# Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Drafts? Writing a Standout Med School Personal Statement [Episode 612]

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Podcast: [Admissions Straight Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-straight-talk-43539)
Published: 2025-12-04T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Send Harold your questions! In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, host Dr. Valerie Wherley sits down with Accepted Admissions Consultant Alicia Nimonkar, an expert writing coach with a background in composition and rhetoric, to unpack one of the most important – and often most intimidating – parts of the medical school application: the personal statement. Alicia explains how applicants can use the AAMC’s premed competencies as a framework to craft authentic, focused narratives that hig...

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