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How to Ask for a Great Letter of Recommendation
Strong letters of recommendation are essential for supporting your residency application and matching well. This article details how to ensure you get great letters of recommendation.
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Dos and Don'ts on Your Residency Personal Statement
The residency personal statement creates a lot of anxiety for applicants. While it is very unlikely to make your application, it can potentially break your application. Here are some tips to avoid...
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Preparing for Residency Interviews
The more you prepare, the better you will do during interviews, the most crucial step in securing your residency of choice. Be sure to do an extra level of preparation about each...
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Common Residency Interview Questions
The following are common residency interview questions, as well as a few less common but challenging questions. Knowing the type of questions you likely will be asked will help you prepare for...
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Organizing Your Thoughts After the Residency Interview Day
As you progress through residency interviews, compiling your thoughts and observations can help you stay organized and begin to formulate your rank list. As I detailed in another blog post called “Preparing...
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Thank You Notes Following Residency Interviews: A Unique Opportunity to Make a Great Second Impression
The topic of thank you notes following residency interviews gets a fair amount of attention, so I thought I would weigh in and offer some advice. The questions about thank you notes,...
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Tips for Interview Follow Up
I previously wrote a blog post on writing thank you notes following residency interviews. Then, during this interview season, I received one of the most thorough, well-written, sincere thank you notes I...
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Tilting the Residency Match In Your Favor
You have finished your residency interviews, written thank you notes or emails to those who interviewed you, and have determined your rank list for the Match. Now what? How do you tilt...
