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Getting Into Medical School and Residency: Wish I Knew It Before I Blew It
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How does Dr. Finkel's company "level the playing field" by charging $4,395 for the complete medical school admissions package?
Seems like that further tips the scale in the direction of the wealthy, who are already vastly overrepresented in American medicine.
Seems like that further tips the scale in the direction of the wealthy, who are already vastly overrepresented in American medicine.
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I wouldn't trust anything this guy says. He can't spell "discreet."
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Hi Mt. Kilimanjaro (and Attending101),
Thanks for reading my article, and for the opportunity to address your comment about leveling the playing field. In 2014 Stanford University accepted one of every 20 applicants for an undergraduate position. If you did not win this admissions lottery or an equivalent one, you were shut out of a top notch advising system that elite universities have poured tremendous resources into developing over many generations of students. (I can attest that Stanford and Harvard commit a great deal of money to medical career counseling because I was a student at both.) With Insider Medical Admissions, applicants need not start the applications game at a disadvantage before having made their first moves.
The ability for a hardworking striver from a modestly-funded regional university to compete with elite applicants whose institutional resources are orders of magnitude greater is what I consider leveling the playing field.
For those applicants struggling with financial hardship, I offer a steep discount. If you or someone you know has an AAMC or ADEA AADSAS Fee Assistance Program grant, please contact me at [email protected] so I can help.
Finally, to Attending101, you are not alone in committing a common error by mistaking the term discrete with the similar-sounding discreet. I thank you for drawing attention to the value that a qualified editor can add to even the most talented writer's work.
Best wishes to both of you,
Michelle
Thanks for reading my article, and for the opportunity to address your comment about leveling the playing field. In 2014 Stanford University accepted one of every 20 applicants for an undergraduate position. If you did not win this admissions lottery or an equivalent one, you were shut out of a top notch advising system that elite universities have poured tremendous resources into developing over many generations of students. (I can attest that Stanford and Harvard commit a great deal of money to medical career counseling because I was a student at both.) With Insider Medical Admissions, applicants need not start the applications game at a disadvantage before having made their first moves.
The ability for a hardworking striver from a modestly-funded regional university to compete with elite applicants whose institutional resources are orders of magnitude greater is what I consider leveling the playing field.
For those applicants struggling with financial hardship, I offer a steep discount. If you or someone you know has an AAMC or ADEA AADSAS Fee Assistance Program grant, please contact me at [email protected] so I can help.
Finally, to Attending101, you are not alone in committing a common error by mistaking the term discrete with the similar-sounding discreet. I thank you for drawing attention to the value that a qualified editor can add to even the most talented writer's work.
Best wishes to both of you,
Michelle
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I think these tips are a general good reminder to always be on your A game. Thanks for the article.
With respect to the costs of admission counseling I have to agree, it is a lot of money. Someone who might be middle class (thus, cannot be granted FAP) and going to a state school will usually be unable to afford the cost. Thus, not only do they not have access to "top notch" advising at their undergraduate institution but also no access to these "top notch" admission counseling packages. That isn't leveling the field.
Edit: Sorry for typos- sent from an ipad.
With respect to the costs of admission counseling I have to agree, it is a lot of money. Someone who might be middle class (thus, cannot be granted FAP) and going to a state school will usually be unable to afford the cost. Thus, not only do they not have access to "top notch" advising at their undergraduate institution but also no access to these "top notch" admission counseling packages. That isn't leveling the field.
Edit: Sorry for typos- sent from an ipad.
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