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Perfect Phrases for Medical School Acceptance (Perfect Phrases Series)

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This is a very odd book. It basically has a hundred or so essays and excerpts from other peoples essays. All it really did for me was give me a general sense of what medical schools are expecting in terms of essays and interviews. I read about 20 pages as I flipped through, overall finding it generally unhelpful. I also feel people could use the excerpts in the book to directly copy into their essays...

Rather than containing phrases, this book has hundreds of excerpts from other people's personal statements and essays, categorized by topic. Some may find this useful if they need inspiration for a personal statement or have very little experience writing about meaningful events. However, most people will already have an idea of what to write about and how to do it. Rather than reading this book, your time would be better spent working on your personal statement and having qualified people edit it, so that you can perfect it to suit your unique personality rather than trying to emulate someone else.

this book definitely made my application for medical school a lot stronger. it is divided into sections to demonstrate how to perfectly describe different types of experiences, from clinical research to shadowing to personal goals. I will definitely refer back to this book throughout my career.