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Anatomy of a Successful Medical School Resume

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    Pre-medical students sometimes pursue work opportunities and extracurricular activities they lack interest in to puff up their medical school resumes. But experts say that's counterproductive.

    "Even if you do something that seems impressive, if you’re not able to talk about it in a way that shows your passion for it and your enjoyment of that job, and how it relates to your medical school career and what you want to do as a doctor, it’s not going to be worth that much," says Nakul Sagdeo, who was recently awarded the dean's scholarship at Boston University School of Medicine, where he will start medical school this fall. "Medical schools know that people are just trying to check the boxes."

    Sagdeo, who supplied U.S. News with a copy of the resume he used in his medical school applications, says he made a point to highlight his work experience outside of medicine. He took two years between college and medical school to work in the education sector – an experience he says helped him develop his interpersonal and management skills.

    "Really, it’s okay to take risks," he says. "You need to have a plan if you take risks and do something out of the ordinary. You need to know what you’re going to get out of this experience or at least what you’re hoping to get. Obviously you can’t always predict what’s going to happen over the next year or two years but you need to have something in mind that you’re trying to develop. And for me, it was leadership."

    Petros Minasi, director of pre-medical programs at Kaplan Test Prep, says the key to writing a standout medical school resume is demonstrating uniqueness. “Schools are looking for a student that doesn’t fit into a cookie-cutter profile,” Minasi says.

    Minasi urges prospective medical students to plan for the medical school application process as early as possible, so that they have time to find research, clinical and community service experiences that align with their personal interests. Those three types of experiences are vital ingredients of a competitive medical school resume, Minasi says.

    Below is the resume Sagdeo used to successfully apply to medical school and win a $10,000-per-year scholarship. It is annotated with comments by Sagdeo about why he structured the resume as it appears and critiques from Minasi and other admissions experts.

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