Our consultants sat cramming, coffee brewing, brows furrowed; Though the…

Encore: Writing a Compelling Personal Statement [Episode 397]

It’s a busy time of year now. We here at Accepted are busy helping applicants with the end-of-the-year application crunch…

Oh No! A Typo!!

Will that lonely typo doom your otherwise perfect application to the great round file in cyberspace, putting the kibosh on…

6 Tips for Getting Started on Your Application Essays

Sometimes the hardest part of writing a personal statement or application essay for college or grad school is finding the…

Writing a Compelling Personal Statement [Episode 368]

How can you write a stand-out personal statement? [Show summery] Dr. Mary Mahoney, Associate Professor of English at Elmira College…

How to Get Started on Your Personal Statement with One Easy Technique

Okay, you’ve calmed down after your initial essay-writing anxiety, and you still don’t know where to begin. How do you…

Encore: Focus on Fit in Admissions [Episode 334]

I am taking time off for family this week, and as a result I decided to air an encore of…

How to Use Powerful Details to Create Strong Essays

To really draw your readers into your goal-focused essay, you’re going to want to lay the scene for your future…

Generic-itis Prevention [Warning: If Untreated, Can Cause Rejection]

Each year, Accepted consultants are witnessing a recurring epidemic. And it’s worse than you can imagine: Generic-itis. What generic-itis looks…

Two Grad School Applicants Walk Into a Bar…

This might be a great opening line for a comedy night at a university student center, but can you use…

Encore: Writing for Medical School: Personal Statements, Activities, and Secondaries [Episode 327]

I am taking a week off for family time this week. As a result I decided to air an encore…

Review Your Essays Like an Admissions Consultant and Use the Editing Funnel

Most of you are now — or will be soon — editing your critical application essays and personal statements. When…

How to Stay Within Essay Word Limits by Reducing Verbal Verbosity

Most applicants – whether applying to med school, law school, business school, or any other grad school or college program…

Writing About Weaknesses in Your Med School Personal Statement

When coming up with material for your medical school personal statement, it’s important that you ask yourself the following: Are…

How to Add Detail to Your Social Enterprise/Community Service Goals

Whether you’re applying for an MBA, a PhD in Public Policy (or many other doctoral fields), or a Masters in…

Writing for Medical School: Personal Statements, Activities, and Secondaries [Episode 296]

Accepted Founder Linda Abraham Talks Med School Admissions [Show Summary] Are you planning to apply to medical school this year?…

How to Show that YOU Want to be a Doctor

“My mom is a doctor, my dad is a doctor. How can I prove to the med school admissions committees…

How to Write a Med School Personal Statement that Captures Your Best Qualities

This is the third post in our series on applying to med school in the most efficient and timely manner.…