Ideal Timeline for Writing Medical School Application Essays

Don’t trip at the finish line! The medical school essay writing process is a notorious stumbling block to otherwise highly-motivated med school applicants. Following this ideal timeline for writing your medical school application essays will help you maximize your writing potential, prevent burnout, and submit strong essays as early as possible during the rolling admissions period.

In this video, I'll walk you through the month-by-month timeline and lay out several in-depth brainstorming and revision strategies to stimulate new ideas and help you learn to frame your unique story in a way that will stand out to medical school admissions committees.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:26 January to February: Brainstorm and outline your personal statement
02:02 Brainstorming Exercise 1: Word Webbing
05:02 Brainstorming Exercise 2: The Imaginary Interview
06:41 Brainstorming Exercise 3: Freewriting
07:56 March 15 to April 30: Complete personal statement and AMCAS Work & Activities
08:44 Revision Strategies
10:21 May: Submit primary applications
12:41 Late May to late June: Prewrite your secondary essays
14:11 Late June to early July: Receive access to secondary applications
14:28 July to August: Submit secondaries
15:51 Conclusion

Who we are:
Shemmassian Academic Consulting (SAC) was founded by Dr. Shirag Shemmassian, a medical school admissions expert with nearly 20 years of experience helping thousands of students get into top programs such as Harvard, Mayo, and UCSF. Despite a roughly 40% medical school matriculation rate nationally, the SAC team’s approach has helped over 90% of their students get into med school—the first time they apply. SAC has been featured on The Washington Post, US News and World Report, and NBC.

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