FINAL PROJECT:Structures and Arguments > The Stress-less Guide for Pre-Med Students Preparing to Take the MCAT and Apply to Medical School

Beginning: I will introduce that my paper will examine methods for anxiety management that will be helpful for the MCAT/application process. Furthermore, I will introduce that I will offer suggestion about the process, and while they are not directly anxiety management suggestion, hopefully they will by default make the process less stressful. Lastly, I will introduce my background to establish my ethos.

Middle: I will talk about timelines. I will detail the timeline for MCAT and application process separately, as they each how they’re own detailed requirements. I will provide personal suggestions for why I placed certain items on the timeline when I did. In another item I will talk about exercise, mental health, and productivity. I will establish with a research article why it is necessary to think about reengineering ones study habits, even habits that were used for previous high stress exams like the SAT/ACT.

End: I will restate my major points and suggest how this might be relevant to other things in their life as well.

Logos: I will use research articles to create a sense of urgency and necessity. Pathos: For pathos I will explain the rough time that I had and how I don’t want others to have a hard time.

Ethos: I will explain that I have already gone through the process and have received interviews from medical schools.

Structure: I will divide this into multiple components: describing the necessity of rethinking current study habits, the important of exercise in mental health, tips for the MCAT and application process, and various timelines.

Purpose: To help guide pre-med students through their MCAT and application process.
December 4, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterAlyssa Gabay
A, you may want to put your first-person experience in a side bar and/or write a cover note of encouragement, based on how you managed this process.

Are you finding other first-person guidance out there? Blogs? Student profiles?

About the title: "stress-free" seams to overstate what you offer -- lower stress? Be your best self? Try out a few titles with friends.

Include this website in your sources:
https://www.amsa.org/members/amsa-premeds/

Finally, a student from a few years ago used to view medical school song parodies to 1) enjoy and 2) anticipate joining such a group of people. She would study for 45 minutes and then view for 15.

Ask around for other student-testimonials.
December 5, 2017 | Registered CommenterMarybeth Shea