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  1. LindaAccepted

    Medical “I’m Smart, Really I Am!” Proving Character Traits in Your Essays [With Sample Essays]

    When you write an application essay or statement of purpose, you’re trying to accomplish two equally vital goals at once. First, you need to prove your worthiness for acceptance at your target school. Second, you also need to show the adcom that you have the desirable character traits that your...
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    Medical The Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics (CASPer)

    In 2010, McMaster, the Canadian medical school that created the MMI (multiple mini interview) format, generated a new test, the CASPer (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics). Now, they’re finding that it can more accurately reveal key personal qualities in applicants...
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    TMDSAS Personal Characteristics Essay

    Hey everyone, Does anyone have some suggestions for the personal characteristics essay for the TMDSAS? Would you recommend starting with a story (like the personal statement) that shows the characteristics and then elaborating on them with a couple paragraphs? Or should I approach it like a...