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Due to the anxiety and competition of just trying to get into a program, many students don’t focus enough on finding the right program for them.  The MD/PhD is extremely competitive; nevertheless, many applicants with a realistic application strategy will find themselves with multiple offers for admission in March or April (if not sooner).
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Is it effective to seek advice from professional essay/admissions counselors? Fee-for-service arrangements create an access issue: is this fair? The extent of editing suggestions that some counselors offer border on co-authorship: is this ethical and should AMCAS require disclosures?

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The best thing you can do is have these two essays reviewed by your laboratory PI and the post-docs you work around. While it may be frightening to open yourself up for criticism, they will be able to help you establish clarity more so than most of your peers and people outside the field.

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