The Stanford Medical Youth Program - Questbridge - proudest achievement

Being a part of this program

"Congratulations, you have been accepted into the Stanford Medical Youth Program!" As I read the email heading, my eyes widened in shock and I was filled with ecstasy. Initially, I doubted myself tremendously on whether I would even get accepted into this program. I was astonished when the instructors told the thirty participants that we were chosen among four hundred applicants.

I made the decision to participate in the program instead of working to save money for college and I do not regret it at all. My summer consisted of everyday Zoom meetings, public health lectures, anatomy videos and working on an extensive research paper. It was exhausting but there was nothing else that I would have rather done with my summer. I was able to explore a variety of health sectors and learned more about important issues in the medical field.

The graduation was bittersweet. What I learned and accomplished through this program is awe-inspiring. Being a part of this program is my proudest achievement, the entire process from applying to graduating defined me as a person and student.

Please help me, I'm not sure how to write in a way that tells them what this shows about me. Any feedback is appreciated thank you!

You went a bit over the 200 word limit for this essay so you will need to revise it for word count aside from content. You don't really need to include the announcement from the email. Simply state it as a fact in the essay. What is missing in this presentation is a reference to the growth that you experienced over the summer that you participated in this program. It has to say something about you.

While you can tell the reviewer about what the course entailed, that doesn't tell him anything about your development as a person, and how this event prepared you for college. It would be better if you discuss your excitement at being asked to participate in the program within the first paragraph then, focus on what you learned about yourself based on the following, in relation to the program:

- How you deal with stress under pressure
- How you manage to learn in an e-learning setting
- What personal or academic obstacle you had to overcome to complete this program
- What you learned about yourself because of everything you had to surpass so you could graduate from the program successfully

If you can compress these information into the second paragraph, then you will have a pretty solid response to present for this prompt. Best of luck to you !