Summer Program Baylor Doc Prep
TOPIC:
Why do you believe you are a good candidate to attend this Summer's Doc Prep Program and what are your long-term goals regarding health careers?
250-500 words
ESSAY:
[DO NOT WRITE: “I have always wanted to become a doctor”]
1.Hook→intro – The point is to introduce yourself and contextualize your interest in medicine.
Hook (for example: origin of interest/recent experience that helps define you/scientific question or topic)
Scientific interest/specialization (cardiology), and the mission behind it (community-focused medicine)
Community interest
2. Prior experience→academic, outside of school, volunteer, research, etc
What you have done and you are currently doing. Using this to build a composite picture of what you are.
3. Why Baylor?
Mentorship
Courses
Research
4. Conclusions – summarize (DO NOT WRITE: In conclusion…)