Mr. Business Doctor

Hi Mr. Business Doctor, Kristen from MBA Prep School here. As a former MIT Sloan adcom, I saw my fair share of doctor applicants given the school’s strong connection to the Boston medical community and its healthcare certificate. It sounds like your candidacy has some solid strengths. Your strong GPA in a STEM major within a very reputable university is just the start. You have had a consistent thread of healthcare involvement through extracurricuklars, and I like that you had some private sector experience in consulting prior to beginning medical school (definitely a differentiator). One of the most difficult things that applicants in the healthcarel field face is how to display the characteristics of leadership and influence as a medical student. You may have to get creative in coming up with examples of those situations, although I think your time in consulting should help with that significantly. I also think it would be in your best interest to iron out the details of your career plan more. Do you really want to be a practicing doctor and, if so, how would those business skills be used (would you open your own practice, or practice on the side while working at a med device company, etc.)/ Or do you want to go back to consulting? The Admissions Committee wants to know that YOU know what you want out of the experience, and not that you want to prolong your time in school to figure things out. I think you have the building blocks, but putting them together will require you to really reflect on your end goal. Please feel free to reach out if you’d like to talk more about how to craft a compelling, purposeful narrative!