by tkaprowy | Jun 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I was a newspaper reporter, I once had an editor named Joe Dill, who minced exactly one word the entire time I knew him. If you wanted the truth and you wanted it fast, he was the guy who was going to give it to you. When it came to sympathy, though, he had a...
by tkaprowy | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
In my last blog post, I wrote about the value of a summer job and how it can give you meaty material for your admissions essay or personal statement. Since, I’ve actually spoken to a woman, Jenny Williams, who used to work in admissions at Centre College (the...
by tkaprowy | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I was 15, I met Stephanie Dayton on the first day of my first summer job. We’d been hired as bus girls at Medicine Rock Café, a pretty spot outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, that I thought was fancy almost exclusively because they served salad dressing with poppy...
by tkaprowy | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
You know when SNL has made a skit on the subject, it’s safe to say that people aren’t as angry anymore. I’ve been waiting for that gentler period to share my take on Varsity Blues and essay coaches, since what I have to say won’t be popular...
by tkaprowy | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve had the pleasure of editing 15 personal statement this week from pre-med students working on their medical school applications. It has been one of the most gratifying experiences I’ve had as a writer, with my days filled with stories about uncles and...
by tkaprowy | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
First off, congratulations on applying to dental school! Someone’s teeth and smile can change their whole way of interacting, feeling, even just being. That you are investing your skills to ensure that their smile can be a carefree one, well, that’s good,...
by tkaprowy | Feb 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Let’s be blunt, shall we? Writing scholarship essays is tricky. First, it seems a little impossible you’ll write the winning submission, so your reluctance factor is high. Second, the prompts often ask you to address gigantic issues like social justice,...
by tkaprowy | Jan 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Before we talk about how to write your D.O. personal statement, I first need to applaud you for your decision to go the D.O. route. My husband William, a radiologist, has practiced at our local hospital in Somerset, Ky., for the past 20 years. When the hospital was...
by tkaprowy | Jan 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
A little secret about me: I might be the only person on the planet who loves going to the doctor. I go every year, whether Dr. Horn wants to see me or not, and when I’m in her office, I relax so deeply I might as well be having a massage. Her nurse takes my...
by tkaprowy | Nov 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
I live in a place where one of the best lunches you can get is a bologna sandwich from Nelson Valley gas station. It’s not a fancy sandwich and it’s not a fancy place, but there is something about it that is good and honest and makes you feel like you are...
