Residency Applicants
Why choose Insider Medical Admissions?
Relevance - Dr. Finkel is a former Harvard Medical School faculty member with admissions experience and a professional journalism background.
Value - Why entrust your future to underqualified or anonymous editors? Dr. Finkel personally edits every essay and conducts every Strategy Session and Mock Interview herself. You get what you pay for.
Experience - Dr. Finkel has helped hundreds of clients from the strongly competitive to the sink or swim candidate.
Discretion - Dr. Finkel maintains strict confidentiality.
Speed - Dr. Finkel offers quick turn around times.
From her admissions experience, Dr. Finkel knows what specific criteria residency programs use to evaluate applicants and how to communicate that information effectively through your application and interviews. Dr. Finkel assists International Medical Graduates with their distinctive needs.
A full array of residency admissions consulting services can support you:
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EDITING SERVICES: Personal Statement, ERAS®, and Curriculum Vitae
Your written materials are essential to distinguish you from hundreds of other applicants at the outset of the admissions process. Your submissions can make the difference between being invited for an interview or immediate rejection.
Dr. Finkel assists you with content, organization, form, focus and syntax. Learn how to market your experiences with polish and professionalism, highlighting the salient points that residency directors desire. Each Editing Service includes up to three revisions of your written material.
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Personal Statement (3 edits) |
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ERAS, CAS or other individualized applications |
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Curriculum Vitae (3 edits) |
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Editing Package A: two of the above (3 edits each) |
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Editing Package B: three of the above (3 edits each) |
Please click here to hire Dr. Finkel to edit your written materials.
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MOCK INTERVIEWS
Dr. Finkel helps you prepare answers to anticipated questions and teaches you how to effectively formulate responses to unexpected ones. She helps you fluently navigate potential interview questions regarding weaknesses in your application. Dr. Finkel also gives you tips on pre- and post-interviewing etiquette to provide an additional advantage.
Each Mock Interview includes a pre-review of your background information.
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Mock Interview (1-hr session by phone + pre-review of your background information + written summary of questions practiced and recommended, individually-tailored responses) |
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Mock Interview Package (2 1-hr sessions by phone + pre-review of your background information + written summary of questions practiced and recommended, individually-tailored responses) |
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Video Option (Add live Skype® video to your session(s) with Dr. Finkel) |
Please click here to set up a Mock Interview or a Mock Interview Package.
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STRATEGY SESSIONS
Dr. Finkel assists you with developing a plan for your application by discussing your specialty choice, number of programs to target, effective selection of faculty recommendation writers, personal statement topics, ways to downplay your application weaknesses and a timeline for task completion.
Each Strategy Session includes a pre-review of your background information.
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Strategy Session (1-hr session by phone + pre-review of your background information) |
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Video Option (Add live Skype® video to your session(s) with Dr. Finkel) |
Please click here to set up a Strategy Session.
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LETTERS OF INTENT
After your interview, informing your top-choice residency in writing of your intent to rank them first demonstrates enthusiasm and commitment. Dr. Finkel helps you edit your letter for content, organization, tone, focus and syntax to get you noticed. Letters of Intent include up to three revisions of your written material.
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Letter of Intent (3 edits) |
Please click here to hire Dr. Finkel to edit your written materials.
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