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Essays That Will Get You into Medical School |  | Authors: Dan Kaufman, Chris Dowhan, Adrienne Dowhan
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 184
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Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 7.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0764142275
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.71173
EAN: 9780764142277
ASIN: 0764142275
Publication Date: August 1, 2009
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This updated volume offers vital help to college students who are applying to medical school and are required to write a medical school admissions essay. Extensive advice covers the many dos and donts of writing a successful essay. The authors instruct on organizing ideas, writing a rough draft, then editing and polishing the draft to produce a finished essay for presentation. This new edition offers special focus on subjects relating to questions frequently found on the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test). The book concludes with approximately 40 model essays, each followed by a critique. All essays were submitted by applicants who were accepted to their chosen medical schools.
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Essays That Will Get You into Medical School November 6, 2008
Elizabeth Okonkwo
this is a good book that was helpful in giving me an idea of the type of information that should and should not go into writing a personal statement.
good to start with.. November 9, 2006
Ms. Qing J. Wang
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good book to get you started on your essay, but the sample essays are not by the avg med school applicants
 Useful but not completely June 29, 2006
G. Schneider (Morgantown, WV)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book has a lot of good advice but all the sample essays are from people who got accepted to Harvard Medical School. I know most of us haven't volunteered in a 3rd world country or published research papers or saved someone's life, so it would have been nice to read some essays from a non-superhero applicant. Also a little variety as to what schools they were accepted to would have been nice. They were all Harvard and other Ivy League schools. It also sounds like the authors consider those to be the "top schools" but they may or may not be depending on whether you're talking about research or primary care. Bottom line: needs more variety of example essays. But overall it was a pretty useful guide.
A good place to start. March 22, 2006
HonestReviewer (St. Louis, MO)
Basically, this book tells you to write about yourself. It shows some good ways to transition into the varying aspects of the essay. But, the best thing about it is that it features a background summary of each applicant. It's easy to find the ones that are most similar to you. But again, it only helps for ideas.
 Just write a thoughtful and sincere essay! December 31, 2003
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
The best lesson from this book is actually the step-by-step process described in the beginning. The essays are just there for you to get an idea of how unique you can get. By following their process and getting the most of what I have learned from my own life experiences, I ended up with a great essay - something that I am proud of submitting. How did I do it? Just read and completed all of their practical exercises. Otherwise, some of the essays are inspiring and they give you some ideas that may be relevant to your application. Don't listen to the post about this book being all for Ivies. I came from a state school and I still ended up interviewing at the very top schools. What gets past the admissions is your true character and sincere expression of why you want to be a doctor.
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