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New “Getting Into Residency” CD-ROM Available

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Dr. Michelle Finkel, a former Harvard Medical School faculty member, draws on years of admissions experience to lay out concrete steps you can take to distinguish yourself as a candidate for competitive residency programs. Supporting her assertions with hard statistics, Dr. Finkel’s multimedia CD-ROM offers her unique expertise on topics of immediate relevance such as:

  1. Choosing rotations and extracurricular activities to highlight your commitment to your field
  2. Selecting letter of recommendation writers and improving the content of those letters
  3. Writing a cohesive and compelling personal statement
  4. Avoiding common pitfalls in the ERAS®
  5. Preparing for interview questions and distinguishing yourself from the multitude of strong candidates on interview day
  6. Creating a final Match list
Buy Your Copy Today
Single Copy: Getting Into Residency: An Insider’s Tips – $29.95
(Multimedia CD-ROM includes Audio, Video, Transcript and Printable Slides)

Getting to Know Faculty

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When I conduct Strategy Sessions with medical and dental school applicants, I notice a recurring problem: It’s hard to get very strong academic letters of recommendation, especially at colleges with large classes.

So I’m here to offer a piece of advice to those just starting their university studies: Get to know your profs. In addition to keeping your grades up from the beginning of your college career, acquainting yourself well with your teachers is one of the most important pieces of advice I can give to the new pre-med. Go to office hours, send an email invite for a lunch meeting or approach the faculty member about working in his or her laboratory.

In addition to being strategic, these relationships can fill a mentorship role that is invaluable.

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AAMC Fee Assistance Program

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Just a reminder regarding the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) Fee Assistance Program (FAP). The FAP is designed to offer help to individuals with extreme financial limitations who cannot pay the MCAT registration or AMCAS application fees without financial support.

If you think you are eligible, it’s worth applying for an FAP grant early: If an applicant submits his/her AMCAS prior to receiving a decision on his/her FAP application, that candidate will be ineligible to receive the FAP for the AMCAS. In other words, the candidate will not receive a refund.

For more information on the FAP, please click here. I offer reduced rates for applicants demonstrating financial hardship through the AAMC FAP grant. Once you have been granted the FAP, contact me for more information.

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Brevity Is the Soul of Wit

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Here’s a NYT op-ed piece about learning to write concisely, an important skill in the admissions process.


Match!

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Congratulations to so many clients who have written me about their Match successes.  Here’s a nice comment I received today:

“Hey Michelle, I wanted to thank you again for all of your advice in this year’s Match, as I matched to my number one. I couldn’t be happier and couldn’t have been more prepared. You relieved a lot of the stress that accompanies such a demanding time. Thanks again!”

I would love to hear from all of you!

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About Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital. She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more

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