Articles tagged with Graduate School Admissions

Ask a Medical School Admissions Expert: Liza Thompson

Ask a Medical School Admissions Expert: Liza Thompson

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Liza Thompson has advised medical school applicants for the past 20 years. As the former director of the Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Programs, she has managed admissions processes, the premedical curriculum, MCAT prep, and the medical school application process. While at Johns Hopkins, she also served on the Premedical Education Committee. Liza has developed a great deal of expertise in premedical advising and regularly shares it with applicants through her firm, Thompson Advising. VT: H ... Read More About Ask a Medical School Admissions Expert: Liza Thompson

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Tony Shan

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Tony Shan

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Tony Shan earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and has had a strong passion for MBA admissions ever since. During his time at Kellogg, Tony was given the role of Student Liaison to the Office of Admissions, where he spent a great deal of time managing student involvement in admissions and helping students successfully pursue their MBA’s. He is now an admissions consultant for Admissionado, working with business school applicants all over the world.   VT: How much time should be set aside to adequately prep ... Read More About Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Tony Shan

How to Write a Personal Statement for Medical School

How to Write a Personal Statement for Medical School

The following piece was written by Dr. Michelle Finkel. Michelle has been featured in our Admissions Expert series and is a former Harvard Medical School faculty member. She is the founder of Insider Medical Admissions. At first glance, medical school admissions might seem a far cry from the subjects of reality television confessionals. The players are stalwart, steady characters who live restrained lives and channel their passions with extreme discipline. Yet the admissions game is arguably one where the drama is real, the intensity is palpable, and the stakes are high. There are winners and losers, with thin margins separating one grou ... Read More About How to Write a Personal Statement for Medical School

Ask a Law School Admissions Expert: Ann Levine

Ask a Law School Admissions Expert: Ann Levine

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Prior to founding her own consulting firm, Law School Expert, Ann Levine was the Director of Admissions for both Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and California Western School of Law in San Diego. She is the author of The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert, which is the best-selling law school admissions guide on Amazon, and has helped approximately 2,000 law applicants since the start of her firm back in 2004.  VT: How much time should be set aside to adequately prepare for and complete a Law School application? Ann: Mo ... Read More About Ask a Law School Admissions Expert: Ann Levine

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Dan Bauer

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Dan Bauer

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Having founded his admissions consulting firm, The MBA Exchange, in 1996 after serving as an admissions interviewer for his alma mater Harvard Business School, Dan Bauer and his firm have helped over 3,000 individuals gain acceptance from the world’s most selective MBA programs. Read on for the valuable advice he has to offer about the business school admissions process. VT: How much time should be set aside to adequately prepare for and complete the application for an MBA program? Dan: Depending on the candidacy, this can tak ... Read More About Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Dan Bauer