Course curriculum

  • 1
    Writing Exercises
    • Chapter Goals
    • Why Your English Classes Have Trained You to Be a Poor Writer
    • Editor Hat vs. Writer Hat
    • Writing Exercises - Introduction
    • 50 Reasons - Why Medicine
    • When Medicine
    • Homework Exercise - Fill Out Google doc #2
  • 2
    Your Application Bricks - Writing Your Core Stories
    • Core Stories
    • Writing Your Core Stories
    • You Be the Judge: Rate these Core Stories
  • 3
    How to Write "Why Medicine"
    • Chapter Goals
    • The "Why Medicine" Statement
    • You Be the Judge - Rate these "Why Medicine" Statements
  • 4
    How to Hook a Reader
    • In Media Res
    • Writing the Hook
    • You Be the Judge: Rate these Hooks
    • Homework Exercise - Find the Buried Hook
    • Homework Exercise - Write Your Own Hook
  • 5
    Getting to Rough Draft
    • A Brief Note on Writing Conclusions
    • Outlines and Examples of Successful Personal Statements
    • Homework Exercise - Personal Statement Rough Draft
  • 6
    How to Find and Fix Personal Statement Cliches
    • Chapter Goals
    • How to Fix Cliches in Your Personal Statement
    • Eliminate Cliches
  • 7
    Cutting Your Essay to the Character Count
    • Less is More
    • Homework Exercise - Cutting Characters
  • 8
    Polishing Your Draft
    • Clean Up Grammar and Style
    • Overused Words in Personal Statements
    • Polishing Your Draft
    • How to Know Your Personal Statement is Finished