How to Write About Coronavirus in Your Med School Essays

How to Prepare for the CASPer Test and Improve Your Score

On this episode: How do you improve your CASPer test score? Part 1: Does preparation help? Part 2: My conversation about how to prepare with someone who got into multiple medical schools that require the CASPer, Asmita. We talk about how to prepare, how to know if you are any good at the CASPer, and strategies for improving your score.

How Medical Schools Use the CASPer Test

This episode covers: How medical schools use the CASPer test and what you need to know to succeed. * Part 1: The what, when, how, and why of the CASPer. * Part 2: A conversation with Dr. Jennifer Welch, the Associate Dean of Admissions of SUNY Upstate about how her school uses the CASPer results to select their applicants.

The Best Community Service for Pre-meds Stuck at Home

Our latest episode covers: • What those Sarah McLachlan SPCA ads can teach us about what makes community service compelling for admissions officers. • Discover how the brains of admissions officers are broken when it comes to community service, and how to use that to your advantage when you get involved. • The 5 Principles of Finding the Right Community Service for You • A Conversation with Janet Snoyer about her favorite ways her students have already gotten involved from home

Should You Go To College in the Fall?

Should You Go To College in the Fall? Listen to find out!

How to Write About Coronavirus in Your Med School Essays

Avoiding cliches is personal statement writing 101. For med schools, the common cliches are: “I want to help people,” “my mom, dad, cousin is a physician,” or “I find the human body fascinating.” What’s new about these coronavirus essays is that we don’t know, exactly, what the cliches will be. So how do you write about coronavirus without sounding whiny or cliche? Listen to this podcast to find out.