Using Sample Medical School Essays Effectively

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

How to Come up With an Effective Essay with the Help of Sample Medical School Personal Statements
If you are a student planning to pursue a career in the field of medicine and are now preparing for your application essays, you could make use of some tips for effective essay writing.  You can make it as [...]

Sample Personal Statements about Medical Specializations

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Effectively Discussing Your Dream Medical Specialization in Your Essay with the Help of Sample Medical School Personal Statements
If you are a student aiming for acceptance to a top medical school, one good theme you can write about for your personal statement is on “medical specialization selection.”  This is all about a medical practitioner selecting which [...]

Life-changing Experiences in Personal Statements

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Discussing Recent Life-changing Experiences in Your Essay with the Help of Sample Medical School Personal Statements
Are you a college student in the process of writing your own essay or personal statement for medical school admission? Well, if you just can’t seem to think of a good topic that will trigger the interest of the admission [...]

Checking Out the Medical Schools of Penn State, ATSU, and Hofstra

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Penn State College of Medicine
In the middle of the chocolate empire stands a veritable medical and academic institution that has been churning out medical professionals since the late 1960s. The Penn State College of Medicine has produced outstanding physicians and other medical professionals who specialize in the study and research in key areas such as [...]

Medical School Profiles: Hopkins, Harvard School of Public Health, Duke University Medical School

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
If the sole fact that this school is located in Baltimore, Maryland makes you choose not to get into Hopkins, then you’re forgetting that the modern hands-on teaching methods used in all other med schools came from this institution. If that makes you take a second look at Hopkins’ website, get [...]

Medical Graduates in the Corporate World

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Not all medical graduates pursue a career in medical practice. Turning away from emergency rooms and laboratory testings, however, doesn’t mean that you have to throw away everything that you learned during your four years in medical school. You can still use your medical education in a non-hospital setting. Here are some alternative career options [...]

Coping with All-nighters in Medical School

Monday, November 10th, 2008

All-nighters are unavoidable in medical school. With overwhelming medical school work given in very limited time, you have no other choice but to pull an all-nighter. Many medical students even consider it as a “rite of passage” to the medical world. Losing hours of sleep to get work done is not the healthiest thing to [...]

Qualities of Successful Doctors

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

“What are the qualities of successful doctors?” is the question that both practicing medical doctors and medical students want to be answered. Of course, you are curious. After all, you want to be a successful doctor too. So, what makes them successful? Is it their excellent choice of medical schools? Their outstanding grades? To give [...]

Is Being Married a Disadvantage in Medical School?

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Marriage and medical school work are two of the toughest things to manage. Both need your full attention and 100% dedication. So, what happens when you find yourself in a situation where you have to fulfill duties as a student and as a wife and mother? Can you survive medical school and save your marriage [...]

Do You Need to be a Science Major to Be Accepted in Medical School?

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Majority of the students who apply to and get accepted in medical school are science majors. They spend their college years studying vertebrate anatomy and organic chemistry to prepare themselves for medical school. So, what if you took up journalism or political science in college only to find out that a career in medicine is [...]