Case Study ·

Accepted to
Harvard Medical School

Human Development and Regenerative Biology
Hannah came to InGenius Prep as a pre-med student with a 3.9 GPA and a long list of achievements she did not know how to present. One clear athlete-to-medicine story carried her to 18 interview invitations and Harvard Medical School.
Smiling student

About Hannah

Application Persona · the theme that tied it all together

“The athlete whose challenges in sports prepared her for a career in medicine”

Started
After college
From
United States
GPA
3.9 / 4.0
Test score
MCAT 519

Challenges and Activities: Before and After

Where Hannah started
Where Hannah finished
Many achievements, no storyUnsure what medical schools look for
One clear themeHow athletics prepared her for a career in medicine
Two personal statement draftsTwo different themes, neither one landed
One merged personal statementOver 10 drafts, from structure down to word choice
Long list of activitiesVarsity athlete, club founder, mentor, research
Focused experiences sectionChosen activities, impact shown with context
Secondaries and interviews aheadOver 15 secondary essays to write
18 interview invitationsMock interviews, then admitted to Harvard Medical School

How did InGenius Prep Help?

A Brown Alpert Medical School Former Admissions Officer and a Graduate Coach worked with Hannah 2-on-1 through the application.

  1. Getting started

    Finding her theme

    The team chose one theme: how the challenges she faced as an athlete prepared her for medicine.

    Through Medical School Admissions
  2. AMCAS

    Personal statement and experiences

    Two drafts merged into one personal statement over 10+ drafts. Her experiences section went through 5+ drafts.

  3. Secondaries

    Secondary essays

    Counselors sent common prompts in advance, then edited over 15 secondary essays by email.

  4. Interviews

    Interview preparation

    After 18 invitations, she practiced likely questions, read up on science news and ran several mock interviews.

Questions About This Case

What did Hannah's personal statement focus on?

How the challenges she faced as a varsity athlete prepared her for a career in medicine. Her Graduate Coach helped her merge two earlier drafts into this one topic.

How much editing went into her application?

Over 10 personal statement drafts, more than 5 drafts of her experiences section and over 15 secondary essays.

How many interviews did she get?

She received 18 interview invitations. Her counselors prepared her with likely questions, science reading and several mock interviews.

Who did Hannah work with?

A Former Admissions Officer from Brown's medical school and a Graduate Coach from Yale School of Medicine.

One honest conversation.
That's how it begins.

Every student works 2-on-1 with a Former Admissions Officer and a Graduate Coach.