<p>Mine was two double spaced pages. Don't write your life story, but write enough to be a comprehensive yet concise explanation of why you want to become a doctor and why you'd be a GOOD doctor.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip, I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Hey, Terrance, what are you doing here?</p>
<p>I've been here for a while lol</p>
<p>I forgot to talk to you about this while I was still at NU</p>
<p>I'm home now!</p>
<p>Completely agree with neom3x11. </p>
<p>Keep in mind the qualities that make one a good physician: </p>
<p>(1) Care for others (discuss your service experience)
(2) Eagerness to learn (whatever you learn today in medical school will become obsolete someday; you must demonstrate the ability and desire to learn new things quickly and independently)
(3) Honesty
(4) Friendliness (doctors are not nerds.)
(5) Appreciation for art/humanity (find some ways to show that).
(6) Respect for scientific facts
(7) Reasonable deference to authority ("reasonable" ) </p>
<p>Lastly, from Steven Jobs, "Stay Hungry, stay foolish". (Pretty much sums up what you need to be)</p>
<p>goconway, I was wondering if you would be willing to read my essay and answer a few questions I have about the program. </p>
<p>My email is <a href="mailto:vrchauhan2@yahoo.com">vrchauhan2@yahoo.com</a>, contact me at your earliest convience </p>
<p>Thank you very much for your assistance</p>
<p>do HPME adcoms read the regular app I send to Northwestern?</p>
<p>no they don't</p>
<p>if we want them to see certain letters of rec, can we send it to the hpme office along w/ our hpme app?</p>
<p>so...anybody who wants help can directly IM me at neom3x11</p>
<p>haha, how about some physics help?</p>
<p>haha hey buddy</p>
<p>physics can take a pole and shove it...</p>
<p>^LOL so true :D :D</p>
<p>on a totally different note.....anyone know how a 690 in SATII Chemistry looks to hpme adcoms??? bad?? or acceptable??...they seem to have a thing for that test (and i mean that in the most positive sense possible...:rolleyes::D)...so its worrying me...... :eek:</p>
<p>might be better to keep studying and try to raise that score...</p>
<p>why does HPME want a English teacher recommendation and not, like, a science/math teacher's? To see if you're well-rounded?</p>
<p>doctors have to write well too, don't they?</p>
<p>also, HPME kids only have to take one freshman seminar instead of two. they're writing-intensive courses that, as the name suggests, you take during your freshman year. with one less writing-intensive course, you gotta come in as a pretty strong writer already.</p>
<p>My school sends transcripts in a packet along with teacher recs, counselor recs, etc. Should I ask them to only include certain things in the packet for the HPME, i.e. secondary school report, teacher rec and any relevant recs?</p>
<p>Also, would sending more than the required english teacher rec be bad?</p>
<p>just do what they tell you to, I don't remember what they require but that's all I sent and it sure didn't hurt me.</p>
<p>since I'm not an adcom I couldn't tell you for sure. Sending one add't recommendation isn't gonna be bad, just don't send them too much extra stuff</p>
<p>Send in whatever you feel will help give the college the best and most complete idea of who you ARE </p>
<p>I sent in an extra rec and it certainly didn't hurt me as well</p>
<p>Just make sure that when you're done this whole process you won't have regrets in the back of your mind of "what if i sent this, or what if i did that"</p>
<p>After all, you only get one shot to apply :)</p>