To improve your W&A writing experience and the quality of your entries, try this:
Raid your brainstorm. As mentioned all over this guide, your brainstorm serves every part of your application process. If you're having a hard time with W&A entries, copy and paste info directly from a brainstorm bucket or two and cut and sew together the first draft of an entry from that material.
One client began a W&A entry on her time as an EMT by briefly sharing salient details about things she did and skills she acquired while working on an ambulance. She then copied (straight-up control-C) a poignant story from her brainstorm's "a-ha" bucket wherein she showed compassion for a patient who had miscarried. She pasted it directly into her W&A draft document. She proceeded to trim unnecessary parts of the story (what day it was, what her partner was doing), and added a takeaway about seeing the importance of caring for a patient's mental health.
Planning to apply to medical school in 2025? Check out our med school application tutorials here or get in touch here.
Raid your brainstorm. As mentioned all over this guide, your brainstorm serves every part of your application process. If you're having a hard time with W&A entries, copy and paste info directly from a brainstorm bucket or two and cut and sew together the first draft of an entry from that material.
One client began a W&A entry on her time as an EMT by briefly sharing salient details about things she did and skills she acquired while working on an ambulance. She then copied (straight-up control-C) a poignant story from her brainstorm's "a-ha" bucket wherein she showed compassion for a patient who had miscarried. She pasted it directly into her W&A draft document. She proceeded to trim unnecessary parts of the story (what day it was, what her partner was doing), and added a takeaway about seeing the importance of caring for a patient's mental health.
Planning to apply to medical school in 2025? Check out our med school application tutorials here or get in touch here.
