The following checklist of materials, when sent in advance of the Mock Interview, Strategy Session or Writer’s Block Package, allows Dr. Finkel to provide individually tailored advice for applicants to residency programs. Those applicants able to send all or most of the items listed below will benefit from more specialized and case-specific recommendations.
Please be assured that Dr. Finkel knows that candidates who are developing an early strategy in order to apply to residency in several years will not have all of the below yet. The advantage of planning early outweighs the lack of these materials. In these cases, applicants should send what materials they have.
Please note that all documents must be in Word except transcripts and test scores, which may be left in PDF form.
a. Medical School academic transcript (unofficial copy okay)
b. USMLE/NBME/COMLEX scores (unofficial copy okay)
c. Curriculum Vitae first draft or ERAS first draft (in Word format only)
d. List of potential recommendation letter writers & academic position (in Word format only)
e. MSPE (in Word format only)
f. Personal Statement (first draft okay; in Word format only)
g. In what specialty(ies) do you intend to apply?
Items must be sent to insidermedical@gmail.com at least 72 hours prior to your session with Dr. Finkel.
