5 do’s and don’ts for med school admissions.

Well, let me tell you that getting a place among thousands of other med school admissions is very tough. So here are few tips which will help you in the essay you would have to write for the admission process.

Five do’s are:

1. Your essay should have a theme and flow. All the paragraphs must have unity in them, so that your essay is easily understood.

2. There is an important thing which you must do before even starting to write your essay. This step is thinking. First think what you want to write and in what order will you present your thoughts.

3. Write clearly, precisely and use easy language. med school admission officers are not looking for a dictionary. Therefore, use simple words which are easy to read and understand.

4. The starting of your essay should be interesting. It should motivate the reader to read on your story. The reader should feel engaged, not bored by your essay. Similarly, the ending

5. Revise and proofread your essay at least three times. Sometimes, even the spell check in computers can’t catch some grammatical errors. Therefore, manually check your essay. That is you should go through your essay with your own careful eyes.

Five don’ts are:

1. Don’t include irrelevant matter in your essay. Every word and paragraph of your essay paints a basic picture of who you really are, in the mind of med school admissions officers. So I don’t think including stuff like “I am a champion couch potato. I can sit and watch T.V. straight for 10 hours.” Would be a good idea.

2. Don’t make your essay your autobiography. Trust me, with all that self praise, you will not appear confident, you will look like an arrogant fool in the eyes of the med school admission officer. And you don’t want that. Also, don’t make your essay look like that you have written your resume, only as a prose.

3. Having some gentle humor to bring an occasional smile on the reader’s face is good. But please don’t aim to make them laugh so hard that the reader’s fall off their chair. Therefore don’t try to become a clown in your essay. You are applying to become a doctor, not a comedian in some movie.

4. And what should you do if you have a not so perfect GPA? First of all, don’t even think of fabricating the truth and providing incorrect details. These admission officers are recruited by the colleges solely for the purpose of admissions of the students. So they will do a thorough check you know. It is better that you have some genuine excuse. Don’t lie to the interviewer because they have interviewed thousands of applicants and they can tell when you are lying.

5. Don’t attempt to make your essay a fictional novel. That is, don’t make up things. Be honest.