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Residency Applications

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 ERAS/ResidencyCAS® application and interviews. Dr. Finkel assists International Medical Graduates with their distinctive needs throughout the NRMP® match process.

Dr. Finkel stays current with every application cycle, including changes to ERAS for the 2027 Match. Already submitted? It’s not too late to get impactful interview help.

residency application Editing Services

Your written materials are essential to distinguish you from hundreds of other applicants at the outset of the residency admissions process. Dr. Finkel acts as a writing coach, assisting you with content, organization, form, focus, and syntax.

  • Personal Statement
  • ERAS/ResidencyCAS or other individualized applications
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Editing Packages
  • Writer’s Block
  • Letter of Interest

Residency Application Editing Services

Mock interviews Mock Interviews

Sail through bread and butter questions. Learn how to confidently turn an interviewer’s curveball into a homerun response. Leave a lasting impression of poise and polish.

  • Mock Interview
  • Mock Interview Package
  • Video Option

Residency Application Mock Interview

Strategy sessions Strategy Sessions

After a background review, Dr. Finkel helps you highlight strengths, limit liabilities, select effective recommendation writers, choose a distinctive ERAS/ResidencyCAS® personal statement topic, assess the number and quality of institutions to target and create a strategic timeline for task completion.

  • Strategy Session
  • Video Option
  • Writer’s Block

Residency Application Strategy Sessions

“The… residency director…said that he was intrigued by my application, and was calling me because my personal statement was “one of the best he has ever read!””
– IS, residency applicant

“Dr. F is extremely meticulous and I attribute obtaining my first choice residency to working with Dr. F.”
– BG, residency applicant

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Why choose Insider Medical Admissions?

  • Relevance- Dr. Finkel is a former Harvard Medical School faculty member with admissions experience, three Harvard teaching and mentorship awards, a professional journalism background, and practical experience as a board certified emergency physician.
  • Value- Your medical education will cost over $100K, and your postgraduate training will lay the foundation for your professional success. Why entrust your future to underqualified or anonymous editors? Dr. Finkel personally reviews every essay and conducts every Mock Interview herself. You get what you pay for.
  • Experience - Dr. Finkel has helped over 1,250 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.

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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