by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Apr 17, 2020 | Health and Medical Admissions, International Medical Graduate, Personal Statement, Residency Match, USMLE
Before February 2020, when the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) program announced that it will change Step 1 results reporting from a numeric score to a Pass/Fail one, most International Medical Graduates (IMGs) would speak in earnest about the...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Apr 3, 2020 | Application Essay, Health and Medical Admissions, International Medical Graduate, Interview Coaching, Personal Statement, Residency Match
Dear Ambitious IMG: So you’re sitting there, thinking that it’s time to get your ERAS application started. Or maybe you have already started but it’s gobbling up so much of your time, because you’ve spent three hours requesting letters of recommendation, ten hours...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Mar 28, 2020 | Health and Medical Admissions, International Medical Graduate, Personal Development, Personal Statement, Residency Match
Whether you’re just thinking about your ERAS application, recently started working on it, or are halfway through, if you don’t have a good idea of what the entire process will require of you, Ambitious IMG, and how to get from point A to Z, you’ll most likely come...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Feb 14, 2017 | Admissions Essay, Application Essay, Grad Admissions, Master's Degree, Personal Statement, Recommendations, Resume, Writing Help
You are finally applying to grad school, but you have just about three months in which to do so. If you missed Part I in this two-part series about how to accomplish this feat, you can find it here. Part I covers how to use month 1 to strategize and start. With a...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Feb 7, 2017 | Admissions Essay, Application Essay, Grad Admissions, Master's Degree, MPH, Personal Statement, PhD, Recommendations, Scholarship
Ideally, you will apply to pursue a master’s degree in a paced manner—over 6–12 months. Having ample time allows you to do several rounds of work on each component; it also enables those helping you to do their best work. However, circumstances are not always ideal....
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Dec 20, 2016 | Admissions Essay, Application Essay, Grad Admissions, Master's Degree, MPH, Personal Statement, PhD, Resume, Scholarship, Writing Help
Reading New Year’s Resolutions on social media brings me as much joy as seeing the memes that deride these declarations. Yes, it can seem non-serious to delay making a positive change immediately, especially when there are no barriers to doing so. However, I have...
