Fellowship Application – Strategy Sessions

Who works with you?

Dr. Finkel represents the highest standards in the field—editing every essay personally, conducting all Strategy Sessions and Mock Interviews, and offering each client direct access to her advice. Since Dr. Finkel founded Insider Medical Admissions in 2007, she has been involved with every applicant who has hired her and has never handed a client off to less experienced advisors.

A one-on-one conversation with Dr. Finkel about your fellowship candidacy will make you a more competitive applicant. After reviewing your background, Dr. Finkel pinpoints how to highlight your strengths and minimize your liabilities, select effective faculty recommendation writers, choose distinctive personal statement topics, assess the number and quality of institutions to target and create a strategic timeline for task completion. Dr. Finkel helps a wide range of fellowship applicants, from those who will be applying in several years and want to create a detailed, long-term plan to those who are applying imminently.

How it works

Step 1. Make payment for your session below.

Step 2. Send your background information and at least two means of reaching you (cell, land line, etc.) to insidermedical@gmail.com.

Step 3. Make an appointment. Click here to schedule your Strategy Session.

By submitting payment, you agree to abide by our Terms and Conditions.

“…Thank you for your advice…, which avoided a disaster. I…will definitely introduce you to my friends.”
– YC, fellowship applicant

“I matched at [withheld] and Fellowship at [withheld], my top choice! Thanks so much again for your help. It certainly went a long way in making it the best application it could be!”
– JW, fellowship applicant

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Services and pricing

Strategy Sessions
Strategy Session – $650
(1-hr session by Zoom® + pre-review of your background information)
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Dr. Finkel offers many available time slots for Strategy Sessions and Mock Interviews. Occasionally, however, applicants need a highly expedited timeline. Such requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis depending on Dr. Finkel’s availability; pricing varies based on the volume of requests at the time and the level of urgency. To make such a request, text Dr. Finkel at (320) MFINKEL and specify all of your open, upcoming time slots.

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Don’t even know where to start with your personal statement?

Click here to read about the Writer’s Block Package for brainstorming and editing help.

Frequently Asked Questions

When should I schedule?

As early as you can. Strategy Sessions help applicants just starting out as well as those whose deadlines are imminent.

What do we cover?

Your strengths and liabilities, programs to target, letter writers, personal statement strategy, extracurriculars, and timeline, among others.

Are sessions virtual?

Yes. They’re on Zoom.

Will you edit my essays during the session?

Editing is a separate service. Don’t even know where to start with your personal statement? Click here to read about the Writer’s Block Package for brainstorming and editing help.

My deadline is in a few days. Can you still help?

Probably :). Text (320) MFINKEL with your open time slots.


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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