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19/07/202019/07/2020

5 Personal Statement Writing Approaches You Can Use

Writing a personal statement for your Medicine application can feel like a huge mountain of a task and a lot of students tend not to know where to start. There are actually lots of different ways to write a personal statement and different people will find that different approaches work best for them. Here are…

14/02/201913/04/2020

The Dos & Don’ts of Waiting For Medical School Offers

Waiting for medical school offers is without doubt an incredibly stressful time. The main thing to remind yourself is that worrying will not change the outcome, so it’s not really worth the energy at all. Here are some things you should and you shouldn’t do…

04/09/201708/02/2019

WORK SHADOWING: WHY DO SOME MEDICAL SCHOOLS DISREGARD IT?

You probably opened this post thinking “What? Work shadowing is disregarded by medical schools?” That’s exactly what I thought when I heard this for the first time at university open days. So what exactly is it that’s disliked about shadowing? And what would medical schools prefer to hear about from you?