The ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) opened back in June, and September is right around the corner, so it’s time to get cracking on those 2018 match residency essays! Your personal statement is a vital part of your residency application: it provides you with an opportunity to explain why you’ve chosen your target specialty and…
This Internal Medicine Resident Has a Recipe for Success and Healthy Balance
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Samantha Armstrong… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as…
The Leonardo of Langone: Dr. Michael Natter [Episode 217]
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Our guest today is a newly minted internal medicine intern at NYU Langone. He just graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and is starting his residency in Internal Medicine at Langone almost as we speak. He is also an accomplished artist, cartoonist, and writer who uses his “doodling” as a study tool. Welcome,…
7 Tips for Matching at an OB-GYN Residency
I went to the 2017 ACOG Annual Meeting Residency Fair, where I talked with residency directors and senior residents about what they are looking for in their incoming class of interns. Here is what I learned, starting with seven tips for applying to an Ob-Gyn residency: 1. Do well on your USMLE, steps 1 and…
MD, OBGYN, MPH Talks Med School and Residency Admissions [Episode 214]
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Our guest today is Dr. Suzi Schweikert – a former English major at UCLA who decided she wanted to be an MD. She did so at UCSD, specialized in OBGYN at USC-Los Angeles County Medical Center, and after completing her residency, added an MPH to her credentials. Let’s learn more about Dr. Schweikert’s path in…
Amy Ho: An ER Resident Who Connects with Patients and Society [Episode 203]
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I would like to share with you the email that made me believe that today’s guest, Dr. Amy Faith Ho, a third year ER resident, will be simply outstanding: I love the mission of your site, and the Match was something that endlessly agonized me (see my article in Forbes). It is a great passion…
NRMP’s 2017 Main Residency Match is Largest Match Yet
The National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) announced the results of the 2017 Main Residency Match, which was the biggest in its history. A record number of U.S. and international med students and graduates (35,969) competed for the largest number of positions offered (31,757). The number of available first year (PGY-1) positions grew by 989 to…
An Internal Medicine Resident Shares Her Experience and Advice
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Shannon Tosounian… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study…
This DO Finds Balance by Mucking Horse Stalls and Gardening
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Shannon… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as…
Five Great Gifts for Your Resident Physician
As Christmas comes closer, fourth year medical students will be traveling across the country for interview season, and interns will be running across the hospital. The holidays can be extremely busy for residents, but that doesn’t mean they can’t celebrate! To help you out, here are five gifts every resident would appreciate. While the thought…
What’s the Best Way to Prep for Your Residency Interview & How Can Accepted Help?
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, and then some more PRACTICE! According to Dr. Sheryl Neuman, Accepted’s expert in residency and fellowship admissions, one of the most common residency interview question asked will be: “Why did you want to become a doctor?” Practice your answer to this question ahead of time so you can sound coherent and avoid rambling. Your answer should…
5 Personal Statement Tips for Residency Applicants
You want to write a residency personal statement that will get you noticed – and matched! – at your top choice residency program. Not sure how to turn your boring draft into an application bestseller? Follow these 5 tips: 1. Focus on what attracts you to this particular specialty This isn’t the place to tell…
Muddled Thinking: Residency Personal Statement Fatal Flaw #5
I am not sure why I made muddled thinking the last flaw. Good writing starts with good thinking and ends with lots of editing, but editing is a topic for another series. Let’s stick with thinking in this tip. One of the biggest causes of muddled thinking: Writing what you think the admissions committee wants…
Superficiality: Residency Personal Statement Fatal Flaw #4
When you write superficially you blend into the great mass of applicants who on superficial level are very much like you. Each one of your med school competitors is a hard worker. Every one of them has read more than was assigned. Everyone has a deep passion to become a surgeon (or neurologist, or dermatologist,…
“Settling” for a Specialty: Residency Personal Statement Fatal Flaw #3
Applicants often write about what they want to do by detailing what they don’t want to do. They share in detail why they disliked the monotony of their obstetrics rotation or the lack of continuous care in emergency medicine, clearly identifying what aspects of their personality were not satisfied in these other specialties. This is…
Failure to Match Your Experiences With the Specialty: Residency Personal Statement Fatal Flaw #2
This is such a common error! Applicants often ask, “What does the program director want?” They want to know that not only do you understand what the specialty entails and dream of practicing in that field, that you have the skills it takes to be successful. You might not have had a lot of specific experiences in…
How to Match Successfully as a Couple [Episode 165]
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How to match successfully as a couple: catch some great tips on today’s episode! Today’s guest, Evan Kuhl, has written guest posts for the Accepted blog. He’s currently a 2nd year resident in Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. He also got married a couple of months ago. He and…
Lack of Substance: Residency Personal Statement Fatal Flaw #1
Writing about nothing tends to bore, like a trite sitcom or movie with no plot. They lack substance and so will your essay if it isn’t based on: • Substantive self-reflection. • Use of specifics, examples, and anecdotes. • Willingness to reveal your thought processes and feelings. So start your writing process with self-knowledge. This…
4 Must-Haves in Residency Personal Statements
To get into medical school, you explained why you wanted to be a physician. Now that you’re an M.D./D.O., you need to show them you’ve got what it takes to be a valuable addition to a medical team. To that end, your personal statement should give the residency committee a taste of what you’re all…
Med School, Dermatology, and Love and the Sky
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Elyse Love… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as…
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